Anne Carson

Award-Winning Canadian Poet, Essayist and Professor, MacArthur Fellowship Award Winner, Lannan Literary Award Winner

Deneka Thomas

Program Manager of Girl Be Heard Trinidad & Tobago; Advocate for Equality & Human Rights

Chika Stacy Oriuwa

Spoken Word Poet, Physician & Advocate

Diana Raab, MFA, PhD

Poet, Lecturer & Author Known For "Writing for Bliss"

Najwan Darwish

Palestinian Poet & Cultural Journalist

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José Olivarez

Poet, Educator & Performer; Known for "Citizen Illegal" and "Promises of Gold"

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Sasha LaPointe

Poet, Artist & Author of ""Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk"

Jesse Ball

American Poet and Novelist, Best Known for Novel "How to Start a Fire and Why"

Benjamin Lerner

Novelist, Poet, Critic & Distinguished Professor of English at Brooklyn College

Keenan Scott II

Playwright, Poet, Actor, Director & Producer

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Malkia Cyril

Founder & Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice (CMJ) & Co-Founder of the Media Action Grassroots Network

Joel A. Davis Brown

Chief Visionary Officer of Pneumos, Organizational Development Strategist, Global Inclusion Practitioner, Adjunct Professor, Poet & Storyteller

Nancy Stolfo-Corti

Yasmine Arrington

Founder & Executive Director of ScholarCHIPS, Inc., Radio Personality, Storyteller & Podcast Host

Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Writer, Scholar, Poet, Activist & Educator

Suzanne S. Rancourt

Indigenous Author, Poet & USMC Veteran

Hoda Khamosh

Women's Rights Activist, Journalist, & Campaigner; Raising Awareness to Female Health in Afghanistan

Judith Arcana

Writer, Poet & Reproductive Rights Advocate

Maya Washington

Filmmaker, Actress, Writer, Poet, Creative Director & Arts Educator

Joan 'Lyric' Leslie

Author, Slam poet, Back-to-back Queen of the South Poetry Slam Champion