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
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
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
Good Bones (viral poem)