Peter Carey, Australian novelist

Pam Brown, Australian poet

Margaret Gibson, American poet and memoirist

Bliss Broyard, American fiction writer and memoirist

Katy Lederer, American poet and memoirist

Jennifer Atkinson, American Poet

Vona Groarke, Irish poet

Andrew Zawacki, American poet

Etgar Keret, Israeli novelist and filmmaker

Paul Muldoon, Irish poet and dramatist

Mark Doty, American poet and memoirist

Colson Whitehead, American novelist

A.S. Byatt, British novelist and critic

Kevin Young, American poet and critic

Jane Yolen, American children’s book writer

Marjorie Perloff, American poetry critic

David Shields, American prose writer

Gillian Conoley, American poet

Rae Armantrout, American poet

Linh Dinh, Vietnamese writer
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Sabrina Orah Mark, American poet

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Julie Carr, American poet

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G.C. Waldrep, American poet


Deborah Eisenberg, 
American short story writer 
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Danzy Senna, American novelist 
& memoirist




Donald Revell, American poet

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Aleš Šteger, Slovenian poet & essayist


Polina Barskova, Russian poet

George Saunders, 
American short story writer
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Jericho Brown

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Elizabeth Willis

Chad Wellmon

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