Amir Soltani blends art, media and activism to tell compelling stories.  He has worked closely with PEN on the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh and other... Read More

Miwa Messer is a career bookseller and the creator, executive producer and host of Poured Over, the Barnes & Noble podcast.

Suketu Mehta is the New York-based author of MAXIMUM CITY: BOMBAY LOST AND FOUND, which won the Kiriyama Prize and the Hutch Crossword Award, and... Read More

Meghan O’Gieblyn is the author of the books GOD HUMAN ANIMAL MACHINE and INTERIOR STATES. She writes essays and features for The New Yorker, Harper’s... Read More

Nazanin Noroozi is a multi-disciplinary artist incorporating moving images, printmaking and alternative photography processes to reflect on notions of collective memory and displacement. Noroozi’s work... Read More

Kiran Desai is the author of two novels, HULLABALOO IN THE GUAVA ORCHARD and THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS for which she received the Man Booker... Read More

Jelani Cobb is Dean of Columbia Journalism School and a Staff Writer at The New Yorker. He is the author or editor of several books,... Read More

Marianne Hirsch writes about the transmission of memories of violent histories across generations, a process she has termed “postmemory.” Her recent books include THE GENERATION... Read More

Murong Xuecun (nom de plume of Hao Qun) is one of China’s most famous contemporary authors. His work includes THE MISSING INGREDIENT, LEAVE ME ALONE, DANCING THROUGH RED... Read More

Tala Madani (b. 1981, Tehran) makes paintings and animations whose indelible images bring together wide-ranging modes of critique, prompting reflection on gender, political authority, and... Read More