Diane Ackerman
NYT Bestselling Author
Naturalist, Essayist, Poet
Ellen Bass
Award-winning Poet
Lambda Literary Award
Sherwin Bitsui
Native American Poet
PEN Open Book Award
Nickole Brown
Award-winning Poet & Educator
Winner of the Weatherford Award for Appalachian Poetry
Animal Advocate
Bonnie Jo Campbell
Bestselling Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist
Whiting Award
Mark Doty
Distinguished Poet & Memoirist
National Book Award
Camille Dungy
Award-winning Poet
Acclaimed Essayist & Critic
Forrest Gander
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Ecopoetics & Translation
Jorie Graham
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Forward Prize
Kimiko Hahn
Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Juan Felipe Herrera
US Poet Laureate (2015-17)
Performer & Activist
Brenda Hillman
Griffin Poetry Prize
Environmental Advocate
Pam Houston
Acclaimed Novelist
Animals, Outdoors, Nature
Jonathan M. Katz
Award-winning Journalist
Haiti, Epidemic, Disaster
Andrew Krivak
Acclaimed Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
Akil Kumarasamy
Award-winning Author
Bard Fiction Prize
Heather McHugh
MacArthur "Genius" Award
Distinguished Poet
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
NYT Bestselling Nature Writer
Acclaimed Poet
Sought-after School Speaker
Maya C. Popa
Romanian-American Poet
North American Book Prize
Matthew Shenoda
Award-winning Poet
American Book Award
Emily Skillings
Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Feminist Intertextualities
Maggie Smith
Award-winning Poet
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Author of Good Bones