Chris Abani
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet
Cole Arthur Riley
NYT Bestselling Author
Creator & Curator of Black Liturgies
Fatimah Asghar
Acclaimed Poet, Novelist, Screenwriter
National Book Award Longlist
Peter Balakian
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Black Dog of Fate
Eula Biss
NYT Bestselling Author
National Book Critics Circle Award
Jericho Brown
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet MacArthur Genius Award
The Tradition
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer National Book Award Longlist
Black Girl Magic
Tina Chang
Acclaimed American Poet
Race, Culture, Identity
Anthony Cody
Poet & Editor
American Book Award
Whiting Award
Bryan Doerries
Author & Translator
Artistic Director: Theater of War Productions
Andre Dubus III
#1 NYT Bestselling Novelist
House of Sand and Fog
Emma Copley Eisenberg
Best-selling Novelist & Memoirist
Co-founder Blue Stoop
Safia Elhillo
Award-winning Poet
Arab American Book Award
National Book Award Longlist
Martín Espada
Award-Winning Poet
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Bernardine Evaristo
Award-winning Novelist
Booker Prize Winner
Tarfia Faizullah
Poet & Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author
Carolyn Forché
National Book Award Finalist
Memoir: What You Have Heard Is True
Lauren Francis-Sharma
Award-winning Fiction Author
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Kate Tufts Discovery Award
Queer Poet and Essayist
Juan Felipe Herrera
US Poet Laureate (2015-17)
Performer & Activist
Brenda Hillman
Griffin Poetry Prize
Environmental Advocate
Michael Kleber-Diggs
Award-winning Poet & Memoirist
Max Ritvo Poetry Prize
Li-Young Lee
Award-winning Poet
Resilience, Faith, Exile
Layli Long Soldier
National Book Critics Circle Award
Whiting Award
Hisham Matar
Pulitzer Prize-winning Nonfiction Author
PEN America Jean Stein Book Award
National Book Critics Circle Award
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
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Performance Poet
Author
Grammy-nominated Musician
Valzhyna Mort
Acclaimed Belarusian Poet
Translator of Slavic
John Murillo
Award-winning Poet
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
Ladan Osman
Somali-born Poet
Gender & Displacement
Alicia Ostriker
Distinguished Poet
Jewish Book Award
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Windham Campbell Prize
Poet, Writer, Lawyer
Zong!
Jive Poetic
Performance Poet & Educator
John Morning Award for Art and Service
Claudia Rankine
NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize
MacArthur Genius Award
Roger Reeves
Acclaimed Poet, Essayist & Critic
Kingsley Tufts Award Winner
Griffin Poetry Prize Winner
Nicole Sealey
Forward Prize
Former Executive Director of Cave Canem (2017-2019)
Sun Yung Shin
Poet, Memoirist & Cultural Worker
Minnesota Book Award
Danez Smith
Forward Prize-Winning Poet
National Book Award Finalist
Author of Homie
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
Natasha Trethewey
US Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
National Book Award
Arab-American Poet
Brian Turner
Acclaimed Soldier-Poet
Poet, Memoirist & Essayist
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
NYT Bestselling Novelist
IMPAC Dublin Award
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Novelist & Memoirist
Literary & Social Activist
Nobel Prize Nominee
Frank B. Wilderson III
Award-winning Author
Poet, Scholar, Activist