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
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
Medar de la Cruz
Illustrator & Cartoonist
Library 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
Beth Ann Fennelly
Acclaimed Poet & Essayist
Micro-Memoirist
Carolyn Forché
Award-winning Poet
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
Honor Moore
Memoirst, Biographer, Poet
Bishop's Daughter
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
Award-winning Memoirist
Acclaimed Poet
Molly Peacock
Acclaimed Poet
Memoir, Biography, Essay
Caryl Phillips
Award-winning Novelist & Playwright
PEN/Open Book Award
Alberto Ríos
Mexican-American Writer
National Book Award Finalist
Sun Yung Shin
Poet, Writer & Cultural Worker
Minnesota Book Award
Chris Stedman
Author & Activist
Host of Unread
Danté Stewart
Acclaimed Memoirist
Belonging & Religion
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
Frank B. Wilderson III
Award-winning Author
Poet, Scholar, Activist
Lidia Yuknavitch
Bestselling Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist