Tracy K. Smith

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, 22nd Poet Laureate of the U.S. & Acclaimed Memoirist; Professor at Harvard University

'Here and Now, Elsewhere and Before: A Talk and Reading on Poetry and Time'

Naomi Novik

Author of the New York Times Bestselling and Critically Acclaimed "Temeraire" Novels

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Mary Louise Kelly

Co-Host of NPR's "All Things Considered" & Author

Anonymous Sources

Sy Montgomery

Naturalist, Adventurer & Author of "The Good Good Pig" & "The Soul of an Octopus"

Secrets of the Octopus

Alice McDermott

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

Cherríe L. Moraga

Award-Winning Playwright, Poet, and Essayist

Paul Plsek

Innovation and Leadership advisor

Rafael Campo

Physician, Poet & Scholar

Comfort Measures Only: New and Selected Poems, 1994–2016

Jeremy Wade

Writer and TV Presenter

Hanan Al-Shaykh

Lebanese Author of Contemporary Literature Known for Works Like "The Locust and the Bird"

Kathy Caprino

Global Top Women's Career + Leadership Coach, Executive Trainer, Educator, Podcast Host, Senior Forbes Contributor & Author

Rita Golden Gelman

American Writer of Children's Literature and Travel Literature for Adults

Remi Kanazi

Poet, Human Rights Activist & Author of "Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance & Palestine"

Margaret Laws

President & CEO, Hopelab

Warsan Shire

Award-Winning Poet' Displacement & Belonging Advocate; Author of "Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth"

Neal Gorenflo

Publisher, Shareable Magazine

Felix Fernandez

Retired Mexican Goalkeeper & Co-host of the Univision Sports Show, "Republica Deportiva"

John Sadowsky

Renowned Leadership Coach and Speaker With More Than 20 Years of Experience Across Five Continents

Lissa Rankin

NY Times Bestselling Author of "Mind Over Medicine" & "The Fear Cure"; Physician & Founder of the Whole Health Medicine Institute