Ellen Bass
Award-winning Poet
Lambda Lit Award
Mahogany L. Browne
Poet, Performer & Organizer Black Girl Magic
Tina Chang
Acclaimed American Poet
Race, Culture, Identity
Marilyn Chin
Award-winning Poet & Author
Natashia Deón
Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Attorney
Carol Ann Duffy
U. K. Poet Laureate
T. S. Eliot Prize
Camille Dungy
Award-winning Poet
Acclaimed Essayist & Critic
Katja Esson
Documentary Filmmaker
Poetry of Resilience
Aminatta Forna
Award-winning Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
Natalie Goldberg
Bestselling Author & Poet
Writing Down The Bones
Sara Gruen
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Water for Elephants
Joy Harjo
US Poet Laureate (2019-22)
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
Alka Joshi
NYT Bestselling Novelist
The Henna Artist
Keetje Kuipers
Award-winning Poet
Culture, Identity, Motherhood
Deborah Landau
Acclaimed Poet
The Uses of the Body
Dawn Lundy Martin
Poet, Critic, Memoirist
Kingsley Tufts Award
Honor Moore
Memoirst, Biographer, Poet
Bishop's Daughter
Eileen Myles
Acclaimed Poet and Novelist
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
Award-winning 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
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
Good Bones (viral poem)
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
Award-winning Fiction Writer & Critic
Black Queer Feminism
Shruti Swamy
Acclaimed Fiction Writer
O'Henry 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
Karen Tei Yamashita
Award-winning Author