Nuar Alsadir

Award-winning Poet, Essayist
Psychoanalyst

Anastacia-Reneé

Author, Educator, Interdisciplinary Artist
Award-winning Poet

Fatimah Asghar

Acclaimed Poet, Novelist, Screenwriter
National Book Award Longlist

Ellen Bass

Award-winning Poet
Lambda Literary Award

Destiny O. Birdsong

Award-winning Novelist & Poet
2021 PEN/Voelcker Award Longlist

Mahogany L. Browne

Poet, Performer & Organizer
Black Girl Magic

Nickole Brown

Award-winning Poet & Educator
Winner of the Weatherford Award for Appalachian Poetry
Animal Advocate

Vanessa Chan

Bestselling Novelist
Former Technology Executive

Tina Chang

Acclaimed American Poet
Race, Culture, Identity

Marilyn Chin

Poet, Novelist, Translator
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

Meg Day

Award-winning Poet
Poetry Editor for Quarterly West

LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs

Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist
Whiting Award

Camille Dungy

Award-winning Poet
Acclaimed Essayist & Critic

Tarfia Faizullah

Poet & Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author

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

Pam Houston

Acclaimed Novelist
Animals, Outdoors, Nature

Marie Howe

Acclaimed Poet
NYS Poet Laureate (2014)

Vanessa Hua

Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Issues

Keetje Kuipers

Award-winning Poet
Culture, Identity, Motherhood

Akil Kumarasamy

Award-winning Author
Bard Fiction Prize

Deborah Landau

Acclaimed Poet
The Uses of the Body

Malinda Lo

Award-winning Fiction & Nonfiction Writer
National Book Award Winner
Lambda Literary Award

Dawn Lundy Martin

Poet, Critic, Memoirist
Kingsley Tufts Award

Jamila Minnicks

Award-winning Fiction Author
PEN/Bellwether Prize

Honor Moore

Memoirst, Biographer, Poet
Bishop's Daughter

Eileen Myles

Acclaimed Poet and Critic
Lambda Pioneer Award

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

NYT Bestselling Nature Writer
Acclaimed Poet
Sought-after School Speaker

Alicia Ostriker

Distinguished Poet
Jewish Book Award

Molly Peacock

Acclaimed Poet
Memoir, Biography, Essay

Torrey Peters

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Detransition, Baby

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Windham Campbell Prize
Poet, Writer, Lawyer
Zong!

Deesha Philyaw

Award-winning Writer
Black Queer Intersectionality

Casey Plett

Fiction & Short Story Writer
Lambda Literary Award

Katha Pollitt

Poet, Essayist, Writer
PRO: Abortion Rights

Sapphire

Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet

Nicole Sealey

Forward Prize
Former Executive Director of Cave Canem (2017-2019)

Emily Skillings

Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Feminist Intertextualities

Danez Smith

Spoken Word Poet & Author
Lambda Literary Award

Maggie Smith

Award-winning Poet
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Author of Good Bones

Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

Award-winning Novelist & Critic
Black Queer Feminism

Natasha Trethewey

US Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet

Anne Waldman

Writer, Editor, Teacher
Award-winning Poet
Co-Founder of The Poetry Project

Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ

Acclaimed Novelist & Short Story Writer

Tamara Winfrey-Harris

Acclaimed Writer
Dear Black Girl

Karen Tei Yamashita

Award-winning Author
Inheritance: Familial, Cultural, Artistic