Chris Abani
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
NYT Bestselling Novelist
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
National Book Award Finalist
Nuar Alsadir
Award-winning Poet, Essayist
Psychoanalyst
Anastacia-Reneé
Author, Educator, Interdisciplinary Artist
Award-winning Poet
Raymond Antrobus
Rathbone Folio Prize
Communication, Connection, Cultural Inheritance
Destiny O. Birdsong
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
2021 PEN/Voelcker Award Longlist
Eula Biss
NYT Bestselling Author
National Book Critics Circle Award
Brian Broome
Award-winning Memoirist
Punch Me Up to the Gods
Jericho Brown
Pulitzer Prize-winning PoetThe Tradition
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer Black Girl Magic
Gabriel Bump
Acclaimed Novelist
Everywhere You Don't Belong
Tina Chang
Acclaimed American Poet
Race, Culture, Identity
Marilyn Chin
Poet, Novelist, Translator
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Kwame Dawes
Ghana-born Jamaican Poet
Novelist and Essayist
Windham Campbell Prize Winner
Medar de la Cruz
Illustrator & Cartoonist
Library Advocate
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist
Whiting Award
Bryan Doerries
Theater of War Productions
Translator of Ancient Greek
Anaïs Duplan
Award-winning Poet & Essayist
Whiting Award
Safia Elhillo
Award-winning Poet
Arab American Book Award
National Book Award Longlist
Tarfia Faizullah
Poet & Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author
Kimiko Hahn
Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Nathalie Handal
Arab American Book Award
Dislocation, Home & Exile
Terrance Hayes
MacArthur "Genius" Award
National Book Award
Major Jackson
Acclaimed Author
Host of The Slowdown
Roll Deep
Douglas Kearney
National Book Award Longlist
Race, Culture & Identity
Michael Kleber-Diggs
Award-winning Author
Max Ritvo Poetry Prize
Dawn Lundy Martin
Poet, Critic, Memoirist
Kingsley Tufts Award
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
John Murillo
Award-winning Poet
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
Ladan Osman
Somali-born Poet
Gender & Displacement
m. nourbeSe philip
Windham Campbell Prize
Poet, Writer, Lawyer
Zong!
Caryl Phillips
Award-winning Novelist & Playwright
PEN/Open Book Award
Deesha Philyaw
Award-winning Writer
Black Queer Intersectionality
Claudia Rankine
NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize
Sapphire
Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet
Nicole Sealey
Forward Prize
Former Executive Director of Cave Canem (2017-2019)
Tim Seibles
Acclaimed Poet
National Book Award Finalist
Charif Shanahan
Award-winning Poet
National Book Award Longlist
Lambda Literary Award Winner
Matthew Shenoda
Award-winning Poet
American Book Award
Sun Yung Shin
Poet, Writer & Cultural Worker
Minnesota Book Award
Aisha Sabatini Sloan
Writer, Curator, Artist
Lambda Literary Award
Danez Smith
Spoken Word Poet & Author
Lambda Literary Award
Danté Stewart
Acclaimed Memoirist
Belonging & Religion
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
Award-winning Novelist & Critic
Black Queer Feminism
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Award-winning Fiction Author
PEN Open Book Award
Natasha Trethewey
US Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Novelist & Memoirist
Literary & Social Activist
Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ
Acclaimed Novelist & Short Story Writer
Frank B. Wilderson III
Award-winning Author
Poet, Scholar, Activist
Tamara Winfrey-Harris
Acclaimed Writer
Dear Black Girl
Karen Tei Yamashita
Award-winning Author
Inheritance: Familial, Cultural, Artistic
Ibi Zoboi
Award-winning YA Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
American Street