Simon Armitage

U.K. Poet Laureate
Forward Prize

Coleman Barks

Acclaimed Poet
Premier Translator of Rumi

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate

Bryan Doerries

Theater of War Productions
Translator of Ancient Greek

Carolyn Forché

Award-winning Poet
Memoir: What You Have Heard Is True

Haleh Liza Gafori

Vocalist, Poet, Educator
Premier Translator of Rumi

Forrest Gander

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Ecopoetics & Translation

Brenda Hillman

Griffin Poetry Prize
Environmental Advocate

Akil Kumarasamy

Award-winning Author
Bard Fiction Prize

Nikola Madzirov

Award-winning Poet
Exile & Refugees

Hisham Matar

Pulitzer Prize-winning Nonfiction Author
PEN America Jean Stein Book Award

Khaled Mattawa

Award-winning Poet & Author
Culture, Narrative, Memory

Heather McHugh

MacArthur "Genius" Award
Distinguished Poet

Dunya Mikhail

Iraqi-American Poet & Writer
Arab American Book Award

Rajiv Mohabir

Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman

Valzhyna Mort

Acclaimed Belarusian Poet
Translator of Slavic

Rowan Ricardo Phillips

Award-winning Poet
Literary & Visual Art Critic

Robin Robertson

Acclaimed Scots Poet
Forward Prize Winner

Fernando Valverde

Award-winning Poet
The Insistence of Harm