Jarrett J. Krosoczka is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of more than fifty books for young readers. Over his twenty-five-year career, he has created…
Professor Jarosław Kuisz is an essayist writing on democracy, political culture, and the intellectual history of contemporary Europe. He is an Associate at the Oxford School of…
Natasha Lehrer is a writer and translator whose long-form journalism and book reviews have appeared in The Guardian, The Observer, Times Literary Supplement, The Nation, and Fantastic…
Tess Lewis is a writer and translator from French and German. Her translations include works by Walter Benjamin, Ingeborg Bachmann, Peter Handke, and Montaigne. She has been…
Yiyun Li is the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction, including, most recently, Things in Nature Merely Grow. She is the recipient of many awards,…
Summer Lopez is co-Chief Executive Officer of PEN America. She joined the organization in 2017 and previously served as chief program officer, free expression; in that role,…
Édouard Louis is the author of The End of Eddy, History of Violence, Who Killed My Father, A Woman’s Battles and Transformations, Change, Monique Escapes, and Collapse,…
Alain Mabanckou is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic. A French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he currently teaches literature in the Department of…
Malcolm Tariq is a poet, playwright, and social impact and engagement strategist from Savannah, Georgia. He is the author of Heed the Hollow (Graywolf, 2019), winner of…
Małgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk is a playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. Her plays have received numerous Polish and international awards, have been translated into fourteen languages, and have been staged…