Tracey Meares

Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Nick Bruel

New York Times Bestselling Children's Author

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Award-Winning Author

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Bonafide Rojas

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Gina Apostol

Winner of the 2022 Rome Prize in Literature; Author of "Insurrecto" & "Bibliolepsy"

Yuyi Morales

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Parul Sehgal

Parul Sehgal is an editor for The New York Times Book Review

C. Nathaniel Brown

Multi-bestselling author, publisher, filmmaker, and motivational and inspirational speaker.

Tahereh Mafi

New York Times Bestselling Author of the "Shatter Me" Series

Enuma Okoro

Nigerian-American Author and Lecturer; Columnist, Financial Times; Global Citizen

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Jenna Weiss-Berman

Co-Founder of Pineapple Street Media & Podcast Producer; Former Director of Audio for Buzzfeed

André Aciman

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Jim Lee

Chief Creative Officer & Publisher of DC

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Will Wilkinson

Vice President for Policy at the Niskanen Center; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Iowa

Spike Jonze

Director, Producer, Screenwriter and Actor; Screenwriter of "Where the Wild Things Are" & "Her"

Steven McCoy

Journalist & Owner of Spoken Entertainment and Advocate For The Deaf & Blind Community

Steve Thomas Rooney

Steve Thomas Rooney is an American author and television personality

Martellus Bennett

Former NFL Tight End & Founder of The Imagination Agency