Julian Talamantez Brolaski (it / xe / them) is a poet and country singer, the author of OF MONGRELITUDE (Wave Books 2017), ADVICE FOR LOVERS (City Lights... Read More

Franklin Leonard is a film and television producer, cultural commentator, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of the Black List, the company that celebrates and supports great... Read More

Reza Aslan is a renowned writer, commentator, professor, Emmy- and Peabody-nominated producer, and scholar of religions. A recipient of the prestigious James Joyce award, Aslan... Read More

Priyanka Kumar is the author of CONVERSATIONS WITH BIRDS, widely acclaimed as “a landmark book” that “eloquently warns us about the loss of nature.” (Psychology... Read More

Leah Thomas is a celebrated environmentalist, founder of the non-profit, Intersectional Environmentalist, and author of THE INTERSECTIONAL ENVIRONMENTALIST: HOW TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION TO... Read More

John Irving won the National Book Award in 1980 for THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay... Read More

Eloise Klein Healy, the author of nine books of poetry, was named the first Poet Laureate of Los Angeles in 2012. She was the founding... Read More

Camille T. Dungy is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently TROPHIC CASCADE (Wesleyan UP, 2017), winner of the Colorado Book Award. She is also... Read More

Jean Guerrero is a columnist at the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of HATEMONGER: STEPHEN MILLER, DONALD TRUMP AND THE WHITE NATIONALIST AGENDA. Her first book, CRUX:... Read More