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
Cole Arthur Riley
NYT Bestselling Author
Creator & Curator of Black Liturgies
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 Poet MacArthur Genius Award
The Tradition
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer National Book Award Longlist
Black Girl Magic
Gabriel Bump
Acclaimed Novelist
Everywhere You Don't Belong
CM Burroughs
National Book Award Longlist
Award-winning Poet
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
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist
Whiting Award
Bryan Doerries
Author & Translator
Artistic Director: Theater of War Productions
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
Former Host of The Slowdown
Roll Deep
Douglas Kearney
National Book Award Longlist
Race, Culture & Identity
Michael Kleber-Diggs
Award-winning Poet & Memoirist
Max Ritvo Poetry Prize
Layli Long Soldier
National Book Critics Circle Award
Whiting Award
Dawn Lundy Martin
Poet, Critic, Memoirist
Kingsley Tufts Award
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
aja monet
Performance Poet
Author
Grammy-nominated Musician
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
National Book Award Finalist
Black Queer Intersectionality
Jive Poetic
Performance Poet & Educator
John Morning Award for Art and Service
Claudia Rankine
NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize
MacArthur Genius Award
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
Whiting Award
National Book Award Longlist
NBCC Award Finalist
Matthew Shenoda
Award-winning Poet
American Book Award
Sun Yung Shin
Poet, Memoirist & Cultural Worker
Minnesota Book Award
Aisha Sabatini Sloan
Writer, Curator, Artist
Lambda Literary Award
Whiting Award
Danez Smith
Forward Prize-Winning Poet
National Book Award Finalist
Author of Homie
Danté Stewart
Acclaimed Memoirist
Belonging & Religion
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
Award-winning Novelist & Critic
Black Queer Feminism
Michael Thomas
Novelist & Memoirist
IMPAC Dublin Award
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Award-winning Fiction Author
PEN Open Book Award
National Book Award Longlist
Whiting Award Winner
Natasha Trethewey
US Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Novelist & Memoirist
Literary & Social Activist
Nobel Prize Nominee
Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ
Acclaimed Novelist & Short Story Writer
Frank B. Wilderson III
Award-winning Author
Poet, Scholar, Activist
Phillip B. Williams
Acclaimed Poet and Novelist
Lambda Literary Award
Karen Tei Yamashita
Award-winning Author
Lifetime Achievement Award
Inheritance: Familial, Cultural, Artistic
Ibi Zoboi
Award-winning YA Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
American Street