Nuar Alsadir
Award-winning Poet, Essayist
Psychoanalyst
Ellen Bass
Award-winning Poet
Lambda Lit Award
Destiny O. Birdsong
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer Black Girl Magic
Tina Chang
Acclaimed American Poet
Race, Culture, Identity
Marilyn Chin
Poet, Novelist, Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist
Whiting Award Winner
Carol Ann Duffy
U. K. Poet Laureate
T. S. Eliot Prize
Camille Dungy
Award-winning Poet
Acclaimed Essayist & Critic
Tarfia Faizullah
Poet & Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author
Aminatta Forna
Award-winning Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
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
Dawn Lundy Martin
Poet, Critic, Memoirist
Kingsley Tufts Award
Jamila Minnicks
Award-winning Fiction Author
Honor Moore
Memoirst, Biographer, Poet
Bishop's Daughter
Eileen Myles
Acclaimed Poet and Critic
Lambda Pioneer Award
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Asian-American Poet
Barnes & Noble Book of 2020
Alicia Ostriker
Distinguished Poet
Jewish Book Award
Molly Peacock
Acclaimed Poet
Memoir, Biography, Essay
Torrey Peters
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Detransition, Baby
Deesha Philyaw
Award-winning Writer
Black Queer Intersectionality
Casey Plett
Fiction & Short Story Writer
Lambda Literary Award Winner
Katha Pollitt
Poet, Essayist, Writer
PRO: Abortion Rights
Bushra Rehman
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
Sapphire
Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet
Nicole Sealey
Forward Prize
Former Executive Director of Cave Canem (2017-2019)
Emily Skillings
Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Feminist Intertextualities
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
Crystal Valentine
Poet, Educator & Activist
Nat’l Poetry Slam Finalist
Anne Waldman
Writer, Editor, Teacher
Award-winning Poet
Co-Founder of The Poetry Project
Tamara Winfrey-Harris
Acclaimed Writer
Dear Black Girl
Karen Tei Yamashita
Award-winning Author
Inheritance: Familial, Cultural, Artistic