Melania Luisa Marte

Writer, Poet & Musician

Melania Luisa Marte - Afro-Latina

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Author, Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy and Something More

Tim Burton

Film Director, Producer, Writer, Poet & Stop Motion Artist

Paulette Jiles

American Poet, Memoirist & Novelist

Jon Jorgenson

Author, Spoken Word Poet & Christian Speaker

David Bianchi

Founder of Exertion Films, Self-Propelled Entrepreneur, Producer & Actor

David Whyte

Poet, Author, Naturalist & Organizational Thinker

Bertice Berry

Sociologist, Author and Educator

Amena Brown

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & Author

Pearl Cleage

Playwright & Novelist

Jaki Shelton Green

Author, Poet & North Carolina Poet Laureate

‘this I know for sure,’ written by NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green

Ira Joe Fisher

Communications Coach/Speaker; Master-of-Ceremonies; Occasional Speaker

Xerxes Whitney

Poet, Teacher, Coach, Athlete and Motivational Expert

Christine A. Platt

Author & Managing Director of The Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University

Rebecca, Not Becky: A Novel

Leslie Harrison

Poet, Teacher, Writer

Jewelle Gomez

Writer, Activist & Author

Sandy Shugart

President and CEO at Valencia College

Joyce Sutphen

Author and Poet Laureate of Minnnesota

Yolanda Wisher

Curator of Spoken Word at Philadelphia Contemporary

Hanif Abdurraqib

Poet, Essayist & Cultural Critic

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Edward Hirsch

Poet and President of the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Ahlam Bolooki

Festival Director of Emirates Airline Festival of Literature

Bonafide Rojas

Bonafide Rojas is the author of “Renovatio, When The City Sleeps & Pelo Bueno” & is the founder of Grand Concourse Press.

Tucker Bryant

Entrepreneur, Innovation Strategist & Nationally Renowned Poet

Tucker Bryant 2023 Speaker Reel

Meklit Hadero

Singer, Musician, Cultural Instigator

Gail Bean

Actress, Poet, & Activist; Know for FX's Snowfall" and Starz "P-Valley"

Gail Bean on "Intense" Four-Month Training Process for Role in P-Valley

Felwine Sarr

Anne-Marie Bryan Distinguished Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Duke University

Afrotopia

Barbara De Angelis

Renowned Relationship and Personal Development Expert

James Russell Lingerfelt

Award winning writer and humanitarian leader, speaks to audiences worldwide

Mo Stegall

Global Brand Ambassador, Motivational Speaker, Bestselling Author and Actor