Ariel Aberg-Riger
Visual Storyteller
2023 Kirkus Prize
2024 YALSA Nonfiction Finalist
Diane Ackerman
NYT Bestselling Author
Naturalist, Essayist, Poet
Nuar Alsadir
Award-winning Poet, Essayist
Psychoanalyst
Donald Antrim
MacArthur "Genius" Award
Acclaimed Fiction Writer
Jami Attenberg
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Memoirist
Peter Balakian
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Black Dog of Fate
Ellen Bass
Award-winning Poet
Lambda Literary Award
Jill Bialosky
Acclaimed Poet and Novelist
Best-Selling Memoirist
National Jewish Book Award Finalist
Eula Biss
NYT Bestselling Author
National Book Critics Circle Award
Richard Blanco
Obama's Inaugural Poet
Poetry Education Ambassador
Adrienne Brodeur
Best-selling Memoirist & Novelist
Executive Director of Aspen Words
Brian Broome
Award-winning Memoirist
Punch Me Up to the Gods
Stephanie Burt
Critic, Poet & Essayist
NBCC Award Finalist
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate
Mark Doty
Distinguished Poet & Memoirist
National Book Award
Andre Dubus III
#1 NYT Bestselling Novelist
House of Sand and Fog
Camille Dungy
Award-winning Poet
Acclaimed Essayist & Critic
Emma Copley Eisenberg
Best-selling Novelist & Memoirist
Co-founder Blue Stoop
Beth Ann Fennelly
Acclaimed Poet & Essayist
Micro-Memoirist
Carolyn Forché
National Book Award Finalist
Memoir: What You Have Heard Is True
Adam Gopnik
Int'l Bestselling Author
New Yorker Staff Writer
Joy Harjo
US Poet Laureate (2019-22)
NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award
Memoirs: Crazy Brave, Poet Warrior
Pam Houston
Acclaimed Novelist
Animals, Outdoors, Nature
Jonathan M. Katz
Award-winning Journalist
Haiti, Epidemic, Disaster
Andrew Krivak
Acclaimed Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
Malinda Lo
Award-winning Fiction & Nonfiction Writer
National Book Award Winner
Lambda Literary Award
Hisham Matar
Pulitzer Prize-winning Nonfiction Author
PEN America Jean Stein Book Award
Rick Moody
Bestselling Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
Sir Andrew Motion
U.K. Poet Laureate (1999-09)
Dylan Thomas Prize
Eileen Myles
Acclaimed Poet and Critic
Lambda Pioneer Award
Marilyn Nelson
Poet-as-Historian
Frost Poetry Prize
Meghan O’Rourke
NYT Bestselling Writer
National Book Award Finalist
Poet, Nonfiction Author, Editor
Editor of The Yale Review
Molly Peacock
Acclaimed Poet
Memoir, Biography, Essay
Caryl Phillips
Award-winning Novelist & Playwright
PEN/Open Book Award
Jive Poetic
Performance Poet & Educator
John Morning Award for Art and Service
Alberto Ríos
Mexican-American Writer
National Book Award Finalist
Sun Yung Shin
Poet, Memoirist & Cultural Worker
Minnesota Book Award
Chris Stedman
Author & Activist
Host of Unread
Danté Stewart
Acclaimed Memoirist
Belonging & Religion
Michael Thomas
Novelist & Memoirist
IMPAC Dublin Award
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