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Stand-Up Comic, Actor & Writer Known for "Take Me As Your Wife" & the "Queery" Podcast

Cesar Kuriyama

Director, Producer & TED Speaker; Known for 1 Second Everyday

Valerie Red-Horse

Investment Banker, Filmmaker, Owner & Founder of Red-Horse Native Productions

Julia Alvarez

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Sandra Cisneros

Poet, Short Story Writer, Novelist & Essayist Known for "The House on Mango Street"

Christopher Paul Wolfe

Army Veteran, Writer & Inaugural Artist-in-Residence at Columbia University

KRS-One

Rapper, Author & Activist

The Gospel of Hip Hop: The First Instrument

Linda Descano

President and CEO of Women & Co.; Managing Director at Citi

May Cobb

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Everina Maxwell

Author of "Winter’s Orbit"

Ocean's Echo

Ashley Ford

Writer & Host of 112BK on BRIC TV

Live from the Stage with Ashley C. Ford - YouTube

Emily Henry

Author of “Happy Place;” Known as The Queen of Romance

Funny Story

Patrick Ness

Author, Journalist, Lecturer & Screenwriter

Max Brooks

Author of "The Zombie Survival Guide" & "World War Z"

Sahar Delijani

Iranian Author Best Known for "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"

David Lynch

American Filmmaker, Television Director and Musician; "The Elephant Man" and "Blue Velvet"

Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity

Yusef Komunyakaa

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

Deborah Feldman

New York Times Bestselling Author of "Unorthodox" and "Exodus"

Mary Ellen Hannibal

Journalist & Author of "Citizen Scientist"

Roxy Azari

Spoken Word Artist, Slam Poet & Social Justice Activist