Diane Ackerman
NYT Bestselling Author
Naturalist, Essayist, Poet
Nuar Alsadir
Award-winning Poet, Essayist
Psychoanalyst
Donald Antrim
MacArthur "Genius" Award
Acclaimed Fiction Writer
Raymond Antrobus
Rathbone Folio Prize
Communication, Connection, Cultural Inheritance
Ellen Bass
Award-winning Poet
Lambda Literary Award
Destiny O. Birdsong
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
2021 PEN/Voelcker Award Longlist
Adrienne Brodeur
Best-selling Memoirist & Novelist
Executive Director of Aspen Words
Jericho Brown
Pulitzer Prize-winning PoetThe Tradition
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer Black Girl Magic
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate
Kwame Dawes
Ghana-born Jamaican Poet
Novelist and Essayist
Windham Campbell Prize Winner
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist
Whiting Award
Bryan Doerries
Theater of War Productions
Translator of Ancient Greek
Marie Howe
Acclaimed Poet
NYS Poet Laureate (2014)
Jonathan M. Katz
Award-winning Journalist
Haiti, Epidemic, Disaster
Michael Kleber-Diggs
Award-winning Author
Max Ritvo Poetry Prize
Andrew Krivak
Acclaimed Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
Heather McHugh
MacArthur "Genius" Award
Distinguished Poet
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
John Murillo
Award-winning Poet
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
Pádraig Ó Tuama
Acclaimed Irish Poet
Podcast Host: Poetry Unbound
Meghan O’Rourke
Award-winning Memoirist
Acclaimed Poet
Deesha Philyaw
Award-winning Writer
Black Queer Intersectionality
Sapphire
Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet
Matthew Shenoda
Award-winning Poet
American Book Award
Maggie Smith
Award-winning Poet
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Author of Good Bones
Chris Stedman
Author & Activist
Host of Unread
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Award-winning Fiction Author
PEN Open Book Award
Brian Turner
Acclaimed Soldier-Poet
Poet, Memoirist & Essayist
Lidia Yuknavitch
Bestselling Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist