Richard Blanco
Obama's Inaugural Poet
Poetry Education Ambassador
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Mexican Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate
Chen Chen
Acclaimed Poet
T. Gunn Gay Poetry Award
Marilyn Chin
Award-winning Poet & Author
Bernardine Evaristo
Award-winning Novelist
Booker Prize Winner
Tarfia Faizullah
Award-winning Poet & Writer
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
Hisham Matar
Pulitzer Prize-winning Memoirist
Acclaimed Libyan Novelist
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
Chigozie Obioma
Award-winning Novelist
NAACP Image Award
Ladan Osman
Somali-born Poet
Gender & Displacement
Ernesto Quiñonez
Acclaimed Novelist
Latino Trendsetter Award
Vaddey Ratner
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Khmer Rouge Survivor
Matthew Shenoda
Award-winning Poet
American Book Award
Sun Yung Shin
Acclaimed Poet, Writer & Cultural Worker
2016 Minnesota Book Award
Mai Der Vang
Acclaimed Hmong Poet
Exile & Refugees
Jenny Xie
Chinese American Poet
Immigration & Dislocation