Elizabeth Acevedo
Performance Poet & Novelist
National Book Award
Diane Ackerman
NYT Bestselling Author
Naturalist, Essayist, Poet
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
NYT Bestselling Novelist
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
National Book Award Finalist
Eula Biss
NYT Bestselling Author
National Book Critics Circle Award
Richard Blanco
Obama's Inaugural Poet
Poetry Education Ambassador
Stephanie Burt
Critic, Poet & Essayist
NBCC Award Finalist
Bonnie Jo Campbell
Bestselling Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
Bryan Doerries
Author & Translator
Artistic Director: Theater of War Productions
Camille Dungy
Award-winning Poet
Acclaimed Essayist & Critic
Kimiko Hahn
Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Joy Harjo
US Poet Laureate (2019-22)
NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award
Memoirs: Crazy Brave, Poet Warrior
Jonathan M. Katz
Award-winning Journalist
Haiti, Epidemic, Disaster
Andrew Krivak
Acclaimed Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
NYT Bestselling Nature Writer
Acclaimed Poet
Sought-after School Speaker
Claudia Rankine
NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize
MacArthur Genius Award
Natasha Trethewey
US Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet