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
Cole Arthur Riley
NYT Bestselling Author
Creator & Curator of Black Liturgies
Jill Bialosky
Acclaimed Poet and Novelist
Best-Selling Memoirist
National Jewish Book Award Finalist
Adrienne Brodeur
Best-selling Memoirist & Novelist
Executive Director of Aspen Words
Jericho Brown
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet MacArthur Genius Award
The Tradition
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer National Book Award Longlist
Black Girl Magic
CM Burroughs
National Book Award Longlist
Award-winning Poet
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
Author & Translator
Artistic Director: Theater of War Productions
Lauren Francis-Sharma
Award-winning Fiction Author
Latria Graham
Award-Winning Feature Writer, Essayist & Memoirist
Marie Howe
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Former NY State Poet Laureate
Candice Iloh
Novelist & Poet
National Book Award Finalist
Jonathan M. Katz
Award-winning Journalist
Haiti, Epidemic, Disaster
Michael Kleber-Diggs
Award-winning Poet & Memoirist
Max Ritvo Poetry Prize
Andrew Krivak
Acclaimed Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
Dantiel W. Moniz
Award-winning Short Story Writer
“5 Under 35” Award
Pushcart Prize
John Murillo
Award-winning Poet
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
Pádraig Ó Tuama
Acclaimed Irish Poet
Podcast Host: Poetry Unbound
Meghan O’Rourke
NYT Bestselling Writer
National Book Award Finalist
Poet, Nonfiction Author, Editor
Editor of The Yale Review
Deesha Philyaw
National Book Award Finalist
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
National Book Award Longlist
Whiting Award Winner
Brian Turner
Acclaimed Soldier-Poet
Poet, Memoirist & Essayist
Elisabet Velasquez
Award-winning Poet & Fiction Writer