J. Ivy

Award Winning Poet, Recording Artist, Songwriter & Actor

Robert Earl Price

Award Winning African American Poet, Playwright & Screenwriter

Philipp Meyer

Fiction Writer Known for "The Son" and "American Rust"

Elmaz Abinader

Writer, Performer, Poet

Martin Espada

Poet, Essayist, Editor & Translator

Javon Johnson

Spoken Word Poet, Activist & Professor

Rommi Smith

Writer, Poet, Performer

Timothy Ferris

Best-Selling Author, Educator & Filmmaker Timothy

Remi Kanazi

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

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'

Poet E.L. Conrod

Poet & Author

Dean Koontz

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

Peter Balakian

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet,New York Times Bestselling Author, Acclaimed Essayist & Translator

Will Richey

Spoken Word Artist & Founder of Journeyman Ink

Peter Aguero

Moth GrandSLAM champion

Anne Carson

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

Brittney Grimes

Writer, Poet, Motivational Speaker, Violinist & Published Author

Amir Sulaiman

Poet, Recording Artist, Actor, Screenwriter and Producer

Gary Turk

YouTube Sensation, Filmmaker & Spoken Word Artist

Luis Rodriguez

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