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
Marilyn Chin
Award-winning Poet & Author
Kwame Dawes
Ghana-born Jamaican Poet
Novelist and Essayist
Bryan Doerries
Theater of War Productions
Translator of Ancient Greek
Anaïs Duplan
Award-winning Poet & Essayist
2022 Whiting Award-winner
Percival Everett
Acclaimed Novelist
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
Tarfia Faizullah
Award-winning Poet & Writer
Nathalie Handal
Arab American Book Award
Dislocation, Home & Exile
Terrance Hayes
MacArthur "Genius" Award
National Book Award
Major Jackson
Acclaimed Author
Roll Deep
Douglas Kearney
National Book Award Longlist
Race, Culture & Identity
Michael Kleber-Diggs
Award-winning Poet
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 Winner
Ladan Osman
Somali-born Poet
Gender & Displacement
Patrick Phillips
Poet & Nonfiction Writer
Blood at the Root
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
Nat'l Book Award Finalist
Matthew Shenoda
Award-winning Poet
American Book Award
Sun Yung Shin
Acclaimed Poet, Writer & Cultural Worker
2016 Minnesota Book Award
Danté Stewart
Acclaimed Memoirist
Belonging & Religion
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
Award-winning Fiction Writer & Critic
Black Queer Feminism
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
Frank B. Wilderson III
Award-winning Author
Poet, Scholar, Activist
Tamara Winfrey-Harris
Acclaimed Writer
Dear Black Girl
Karen Tei Yamashita
Award-winning Author
Ibi Zoboi
Award-winning YA Novelist