Richard Blanco
Obama's Inaugural Poet
Poetry Education Ambassador
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate
Vanessa Chan
Bestselling Novelist
Former Technology Executive
Chen Chen
Acclaimed Poet
T. Gunn Gay Poetry Award
Marilyn Chin
Poet, Novelist, Translator
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
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
Nathalie Handal
Arab American Book Award
Dislocation, Home & Exile
Juan Felipe Herrera
US Poet Laureate (2015-17)
Performer & Activist
Vanessa Hua
Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Issues
Akil Kumarasamy
Award-winning Author
Bard Fiction Prize
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
Chigozie Obioma
Award-winning Novelist
NAACP Image Award
Ladan Osman
Somali-born Poet
Gender & Displacement
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Windham Campbell Prize
Poet, Writer, Lawyer
Zong!
Caryl Phillips
Award-winning Novelist & Playwright
PEN/Open Book Award
Ernesto Quiñonez
Acclaimed Novelist
Latino Trendsetter Award
Bushra Rehman
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
Lambda Literary Award Finalist
Matthew Shenoda
Award-winning Poet
American Book Award
Sun Yung Shin
Poet, Writer & Cultural Worker
Minnesota Book Award
Mai Der Vang
Acclaimed Hmong Poet
Exile & Refugees
Jenny Xie
Chinese American Poet
Immigration & Dislocation