Chris Abani
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Nigerian-born Poet
Ariel Aberg-Riger
Visual Storyteller
2023 Kirkus Prize
2024 YALSA Nonfiction Finalist
Elizabeth Acevedo
Performance Poet & Novelist
National Book Award
Diane Ackerman
NYT Bestselling Author
Naturalist, Essayist, Poet
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
NYT Bestselling Novelist
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
National Book Award Finalist
Osama Alomar
Acclaimed Syrian Author
Flash Fiction/Poetry
Nuar Alsadir
Award-winning Poet, Essayist
Psychoanalyst
Anastacia-Reneé
Author, Educator, Interdisciplinary Artist
Award-winning Poet
Donald Antrim
MacArthur "Genius" Award
Acclaimed Fiction Writer
Raymond Antrobus
Rathbone Folio Prize
Communication, Connection, Cultural Inheritance
Simon Armitage
U.K. Poet Laureate Forward Prize
Fatimah Asghar
Acclaimed Poet, Novelist, Screenwriter
National Book Award Longlist
Jami Attenberg
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Memoirist
Peter Balakian
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Black Dog of Fate
Coleman Barks
Acclaimed PoetPremier Translator of Rumi
Ellen Bass
Award-winning Poet
Lambda Literary Award
Frank Bidart
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
National Book Award
Destiny O. Birdsong
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
2021 PEN/Voelcker Award Longlist
Eula Biss
NYT Bestselling Author
National Book Critics Circle Award
Sherwin Bitsui
Native American Poet
PEN Open Book Award
Richard Blanco
Obama's Inaugural Poet
Poetry Education Ambassador
Adrienne Brodeur
Best-selling Memoirist & Novelist
Executive Director of Aspen Words
Julian Talamantez Brolaski
Native American Poet
Its Pronoun is It
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
Nickole Brown
Award-winning Poet & Educator
Winner of the Weatherford Award for Appalachian Poetry
Animal Advocate
Gabriel Bump
Acclaimed Novelist
Everywhere You Don't Belong
Stephanie Burt
Critic, Poet & Essayist
NBCC Award Finalist
Bonnie Jo Campbell
Bestselling Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Poet & Translator
Immigration Advocate
Vanessa Chan
Bestselling Novelist
Former Technology Executive
Tina Chang
Acclaimed American Poet
Race, Culture, Identity
Chen Chen
Acclaimed Poet
T. Gunn Gay Poetry Award
Marilyn Chin
Poet, Novelist, Translator
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Geffrey Davis
Award-winning Poet
Finalist Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
Kwame Dawes
Ghana-born Jamaican Poet
Novelist and Essayist
Windham Campbell Prize Winner
Meg Day
Award-winning Poet
Poetry Editor for Quarterly West
Medar de la Cruz
Illustrator & Cartoonist
Library Advocate
Natashia Deón
Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Attorney
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist
Whiting Award
Bryan Doerries
Theater of War Productions
Translator of Ancient Greek
Mark Doty
Distinguished Poet & Memoirist
National Book Award
Andre Dubus III
#1 NYT Bestselling Novelist
House of Sand and Fog
Camille Dungy
Award-winning Poet
Acclaimed Essayist & Critic
Anaïs Duplan
Award-winning Poet & Essayist
Whiting Award
Cornelius Eady
Poet, Lyricist, Playwright
Co-Founder of Cave Canem
Safia Elhillo
Award-winning Poet
Arab American Book Award
National Book Award Longlist
Bernardine Evaristo
Award-winning Novelist
Booker Prize Winner
Tarfia Faizullah
Poet & Translator
Pushcart Prize-winning Author
Beth Ann Fennelly
Acclaimed Poet & Essayist
Micro-Memoirist
Carolyn Forché
Award-winning Poet
Memoir: What You Have Heard Is True
Carrie Fountain
Award-winning Poet
YA: I’m Not Missing
Margalit Fox
Award-winning Journalist
NYT Obituary Writer
Haleh Liza Gafori
Vocalist, Poet, Educator
Premier Translator of Rumi
Forrest Gander
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Ecopoetics & Translation
Cristina García
Novelist, Poet, YA Author
Cuban-American Writer
Adam Gopnik
Int'l Bestselling Author
New Yorker Staff Writer
Jorie Graham
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Forward Prize
Kimiko Hahn
Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Isabella Hammad
Award-winning Novelist
O. Henry Prize
Nathalie Handal
Arab American Book Award
Dislocation, Home & Exile
Joy Harjo
US Poet Laureate (2019-22)
NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award
Memoirs: Crazy Brave, Poet Warrior
Terrance Hayes
MacArthur "Genius" Award
National Book Award
Juan Felipe Herrera
US Poet Laureate (2015-17)
Performer & Activist
Brenda Hillman
Griffin Poetry Prize
Environmental Advocate
Pam Houston
Acclaimed Novelist
Animals, Outdoors, Nature
Marie Howe
Acclaimed Poet
NYS Poet Laureate (2014)
Vanessa Hua
Acclaimed Novelist
Immigration Issues
Major Jackson
Acclaimed Author
Host of The Slowdown
Roll Deep
Jonathan M. Katz
Award-winning Journalist
Haiti, Epidemic, Disaster
Douglas Kearney
National Book Award Longlist
Race, Culture & Identity
Michael Kleber-Diggs
Award-winning Author
Max Ritvo Poetry Prize
Ted Kooser
US Poet Laureate (2004-2006)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Andrew Krivak
Acclaimed Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
