Apollo Robbins

Sleight-of-Hand Artist and Self-Described Gentleman Thief & Deception Specialist

Brittney Grimes

Writer, Poet, Motivational Speaker, Violinist & Published Author

Carvens Lissaint

International Award-Winning Poet, Actor & Singer

Daniel Alarcón

Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Columbia University; Author Known for "At Night We Walk in Circles" & "Lost City Radio"

Dean Koontz

New York Times Best-Selling Author Known for his Suspense Thrillers; "Odd Thomas"

Dessa

Rapper, Singer & Spoken Word Artist, Member of the Indie Hip Hop Collective Doomtree

Elmaz Abinader

Writer, Performer, Poet

Harry Baker

Slam Poet

Javon Johnson

Spoken Word Poet, Activist & Professor

Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai

Award-Winning Spoken Word Artist and Activist

Lee Mokobe

Internationally Published Poet, TEDx Speaker & Human Rights Activist; Creative Director at Vocal Revolutionaries

Luis Rodriguez

Official Poet Laureate of Los Angeles; Poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and columnist.

Martha Quinn

Original MTV VJ, SiriusXM Host. Co-Author of New York Times Best-Seller VJ:The Unplugged Adventures Of MTV's First Wave

Martin Espada

Poet, Essayist, Editor & Translator

Masiela Lusha

Actress, Author, and Philanthropist

Michael Franti

Poet, Musician & Activist

Peter Aguero

Moth GrandSLAM champion

Prince Ea

Spoken Word Artist & Activist

Remi Kanazi

Poet, Human Rights Activist & Author of "Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance & Palestine"

Rommi Smith

Writer, Poet, Performer

Rudy Francisco

Poet; Spoken Word Artist

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.

Spoken Reasons

Multi-Talented Artist and One of the “Young Kings of Comedy”

Sunni Patterson

Spiritual Musician & Poet

Taylor Mali

Acclaimed Performance Poet, Education Advocate, Author of "What Teachers Make"

Timothy Ferris

Best-Selling Author, Educator & Filmmaker Timothy

Tracy K. Smith

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, 22nd Poet Laureate of the U.S. & Acclaimed Memoirist; Professor at Harvard University

'Here and Now, Elsewhere and Before: A Talk and Reading on Poetry and Time'

Vikram Seth

Indian Novelist and Poet

Warsan Shire

Award-Winning Poet' Displacement & Belonging Advocate; Author of "Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth"