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

Anthony Cody

Poet & Editor
American Book Award
Whiting Award

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