Alyesha Wise

Writer, Poet & Educator; Co-Founder of Spoken Literature Art Movement

Zaina Arafat

Writer, Teacher & Editor

Laura van den Berg

Author, Writer & Lecturer

Donalyn Miller

Educator & Author of "The Book Whisperer" and "Reading in the Wild"

Arielle Estoria

Actor, Poet, & Author of "The Unfolding"

Arielle Estoria Speaker Reel

Kyla Jenee Lacey

Writer, Poet, Performer, Spoken Word, & Visual Artist Behind “White Privilege"

Hickory Dickory Dock I Do Not Want Your C*ck: A Book About Patriachy For Manchildren

José Olivarez

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

José Olivarez presents Promises of Gold

Afaa Weaver

Award Winning Poet, Playwright & Translator

Peter Kahn

Spoken Word Educator, High School English Teacher & Author

Jennifer Mathieu

Award-Winning Author

Ellen Booth Church

Early Childhood Educator, Writer, Product Consultant

Leigh Stein

Author, Activist, Teacher & Book Coach

Michelle Kuo

Teacher, Lawyer, Writer & Passionate Advocate of Prison Education

How to Approach Your Time in College | Michelle Kuo | TEDxYouth@IBSH

Yolanda Wisher

Curator of Spoken Word at Philadelphia Contemporary

Vicki Rox

Founder of LOVE COIN & Speaker on Modern Masculinity

Morgan Jerkins​

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Kwame Alexander

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

David Ebershoff

Author of "The Danish Girl" and the #1 Bestseller "The 19th Wife"

Katrina Ayres

Author, Classroom Management Specialist, Teacher Trainer

Elmaz Abinader

Writer, Performer, Poet

Beverly Gray

Non-Fiction Author and Theater/Film Critic

Joyce Sutphen

Author and Poet Laureate of Minnnesota

Sharon Creech

Sharon Creech is an American writer of children's novels. She was the first American winner of the Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the first person to win both the American Newbery Medal and the British Carnegie.

Patricia Polacco

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

John Cantwell

John Cantwell, Guest Writer / United States / Superscript. He currently lives in San Francisco and writes for Facebook.

David R. Dow

David R. Dow has defended over 100 death row inmates in 20 years. He is the Cullen Professor at the University of Houston Law Center and the Rorschach Visiting Professor of History at Rice University.

Linda Darling-Hammond

CEO of Learning Policy Institute & Founder of the Stanford University Center for Opportunity Policy in Education; Leader of President Obama’s Education Policy Transition Team

Steve Chiger

Director of Literacy at Uncommon Schools; Author of "Love & Literacy"

Pandemic Classroom: Dispatches from Teachers

Mercedez Holtry

Slam Poet, Writer & Chicana Feminist

A performance by and conversation with Mercedez Holtry

Melania Luisa Marte

Writer, Poet & Musician

Melania Luisa Marte - Afro-Latina