Dave Pelzer

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

Camille Paglia

Author, Feminist & Social Critic; Professor at The University of the Arts

Jill Scott

Grammy Award-Winning Singer, Songwriter, Actress & Poet

Elizabeth Alexander

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

The privilege of perspective ft. Elizabeth Alexander

Suzan Shown Harjo

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

Fulfilling Her Promise: Museums Honor Native Rights Advocate Suzan Harjo

Taylor Mali

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

Bruce George

Poet / Activist

Steve Connell

Internationally Acclaimed Spoken Word Artist, Playwright, Actor & Poet

Etan Thomas

Former NBA Player & Poet

Police Brutality and White Supremacy: The Fight Against American Traditions

Michael Franti

Poet, Musician & Activist

Cheryl Richardson

Personal Transformation Expert & Bestselling Author of "Life Makeovers"

Mike Harris

I don't tell jokes. I just tell people what happens and they laugh at me.

Timothy Ferris

Best-Selling Author, Educator & Filmmaker Timothy

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.

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

Stephanie Burt

Acclaimed Poet & Teacher; Literary Critic & Essayist

Stephen Graham Jones

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

John Langford

Jon Langford is a Welsh musician and artist who is currently based in Chicago. Jon Langford is also an honorary board member of the Chicago based nonprofit organization Rock For Kids.

Richard Grossman

Richard Grossman is an award-winning novelist and poet. Breeze Avenue— his 3,000,000-page work conceived as a literary analog of cosmic consciousness— is forthcoming in 2015.

Dessa

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

Nico Tortorella

Award-Winning Actor, Model, Poet & Podcaster

Valerie June

Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Poet & Actor

Judith Reichman

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

Tina Marie Jones

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

Carvens Lissaint

International Award-Winning Poet, Actor & Singer

Dean Koontz

New York Times Best-Selling Author Known for his Suspense Thrillers; "Odd Thomas"

Rafael Campo

Physician, Poet & Scholar

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

Daniel Alarcón

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