Al Letson

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

Grant Faulkner

Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month; Co-Founder of 100 Word Story; Co-Host of Podcast "Write-minded"

Nothing Short Of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story

Enuma Okoro

Nigerian-American Author and Lecturer; Columnist, Financial Times; Global Citizen

Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent

Shawna Kay Rodenberg

Author

Wole Soyinka

Nobel Laureate for Literature; International Best-Selling Author

Pearl Cleage

Playwright & Novelist

Melania Luisa Marte

Writer, Poet & Musician

Melania Luisa Marte - Afro-Latina

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

Alexandra Hudson

Founder of Civic Renaissance & Author of "The Soul of Civility"

Najwan Darwish

Palestinian Poet & Cultural Journalist

Nothing More to Lose

Jonathan Rosen

Author & Editorial Director of Nextbook

Shannon TL Kearns

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

Afaa Weaver

Award Winning Poet, Playwright & Translator

Hanif Abdurraqib

Poet, Essayist & Cultural Critic

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Mohammed El-Kurd

Palestinian Writer and Poet

Graham Swift

Author

Brenda Peynado

Dominican American Fiction Writer

Sierra Crane Murdoch

Journalist & Essayist; Author of "Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country"

Antonia Felix

Author & Playwright

Benjamin Spall

Co-author, My Morning Routine: How Successful People Start Every Day Inspired

Morgan Jerkins​

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

Oscar Schwartz

Writer and Poet from Melbourne

Sebastian Barry

Playwright, Poet, Award-Winning Author

Noël Jones

Writer, Slam Poet, Former member of the 2000 National Poetry Slam Champion Team NYC-Urbana

Saul Williams

Spoken Word Artist

Kate White

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

Scott Turow

Attorney & 11-Time Bestselling Author

Patricia Smith

Poet, Spoken-Word Performer, Playwright, Author

Ishmael Reed

Novelist, Poet & Playwright