Dave Pelzer

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Suzan Shown Harjo

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Elizabeth Alexander

Renowned Poet Known For Inauguration Poem "Praise Song for the Day"

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Taylor Mali

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Bruce George

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Etan Thomas

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Cheryl Richardson

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Timothy Ferris

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Mary Karr

Poet, Essayist, & Memoirist; "Viper Rum," "The Devil's Tour," "Abacus," "The Liars' Club"

Luis Rodriguez

Official Poet Laureate of Los Angeles; Poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and columnist.

Stephen Graham Jones

Blackfeet Native American Author of Experimental Fiction, Horror, Crime & Science Fiction

Dessa

Rapper, Singer & Spoken Word Artist, Member of the Indie Hip Hop Collective Doomtree

Tina Marie Jones

Business Consultant, Strategic Interventionist & Host of Holistic Living Talk Show

Carvens Lissaint

International Award-Winning Poet, Actor & Singer

Rafael Campo

Physician, Poet & Scholar

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Daniel Alarcón

Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Columbia University; Author Known for "At Night We Walk in Circles" & "Lost City Radio"

Marion Winik

Award-Winning Author, Humorist and NPR Commentator

Kevin Powers

Author and Iraq War veteran; Known for "The Yellow Birds"

R. Dwayne Betts

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Masiela Lusha

Actress, Author, and Philanthropist

Remi Kanazi

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

Lee Mokobe

Internationally Published Poet, TEDx Speaker & Human Rights Activist; Creative Director at Vocal Revolutionaries

Sunni Patterson

Spiritual Musician & Poet

Kevin Giblin

Dynamic, engaging speaker with passion!

Lorna Dee Cervantes

Award-Winning Voice in Chicana Literature, Feminist & Activist Poet

Cherríe L. Moraga

Award-Winning Playwright, Poet, and Essayist

Tracy K. Smith

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

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Vanessa "The Hebrew Mamita" Hidary

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