Pulitzers & Major Awards

Elizabeth Acevedo

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

Simon Armitage

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

Peter Balakian

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Memoir: Black Dog of Fate
Memoir: Armenian Golgoth
Essays on Social Thought

Frank Bidart

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
National Book Award
NBCC Award-winner
LGBT Themes

Eula Biss

Nonfiction Writer
Essayist & Critic
NBCCA Winner
FYE: On Immunity

Daniel Borzutzky

Award-winning Poet
National Book Award
Translator from Spanish
Immigration Politics

Jericho Brown

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Nat'l Book Award Finalist
The Tradition

W. S. Di Piero

Distinguished Poet
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Personal Essays: City Dog
Art Essays: Out of Eden

Mark Doty

Distinguished Poet
National Book Award
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Dog Years: A Memoir

Carol Ann Duffy

Poet Laureate of UK
Playwright
Poems: Bees • Rapture
Children's: The Tear Thief

Bernardine Evaristo

Award-winning Novelist
Booker Prize Winner
Activist for Inclusion

Forrest Gander

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Ecological Poetics
Novelist & Essayist
Translator from Spanish

Jorie Graham

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Forward Prize
Environmental Advocate
Poems: Place • Sea Change

Saidiya Hartman

MacArthur “Genius” Award
Distinguished Literary Scholar
Cultural Historian
African American Studies

Terrance Hayes

Distinguished Poet
MacArthur "Genius" Award
National Book Award
Visual Artist

Brenda Hillman

Acclaimed Poet
Griffin Poetry Prize
Environmental Advocate
Non-Violent Activist

Ted Kooser

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
United States Poet Laureate (2004-2006)
Essays & Childrens Books

Dawn Lundy Martin

Poet, Critic, Essayist
Video Artist & Performer
Kingsley Tufts Award
LAMBDA Literary Award

Hisham Matar

Pulitzer Prize for Memoir
Acclaimed Libyan Novelist
Issues of Exile
Fathers and Sons

Heather McHugh

Distinguished Poet & Critic
MacArthur "Genius" Award
Griffin Prize: Translation
Founder of CareGifted

Claudia Rankine

Poet & Playwright
NYT Nonfiction Bestseller
NBCCA & Forward Prize
FYE: Citizen

George Saunders

NYT Bestselling Writer
Man Booker Prize Winner
MacArthur "Genius" Award
FYE: Tenth of December

Philip Schultz

Pulitzer Prize winning Poet
Acclaimed Memoirst
Jewish Topics
FYE: My Dyslexia

Charles Simic

Yugoslavian-born Poet
Pulitzer Prize Winner
United States Poet Laureate (2007-2008)

Michael Thomas

Novelist & Memoirist
IMPAC Dublin Award
Novel: Man Gone Down
Memoir: The Broken King

Natasha Trethewey

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
United States Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
FYE: Native Guard

Adam Zagajewski

Acclaimed Polish Poet
Griffin Lifetime Recognition
Essayist & Memoirist
Two Cities: Exile, History...