Poetry and Music

Simon Armitage

U.K. Poet Laureate
Forward Prize, UK
Translation: Sir Gawain
Lyricist: The Scaremongers

Coleman Barks

Acclaimed Poet
Premier Translator of Rumi
Hummingbird Sleep: Poems
J Hollister Interfaith Award

Julian Talamantez Brolaski

Native American Poet
Its Pronoun is It
Poems: Of Mongrelitude

Mahogany L. Browne

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

Kwame Dawes

Ghana-born Jamaican Poet
Novelist and Essayist
Emmy: LiveHopeLove
Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius

Cornelius Eady

Poet, Lyricist, Playwright
Co-Founder of Cave Canem
Hardheaded Weather
Rough Magic: Lit Band

Joy Harjo

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

Tracy K. Smith

US Poet Laureate (2017-19)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Memoir: Ordinary Light
Nat'l Book Award Finalist