Prince Ea

Spoken Word Artist & Activist

Michael Franti

Poet, Musician & Activist

Steve Connell

Internationally Acclaimed Spoken Word Artist, Playwright, Actor & Poet

Jill Scott

Grammy Award-Winning Singer, Songwriter, Actress & Poet

Vikram Seth

Indian Novelist and Poet

Mark Nepo

Bestselling Author, Poet & Philosopher

Julia Alvarez

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Warsan Shire

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

Nico Tortorella

Award-Winning Actor, Model, Poet & Podcaster

Judith Reichman

Women’s Health Expert, Physician Correspondent for the Today Show, and Bestselling Author

Rick Tumlinson

One of the World's Top Space Visionaries; Founder of the Commercial Space Movement; Founding Trustee of the XPrize

Martha Quinn

Original MTV VJ, SiriusXM Host. Co-Author of New York Times Best-Seller VJ:The Unplugged Adventures Of MTV's First Wave

Brittney Grimes

Writer, Poet, Motivational Speaker, Violinist & Published Author

Timothy Ferris

Best-Selling Author, Educator & Filmmaker Timothy

Luis Rodriguez

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

Elizabeth Alexander

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

The privilege of perspective ft. Elizabeth Alexander

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'

Cheryl Richardson

Personal Transformation Expert & Bestselling Author of "Life Makeovers"

Sunni Patterson

Spiritual Musician & Poet

Daniel Alarcón

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

Suzan Shown Harjo

Cheyenne-Holdulgee Muscogee Activist, Poet, Writer, Lecturer & Curator

Fulfilling Her Promise: Museums Honor Native Rights Advocate Suzan Harjo

David Hyner

Professional Speaker, "The Massive Goal Principle"

Dave Pelzer

Counselor, Comedian & Expert on Foster Care, Resilience, and Personal Growth; Bestselling Author of "A Child Called 'It'"

Rafael Campo

Physician, Poet & Scholar

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

Dessa

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

Remi Kanazi

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

Cherríe L. Moraga

Award-Winning Playwright, Poet, and Essayist

Taylor Mali

Acclaimed Performance Poet, Education Advocate, Author of "What Teachers Make"

Mary Karr

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

Kevin Powers

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