Nuar Alsadir
Award-winning Poet, Essayist
Psychoanalyst
Ellen Bass
Award-winning Poet
Lambda Lit Award
Destiny O. Birdsong
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer Black Girl Magic
Tina Chang
Acclaimed American Poet
Race, Culture, Identity
Marilyn Chin
Poet, Novelist, Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author
Natashia Deón
Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Attorney
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist
Whiting Award Winner
Carol Ann Duffy
U. K. Poet Laureate
T. S. Eliot Prize
Camille Dungy
Award-winning Poet
Acclaimed Essayist & Critic
Tarfia Faizullah
Poet & Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author
Aminatta Forna
Award-winning Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
Natalie Goldberg
Bestselling Author & Poet
Writing Down The Bones
Sara Gruen
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Water for Elephants
Kimiko Hahn
Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
American Book Award
Joy Harjo
US Poet Laureate (2019-22)
NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award
Memoirs: Crazy Brave, Poet Warrior
Pam Houston
Acclaimed Novelist
Animals, Outdoors, Nature
Marie Howe
Acclaimed Poet
NYS Poet Laureate (2014)
Vanessa Hua
Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Issues
Keetje Kuipers
Award-winning Poet
Culture, Identity, Motherhood
Akil Kumarasamy
Award-winning Author
Bard Fiction Prize
Deborah Landau
Acclaimed Poet
The Uses of the Body
Dawn Lundy Martin
Poet, Critic, Memoirist
Kingsley Tufts Award
Jamila Minnicks
Award-winning Fiction Author
Honor Moore
Memoirst, Biographer, Poet
Bishop's Daughter
Eileen Myles
Acclaimed Poet and Critic
Lambda Pioneer Award
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Asian-American Poet
Barnes & Noble Book of 2020
Alicia Ostriker
Distinguished Poet
Jewish Book Award
Molly Peacock
Acclaimed Poet
Memoir, Biography, Essay
Torrey Peters
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Detransition, Baby
Deesha Philyaw
Award-winning Writer
Black Queer Intersectionality
Casey Plett
Fiction & Short Story Writer
Lambda Literary Award Winner
Katha Pollitt
Poet, Essayist, Writer
PRO: Abortion Rights
Maya C. Popa
Romanian-American Poet
North American Book Prize
Francine Prose
NYT Bestselling Author
Fiction, Nonfiction, Essay
Bushra Rehman
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
Roxana Robinson
Acclaimed Novelist & Biographer
Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life
Sapphire
Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet
Nicole Sealey
Forward Prize
Former Executive Director of Cave Canem (2017-2019)
Emily Skillings
Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Feminist Intertextualities
Maggie Smith
Award-winning Poet
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Author of Good Bones
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
Award-winning Novelist & Critic
Black Queer Feminism
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
Karen Tei Yamashita
Award-winning Author
Inheritance: Familial, Cultural, Artistic