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
Li-Young Lee
Award-winning Poet
Resilience, Faith, Exile
Malinda Lo
Award-winning Fiction & Nonfiction Writer
National Book Award Winner
Lambda Literary Award
Nikola Madzirov
Award-winning Poet
Exile & Refugees
Taylor Mali
Performance Poet
What Teachers Make
Dawn Lundy Martin
Poet, Critic, Memoirist
Kingsley Tufts Award
Hisham Matar
Pulitzer Prize-winning Nonfiction Author
PEN America Jean Stein Book Award
Khaled Mattawa
Award-winning Poet & Author
Culture, Narrative, Memory
Airea D. Matthews
Award-winning Poet
Race, Culture & Identity
Philadelphia Poet Laureate 2022-2023
Heather McHugh
MacArthur "Genius" Award
Distinguished Poet
Erika Meitner
Acclaimed Poet & Essayist
Jewish Book Award
Dunya Mikhail
Iraqi-American Poet & Writer
Arab American Book Award
Jamila Minnicks
Award-winning Fiction Author
PEN/Bellwether Prize
Rajiv Mohabir
Indo-Carribbean Poet
Memoir: Antiman
Rick Moody
Bestselling Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
Honor Moore
Memoirst, Biographer, Poet
Bishop's Daughter
Valzhyna Mort
Acclaimed Belarusian Poet
Translator of Slavic
Sir Andrew Motion
U.K. Poet Laureate (1999-09)
Dylan Thomas Prize
John Murillo
Award-winning Poet
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
Eileen Myles
Acclaimed Poet and Critic
Lambda Pioneer Award
Marilyn Nelson
Poet-as-Historian
Frost Poetry Prize
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
NYT Bestselling Nature Writer
Acclaimed Poet
Sought-after School Speaker
Pádraig Ó Tuama
Acclaimed Irish Poet
Podcast Host: Poetry Unbound
Meghan O’Rourke
Award-winning Memoirist
Acclaimed Poet
Chigozie Obioma
Award-winning Novelist
NAACP Image Award
Ladan Osman
Somali-born Poet
Gender & Displacement
Alicia Ostriker
Distinguished Poet
Jewish Book Award
Molly Peacock
Acclaimed Poet
Memoir, Biography, Essay
Torrey Peters
NYT Bestselling Novelist
Detransition, Baby
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Windham Campbell Prize
Poet, Writer, Lawyer
Zong!
Caryl Phillips
Award-winning Novelist & Playwright
PEN/Open Book Award
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Award-winning Poet
Literary & Visual Art Critic
Deesha Philyaw
Award-winning Writer
Black Queer Intersectionality
Casey Plett
Fiction & Short Story Writer
Lambda Literary Award
Katha Pollitt
Poet, Essayist, Writer
PRO: Abortion Rights
Maya C. Popa
Romanian-American Poet
North American Book Prize
Ernesto Quiñonez
Acclaimed Novelist
Latino Trendsetter Award
Claudia Rankine
NYT Bestselling Author
NBCCA & Forward Prize
Bushra Rehman
Award-winning Novelist & Poet
Lambda Literary Award Finalist
Alberto Ríos
Mexican-American Writer
National Book Award Finalist
Robin Robertson
Acclaimed Scots Poet
Forward Prize Winner
Roxana Robinson
Acclaimed Novelist & Biographer
Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life
Sapphire
Bestselling Novelist
Performance Poet
George Saunders
NYT Bestselling Writer
Booker Prize Winner
Philip Schultz
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Acclaimed Memoirst
Nicole Sealey
Forward Prize
Former Executive Director of Cave Canem (2017-2019)
Tim Seibles
Acclaimed Poet
National Book Award Finalist
Charif Shanahan
Award-winning Poet
National Book Award Longlist
Lambda Literary Award Winner
Matthew Shenoda
Award-winning Poet
American Book Award
Sun Yung Shin
Poet, Writer & Cultural Worker
Minnesota Book Award
Emily Skillings
Acclaimed Poet & Teacher
Feminist Intertextualities
Aisha Sabatini Sloan
Writer, Curator, Artist
Lambda Literary Award
Danez Smith
Spoken Word Poet & Author
Lambda Literary Award
Maggie Smith
Award-winning Poet
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Author of Good Bones
Chris Stedman
Author & Activist
Host of Unread
Danté Stewart
Acclaimed Memoirist
Belonging & Religion
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
Award-winning Novelist & Critic
Black Queer Feminism
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Award-winning Fiction Author
PEN Open Book Award
Daniel Torday
Acclaimed Novelist
Jewish Book Award
Natasha Trethewey
US Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Brian Turner
Acclaimed Soldier-Poet
Poet, Memoirist & Essayist
Fernando Valverde
Award-winning Poet
The Insistence of Harm
Mai Der Vang
Acclaimed Hmong Poet
Exile & Refugees
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
NYT Bestselling Novelist
IMPAC Dublin Award
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Novelist & Memoirist
Literary & Social Activist
Anne Waldman
Writer, Editor, Teacher
Award-winning Poet
Co-Founder of The Poetry Project
Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ
Acclaimed Novelist & Short Story Writer
Frank B. Wilderson III
Award-winning Author
Poet, Scholar, Activist
Phillip B. Williams
Acclaimed Poet
Lambda Literary Award
Tamara Winfrey-Harris
Acclaimed Writer
Dear Black Girl
Jenny Xie
Chinese American Poet
Immigration & Dislocation
Karen Tei Yamashita
Award-winning Author
Inheritance: Familial, Cultural, Artistic
Lidia Yuknavitch
Bestselling Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
Ibi Zoboi
Award-winning YA Novelist
National Book Award Finalist
American Street