Kwame Alexander

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

Laurell K. Hamilton

NY Times Bestselling Author of the "Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter" Series & "Merry Gentry" Series of Paranormal Thrillers

Gregory Maguire

Award-winning, Best-selling Author of the Wicked Years Novels

Wally Lamb

Best-Selling Novelist & Educator

Erica Jong

Feminist, Social Critic, Poet & Author of "Fear of Dying"

Jerry Craft

New York Times Bestselling Graphic Novelist Known for "New Kid," "Class Act" & "School Trip"

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Lancelot Schaubert

Novelist of "Bell Hammers," Editor, Performer, Artist Chaplain

Benjamin Lerner

Novelist, Poet, Critic & Distinguished Professor of English at Brooklyn College

Alice McDermott

Celebrated Author, Pulitzer Prize Finalist & Former Professor For Distinguished Teaching In The Humanities at John Hopkins University

Julia Alvarez

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Matthew Luhn

Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

Damon Horowitz

Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Science Professor; Serial Entrepreneur & Former In-House Philosopher at Google

Lynn Vavreck

Professor of American Politics and Public Policy at UCLA & Political Columnist for the New York Times

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Erwin McManus

Author, Speaker, Futurist and Innovator

Unlock the Power of Communication: Exploring the 7 Frequencies

Alexis Hope

Designer & Researcher at MIT Media Lab, Expert in Creativity, Innovation & the Future of Work

Roosevelt Montás

Senior Lecturer in the Center for American Studies at Columbia University

Mi’Jan Celie Tho-Biaz

Cultural leader, Oral Historian and Documentarian

Veronica Barassi

Anthropologist & Professor in Media and Communication Studies

Dr. Mike Magee

President of Positive Medicine, Inc., Health Journalist & Author

Sonia Sanchez

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright & Activist

Anna Deavere Smith

Award-Winning Actress, Playwright & Social Commentator

Erika Lee

Historian; Author, "America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia" & "The Making of Asian America"

John Waters

Cult Filmmaker, Actor, Writer & Visual Artist

Jeremy Nobel

Founder & President at The Foundation for Art and Healing; Faculty, Harvard Medical School

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Danae Ringelmann

Founder, Indiegogo; Lodge & Farm Owner; Young Global Leader at World Economic Forum

Markus Gross

Director of Disney Research; Professor of Computer Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich

Peter Doolittle

Cognition Expert & Professor of Educational Psychology

Joshua Oppenheimer

Film Director Who Pushes the Boundaries of Fiction and Documentary; Known for "The Act of Killing"

Nicole Beharie

Actress & Singer

Joseph Luzzi

Cultural Commentator, Writer & Professor