Bill Dedman

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Reporter for NBC News; Co-Author, "Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune"

André Aciman

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Afaa Weaver

Award Winning Poet, Playwright & Translator

M. NourbeSe Philip

Award-Winning Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Tim Federle

Award-Winning Writer, Former Broadway Dancer

Stuart Dybek

Poet, Fiction Writer & Professor at Western Michigan University

Al Letson

Peabody Award-Winning Radio Host, Spoken Word Artist, Playwright

Melissa L. Cooper

Professor of History at Rutgers University–Newark; Author of "Making Gullah" & African American History Expert

Minna Salami

Writer, Lecturer, Feminist, Gender Equality Activist & Founder of Award-Winning Blog MsAfropolitan

Ian Frazier

Author & Humorist; Staff Writer at "The New Yorker"

Bruce George

Poet / Activist

Kate White

Former Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine; New York Times Best-Selling Author

Mohammed Bilal

Poet, Musician & Social Educator

Jimmy Santiago Baca

Award-Winning Author & Poet; Founder of Cedar Tree

Andrew Russell

Author of "The Leadership We Need: Lessons for Today from Nelson Mandela" and Story-Teller

The Leadership We Need: Lessons for Today from Nelson Mandela

Alon Y Avidan, MD, MPH

Professor of Neurology & Director of UCLA Sleep Medicine Program

Handbook of Sleep Medicine (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Handbook Series)

Ashley Hope Pérez

Literary Scholar, Educator & Author of "Out of Darkness"

Banned Book Author Ashley Pérez

Kyle Mills

New York Times Bestselling Author of Thriller Novels

Code Red: A Mitch Rapp Novel by Kyle Mills (22)

Jasmine L. Harris

Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio & Author of “Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education”

Shannon TL Kearns

Ordained Priest, Playwright, Theologian & Author of "In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey With Scripture”

Jen Maxfield

Emmy Award-Winning Reporter; Columbia University Professor; Author of "More After the Break"

Mohammed El-Kurd

Palestinian Writer and Poet

Peter Kahn

Spoken Word Educator, High School English Teacher & Author

Leah Johnson

Award-Winning Author of "You Should See Me in a Crown"

Eric Jager

Professor of English at UCLA, Literary Critic & Specialist in Medieval Literature

Gary Oppenheimer

Food Waste Thought Leader, CNN Hero & World Food Prize Nominee

Marge Piercy

Award-winning Novelist, Poet & Social Activist

Mike Hill

TV Personality, Host on Fox Sports, Actor, Author of "Open Mike"

Jesse Miller

Topics focus on Social Media Awareness & Education, New Media, Education Technology, Digital Citizenship, Media Literacy, Technology, Online Connectivity.

Kylie Bisutti

Motivational Christian Speaker & Former Victoria's Secret Model Search Winner