Diane Ackerman
NYT Bestselling Author
Naturalist, Essayist, Poet
Ellen Bass
Award-winning Poet
Lambda Lit Award
Sherwin Bitsui
Native American Poet
PEN Open Book Award
Bonnie Jo Campbell
Bestselling Novelist
Short Story Writer
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist
Whiting Award Winner
Mark Doty
Distinguished Poet & Memoirist
National Book Award
Camille Dungy
Award-winning Poet
Acclaimed Essayist & Critic
Josh Fox
Director of Gasland Films
LennonOno Peace Award
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
Akil Kumarasamy
Award-winning Author
Bard Fiction Prize
Heather McHugh
MacArthur "Genius" Award
Distinguished Poet
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Asian-American Poet
Barnes & Noble Book of 2020
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