Immigration

Richard Blanco

Inaugural Poet Laureate
Cuban-American Writer
Gay Rights Advocate
FYE Memoir: Los Cocuyos

Daniel Borzutzky

Award-winning Poet
National Book Award
Translator from Spanish
Immigration Politics

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Mexican Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate
LGBTQ Themes

Chen Chen

Chinese American Poet
T. Gunn Gay Poetry Award
Issues of Immigration
Issues of Identity

Bernardine Evaristo

Award-winning Novelist
Booker Prize Winner
Activist for Inclusion

Nathalie Handal

Poet & Playwright
Nonfiction & Travel Writer
Dislocation, Home & Exile
Arab American Book Award

Juan Felipe Herrera

US Poet Laureate (2015-17)
Performer & Activist
Children's & YA Books

Vanessa Hua

Acclaimed Novelist
Short Story Writer
Asian/Pacific Amer Award
Immigration Issues

Hisham Matar

Pulitzer Prize for Memoir
Acclaimed Libyan Novelist
Issues of Exile
Fathers and Sons

Rajiv Mohabir

Indo-Carribbean Author
Award-winning Poet
Essayist & Translator
LGBTQ Issues

Ladan Osman

Somali-born Poet
Essays on Race
Issues of Immigration
Gender & Displacement

Ernesto Quiñonez

Acclaimed Novelist
Bodega Dreams
Oral Storyteller
Latino Trendsetter Award

Vaddey Ratner

NYT Bestselling Novelist
Khmer Rouge Survivor
Refugee and Exile Issues
FYE: Shadow of the Banyon

Mai Der Vang

Acclaimed Hmong Poet
W. Whitman Award-winner
Themes: Exile & Refugees
Poems: Afterland

Jenny Xie

Chinese American Poet
W. Whitman Poetry Award
Immigration & Dislocation
Poems: Eye Level

Javier Zamora

Salvadoran Poet
The Migrant Experience
Themes: Exile & Refugees
Poems: Unaccompanied