Chris Abani
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet
Elizabeth Acevedo
Performance Poet & Novelist
National Book Award
Nuar Alsadir
Award-winning Poet, Essayist, Psychoanalyst
Raymond Antrobus
Spoken Word Poet
Rathbone Folio Prize
Communication, Connection, Cultural Inheritance
Simon Armitage
U.K. Poet Laureate Forward Prize
Peter Balakian
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Black Dog of Fate
Coleman Barks
Acclaimed PoetPremier Translator of Rumi
Samiya Bashir
Acclaimed Poet Finalist Lambda Lit Award
Ellen Bass
Award-winning Poet
Lambda Lit Award
Frank Bidart
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
National Book Award
Sherwin Bitsui
Native American Poet
PEN Open Book Award
Julian Talamantez Brolaski
Native American Poet
Its Pronoun is It
Jericho Brown
Pulitzer Prize-winning PoetThe Tradition
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer Black Girl Magic
Stephanie Burt
Critic, Poet & Essayist
NBCC Award Finalist
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Mexican Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate
Tina Chang
Acclaimed American Poet
Race, Culture, Identity
Chen Chen
Acclaimed Poet
T. Gunn Gay Poetry Award
Marilyn Chin
Poet, Novelist, Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author
Geffrey Davis
Award-winning Poet
Finalist Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
Kwame Dawes
Ghana-born Jamaican Poet
Novelist and Essayist
Mark Doty
Distinguished Poet & Memoirist
National Book Award
Carol Ann Duffy
U. K. Poet Laureate
T. S. Eliot Prize
Camille Dungy
Award-winning Poet
Acclaimed Essayist & Critic
Anaïs Duplan
Award-winning Poet & Essayist
2022 Whiting Award-winner
Cornelius Eady
Poet, Lyricist, Playwright
Co-Founder of Cave Canem
Tarfia Faizullah
Poet & Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author
Beth Ann Fennelly
Acclaimed Poet & Essayist
Micro-Memoirist
Carolyn Forché
Award-winning Poet
Memoir: What You Have Heard Is True
Carrie Fountain
Award-winning Poet
YA: I’m Not Missing
Haleh Liza Gafori
Vocalist, Poet, Educator
Translator of Rumi
Forrest Gander
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Ecopoetics & Translation
Cristina García
Novelist, Poet, YA Author
Cuban-American Writer
Natalie Goldberg
Bestselling Author & Poet
Writing Down The Bones
Jorie Graham
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Forward Prize
Nathalie Handal
Arab American Book Award
Dislocation, Home & Exile
Joy Harjo
US Poet Laureate (2019-22)
Memoirs: Crazy Brave, Poet Warrior
Terrance Hayes
MacArthur "Genius" Award
National Book Award
Juan Felipe Herrera
US Poet Laureate (2015-17)
Performer & Activist
Brenda Hillman
Griffin Poetry Prize
Environmental Advocate
Marie Howe
Acclaimed Poet
NYS Poet Laureate (2014)
Major Jackson
Acclaimed Author
Roll Deep
Douglas Kearney
National Book Award Longlist
Race, Culture & Identity
Michael Kleber-Diggs
Award-winning Author
Max Ritvo Poetry Prize
Ted Kooser
US Poet Laureate (2004-2006)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Keetje Kuipers
Award-winning Poet
Culture, Identity, Motherhood
Deborah Landau
Acclaimed Poet
The Uses of the Body
Li-Young Lee
Chinese American Poet
Resilience, Faith, Exile
Nikola Madzirov
Award-winning Poet
Exile & Refugees
Taylor Mali
Performance Poet
What Teachers Make
Dawn Lundy Martin
Poet, Critic, Memoirist
Kingsley Tufts Award
Khaled Mattawa
Award-winning Poet & Author
Culture, Narrative, Memory
Airea D. Matthews
Award-winning Poet
Race, Culture & Identity
Philadelphia Poet Laureate
Heather McHugh
MacArthur "Genius" Award
Distinguished Poet
Erika Meitner
Acclaimed Poet & Essayist
Jewish Book Award
Dunya Mikhail
Iraqi Poet & Memoirist
Arab American Book Award
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
Honor Moore
Memoirst, Biographer, Poet
Bishop's Daughter
Valzhyna Mort
Acclaimed Belarusian Poet
Translator of Slavic
Sir Andrew Motion
U.K. Poet Laureate (1999-09)
Dylan Thomas Prize Winner
John Murillo
Award-winning Poet
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
Eileen Myles
Acclaimed Poet and Novelist
Lambda Pioneer Award
Marilyn Nelson
Poet-as-Historian
Frost Poetry Prize
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Asian-American Poet
Barnes & Noble Book of 2020
Pádraig Ó Tuama
Acclaimed Irish Poet
Podcast Host: Poetry Unbound
Meghan O’Rourke
Award-winning Memoirist
Acclaimed Poet
Ladan Osman
Somali-born Poet
Gender & Displacement
Alicia Ostriker
Distinguished Poet
Jewish Book Award
Molly Peacock
Acclaimed Poet
Memoir, Biography, Essay
Patrick Phillips
Poet & Nonfiction Writer
Blood at the Root
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Award-winning Poet
Literary & Visual Art Critic
Katha Pollitt
Poet, Essayist, Writer
PRO: Abortion Rights
Maya C. Popa
Romanian-American Poet
North American Book Prize
Claudia Rankine
NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize
Alberto Ríos
Mexican-American Writer
Nat'l Book Award Finalist
Robin Robertson
Acclaimed Scots Poet
Forward Prize Winner
Sapphire
Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet
Nicole Sealey
Forward Prize
Former Executive Director of Cave Canem (2017-2019)
Tim Seibles
Acclaimed Poet
Nat'l Book Award Finalist
Matthew Shenoda
Award-winning Poet
American Book Award
Sun Yung Shin
Poet, Writer & Cultural Worker
2016 Minnesota Book Award
Emily Skillings
Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Feminist Intertextualities
Maggie Smith
Award-winning Poet
Good Bones (viral poem)
Brian Turner
Acclaimed Soldier-Poet
Memoirist & Essayist
Crystal Valentine
Poet, Educator & Activist
Nat’l Poetry Slam Finalist
Mai Der Vang
Acclaimed Hmong Poet
Exile & Refugees
Frank B. Wilderson III
Award-winning Author
Poet, Scholar, Activist
Phillip B. Williams
Acclaimed Poet
Lambda Literary Award
Jenny Xie
Chinese American Poet
Immigration & Dislocation