Chris Abani
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Bestselling Fiction Writer
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
Samiya Bashir
Acclaimed Poet Finalist Lambda Lit 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
Kwame Dawes
Ghana-born Jamaican Poet
Novelist and Essayist
Bryan Doerries
Theater of War Productions
Translator of Ancient Greek
Percival Everett
Acclaimed Novelist
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
Nathalie Handal
Arab American Book Award
Dislocation, Home & Exile
Terrance Hayes
MacArthur "Genius" Award
National Book Award
Major Jackson
Acclaimed Poet
Roll Deep
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Award-winning Poet
Douglas Kearney
Acclaimed Poet
Race, Culture & Identity
Dawn Lundy Martin
Poet, Critic, Memoirist
Kingsley Tufts Award
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
Ladan Osman
Somali-born Poet
Gender & Displacement
Patrick Phillips
Poet & Nonfiction Writer
Blood at the Root
Deesha Philyaw
Acclaimed Writer
Black Queer Intersectionality
Claudia Rankine
NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize
Sapphire
Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet
Tim Seibles
Acclaimed Poet
Nat'l Book Award Finalist
Danté Stewart
Acclaimed Memoirist
Belonging & Religion
Michael Thomas
Novelist & Memoirist
IMPAC Dublin Award
Natasha Trethewey
US Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Crystal Valentine
Poet, Educator & Activist
Nat’l Poetry Slam Finalist
Tamara Winfrey-Harris
Acclaimed Writer
Dear Black Girl