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  • A person with long brown hair and glasses, wearing a blue shirt and a black necklace, is smiling in front of a piano with a lace cover.

    Nancy Naomi Carlson

    Nancy Naomi Carlson, winner of the 2022 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize, is a poet, translator, essayist, and editor, as well as a recipient of two literature translation fellowships…

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  • A person in a patterned sweater and headscarf is painting white bird silhouettes on a blue background. They hold a small brush, focusing intently on their work. A paint bucket sits nearby on the ground.

    Negina Azimi

    Negina Azimi, is an Afghan visual artist whose journey began on the streets and walls of Kabul as a member of ArtLords, a grassroots collective that used…

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  • Elderly person with curly hair and glasses, wearing a necklace and a dark top, looking at the camera with a neutral expression in a black-and-white photo.

    Olive Senior

    Olive Senior is the award-winning author of twenty books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s literature. She was the Poet Laureate of Jamaica from 2021 to 2024,…

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    Oliver Radclyffe

    Oliver Radclyffe is part of the new wave of transgender writers unafraid to address the complex nuances of transition, examining the places where gender identity, sexual orientation,…

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    Omaid Sharifi

    Omaid Sharifi is an acclaimed artivist and the President of ArtLords, a global collective of artivists dedicated to harnessing creativity for social transformation and advocating artistic freedom worldwide. With…

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    Patricia Evangelista

    Patricia Evangelista is a trauma journalist and former investigative reporter for the Philippine news company Rappler. Her debut book, Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder…

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    Paul David Young

    Paul David Young is a playwright, translator, and critic. His translations, with Carl Weber, of Heiner Müller’s Anatomy Titus Fall of Rome and Macbeth were published by…

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    Paul Tremblay

    Paul Tremblay has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, Sheridan Le Fanu, and Massachusetts Book awards and is the New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie:…

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  • A man holding a microphone stands on stage under blue and yellow lights, speaking with one hand raised, in front of a curtain and a large blank screen.

    Peter Grosz

    Peter Grosz began his comedy career in Chicago at IO Chicago, The Second City and The Annoyance Theater. Films include The Menu, Stranger Than Fiction, Rough Night,…

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    Peter Hamby

    Peter Hamby is an Emmy and Murrow Award-winning political journalist based in Los Angeles. He is a founding partner of Puck News, where he writes about politics,…

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  • A person wearing a black shirt stands outdoors against a clear blue sky, looking to the side. The perspective is from below, emphasizing the sky and creating a serene atmosphere. Trees are faintly visible in the bottom corners.

    Pol Guasch

    Pol Guasch is the author of two collections of poetry and two novels. The holder of a Master’s Degree in Contemporary Literature, Culture, and Theory from King’s…

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    Raanan Gabriel

    Raanan Gabriel, after a successful career in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), dedicated his life to the graphic arts, becoming an award-winning graduate of the prestigious Bezalel…

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  • A man with short dark hair, a goatee, and a dark jacket with a fur-lined hood stands outdoors. A pole with stickers and a blurred background of a building are visible. The mood is neutral.

    Radu Vancu

    Radu Vancu (Sibiu, Romania, 1978) is a Romanian poet, novelist, scholar, and translator. Between 2019 and 2023, he has served as president of PEN Romania. He works…

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  • A person with curly hair, wearing a white top and dark blazer, gazes confidently at the camera against a neutral background.

    Rana Ayyub

    Rana Ayyub is an Indian investigative journalist and a global opinions writer at the Washington Post. She has worked as a reporter, Editor and columnist with some…

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  • A person with curly hair, wearing glasses and a green top, stands in a library surrounded by bookshelves filled with various books.

    Rania Mamoun

    Rania Mamoun is a Sudanese activist and writer of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. She completed Something Evergreen Called Life, a poetry manuscript written during COVID-19 quarantine, translated…

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  • A person with long dark hair and a warm smile is seated with arms crossed, wearing a colorful patterned top and a necklace with a heart-shaped pendant. The background is a soft blend of blue and gray tones.

    Reyna Grande

    Reyna Grande was born in Guerrero, Mexico and is the author of the bestselling memoirs, The Distance Between Us, and A Dream Called Home, as well as…

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