Kaitlyn Greenidge‘s debut novel is WE LOVE YOU, CHARLIE FREMAN (Algonquin Books), one of the New York Times Critics’ Top 10 Books of 2016. Her... Read More

Suzanne Nossel currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of PEN America, the leading human rights and free expression organization. Since joining in 2013, she... Read More

Artem Chapeye (Артем Чапай) is a Ukrainian writer, reporter, translator and activist. He writes creative nonfiction as well as popular fiction. He is a four–time finalist... Read More

Artem Chekh is Ukrainian writer, the author of more than 10 fiction and non-fiction books, mostly known for his latest ABSOLUTE ZERO, DISTRICT D, WHO... Read More

Iryna Tsilyk is Ukrainian filmmaker and writer. She is the director of the award-winning documentary film The Earth Is Blue As an Orange. Iryna is... Read More

Patricia Smith is a poet, teacher, and performance artist. She is the author of UNSHUTTERED; INCENDIARY ART, winner of the 2018 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award... Read More

Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Perry is the author of LOOKING FOR LORRAINE: THE RADIANT AND RADICAL LIFE... Read More

Marlon James was born in Jamaica in 1970. His most recent novel, MOON WITCH, SPIDER KING, is the second novel in his Dark Star fantasy... Read More

Margaret Sullivan is a groundbreaking journalist and award-winning media critic. After starting her career as a summer intern at her hometown daily, The Buffalo News, she... Read More

Tyriek Rashawn White is a writer, musician, and educator from Brooklyn, NY. He is currently the media director of Lampblack Literary Foundation, which seeks to... Read More