Spoken Word Performance

Elizabeth Acevedo

Performance Poet & Novelist
National Book Award
National Slam Champion
FYE: The Poet X

Samiya Bashir

Acclaimed Poet
Field Theories
Finalist Lambda Lit Award
Mixed Media Readings

Mahogany L. Browne

Spoken Word Poet
YA & Children's Author
Performer & Activist
Black Girl Magic

Joy Harjo

US Poet Laureate (2019-20)
NAMMY winning Musician
Essays: Soul Talk, Soul...
FYE Memoir: Crazy Brave

Juan Felipe Herrera

US Poet Laureate (2015-17)
Performer & Activist
Children's & YA Books

Douglas Kearney

Acclaimed Poet
Mixed Media Readings
CLMP Firecracker Award
Race, Culture & Identity

Taylor Mali

Performance Poet
Education Advocate
What Teachers Make
Bouquet of Red Flags

Ladan Osman

Somali-born Poet
Essays on Race
Issues of Immigration
Gender & Displacement

Molly Peacock

Poet & Performance Poet
Memoir, Biography, Essay
Childless by Choice
Creativity in Later Years

Sapphire

Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet
Social Justice Activist
FYE: Push | Film: Precious

Crystal Valentine

Poet, Educator & Activist
Nat’l Poetry Slam Finalist
Queer Intersectionality
NYC Youth Poet Laureate