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  • A person with long dark hair and glasses is wearing a sheer white top and large blue geometric earrings. They have a tattoo on their left arm and are standing against a plain background, smiling gently.

    Lily Philpott

    Lily Philpott is an Indigenous transracial adoptee born in Chile and raised in New England. She has worked for over a decade in the arts and culture…

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    Lisa Kron

    Lisa Kron wrote the book and lyrics for musical Fun Home in collaboration with composer Jeanine Tesori, which won five 2015 Tony awards including Best Book, Score,…

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  • A person with long, dark hair and a hint of gray stands against a black background. They wear a blue top and a red beaded necklace, looking confidently into the camera.

    Lynn Nottage

    Lynn Nottage is a playwright and a screenwriter, and the first woman in history to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Her recent work includes Floyd’s (Guthrie)…

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  • A person with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses smiles at the camera. They are wearing a black blazer over a blue top, and their arms are crossed. The background is a plain, light-colored wall.

    Lynn Vavreck

    Lynn Vavreck is the Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics and Public Policy at UCLA, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a…

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    M. Gessen

    M. Gessen is an Opinion columnist for The Times. They won a George Polk award for opinion writing in 2024. They are the author of 11 books,…

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  • Woman with long, straight hair and an updo, wearing a colorful floral top, looking at the camera against a plain background.

    Mai Khoi

    Mai Khoi is a Vietnamese artist and activist. At the age of 12 she wrote her first song and joined her father’s wedding band the same year.…

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  • A person with long dreadlocks and a serene expression sits against a textured gray background. They are wearing a white shirt with rolled-up sleeves and are positioned slightly sideways, glancing at the camera.

    Marcia Douglas

    Marcia Douglas was born in the UK and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. She works across fiction, poetry, and essays. She is the recipient of awards and fellowships…

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  • A person with long curly blond hair smiles slightly while looking at the camera. They wear a red top and a gold necklace, set against a blurred brownish background.

    Marie Howe

    Marie Howe is the author of New and Selected Poems (W.W. Norton, April 2024) which includes poems from four volumes of poetry: Magdalene: Poems (W.W. Norton, 2017);…

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    Meredith Talusan

    Meredith Talusan (she/they) received a Creative Capital Award, MacDowell Fellowship, and Special Mentions from the Pushcart Prize and Best American Short Stories in 2023; her stories appear…

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  • A person with glasses, short brown hair, and a faint smile is wearing a blue striped shirt and a dark blazer. The background is blurred, showing some hints of city life with lights and indistinct shapes of people.

    Michael Eskin

    Michael Eskin is an author, critic, translator, philosopher, publisher and co-founder of Upper West Side Philosophers, Inc., in New York City. He has taught at Cambridge and…

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    Moira Egan

    Moira Egan‘s most recent books are The Furies (LSU Press, Fall 2025) and Amore e morte (a bilingual new & selected poems, Rome: Edizioni Tlon, 2022). Her…

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  • A person with short gray hair and glasses stands against a brick wall, arms crossed. Theyre wearing a black suit and have a calm expression, set against a dimly lit background.

    Moisés Kaufman

    Moisés Kaufman is a Venezuelan American theater director, filmmaker, playwright, founder of Tectonic Theater Project based in New York City, and co-founder of Miami New Drama at…

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  • A woman with curly black hair and hoop earrings sits on a white chair. She is wearing a black top with embroidered details and has a slight smile. The background features a brick wall.

    Mojgan Ghazirad

    Mojgan Ghazirad is a native of Iran and graduated from Tehran University of Medical Sciences with a medical degree. She studied pediatrics at Inova Children’s Hospital and…

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    Molly Kearney

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  • A woman with wavy brown hair and turquoise earrings smiles gently, standing in front of a light green background with a vertical yellow stripe on the left. She is wearing a black top.

    Monica Cure

    Monica Cure is a Romanian-American writer, poet, literary translator, and dialogue specialist currently based in Bucharest. She is a two-time Fulbright grantee and the author of the…

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    Murray Hill

    Murray Hill is a comedian, host, actor, writer, and producer who played Fred Rococo on HBO’s Somebody Somewhere. Other television credits include Life & Beth and Drag…

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