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A’Lelia Bundles

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Alice Randall

Alison C. Rollins

Alondra Nelson

Amaud Jamaul Johnson

Amina Gautier

Aminatta Forna

Angela Flournoy

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Anthony Grooms

April Reynolds

Asiya Wadud

Attica Locke

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Ayana Mathis

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Bernard Ferguson

Bernardine Evaristo

Bernice L. McFadden

Betty DeRamus

Binyavanga Wainaina

Bob Herbert

Breena Clarke

Brian Gilmore

B. Sharise Moore

B. Sharise Moore

Brittney Cooper

Calvin Baker

Camille T. Dungy

Carl Phillips

Carole Merritt

Caryl Phillips

Chanda Feldman

Charles Blow 

Charles E. Cobb

Cheswayo Gabriel Mphanza

Chigozie Obioma

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chinelo Okparanta

Chinua Achebe

Chris Abani

Christell Victoria Roach

Christina Sharpe

Claudia Rankine

Clyde W. Ford

Colson Whitehead

Courttia Newland

Craig Steven Wilder

Curdella Forbes

D. Watkins

Damon Young

Dana Johnson

Dani McClain

Danielle Allen

Danielle Evans

David Anthony Durham

David Chariandy

DeAndrea Johnson

DeAndréa Johnson

Debra J. Dickerson

Deirdre Mask

Nisi Shawl

Nisi Shawl

Denise Nicholas

Desiree Evans

Destiny Birdsong

Destiny O. Birdsong

Devan Renea

Devan Renea

Dinaw Mengestu

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Donika Kelly

Dr. Amina Gaultier

Dr. Amina Gautier

Edward P. Jones

Edwidge Danticat

Elizabeth Alexander

Elizabeth McHenry

Elizabeth Nunez

Elnathan John

Emily Raboteau

Erica Frederick

Erica Hunt

Ernest J. Gaines

Esi Edugyan

Eve L. Ewing

Evie Shockley

Francine J. Harris

Frank B. Wilderson III

Fredrick Harris

Gary Younge

Geffrey Davis  

Gerald Horne

Gregory Pardlo

Haki R. Madhubuti

Hanif Abdurraqib

Harriet A. Washington

Helen Oyeyemi

Howard W. French

Ibram X. Kendi

Ijeoma Oluo

Imani Cezanne

Imani Cezanne Hollingsworth

Imani Perry

Isabel Wilkerson

Ishmael Beah

Jacqueline Woodson

Jamaica Kincaid

Jamel Brinkley

James Hannaham

James McBride

Jeffrey C. Stewart

Jeffrey Colvin

Jeffery Renard Allen

Jesmyn Ward

Jessica Ngo

Jessica Kehinde Ngo

Jewell Parker Rhodes

JJ Amaworo Wilson

John Hope Franklin

John Murillo

John S. Wilson III

Joy Priest

Joyce Palmer

Junot Diaz

Kali Nicole Gross

Kalisha Buckhanon

Karla FC Holloway

Ken Wiwa

Khadijah Ali-Coleman Credit: Bayou Elom

Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman

Kiese Laymon

Kiki Petrosino

Kuwana Haulsey

Kwame Dawes

Kwoya Fagin Maples

Kyle G. Dargan

Kym Ragusa

Ladan Osman

Ladee Hubbard

Laila Lalami

Laini Mataka

Laini Mataka

Lauren Francis-Sharma

Lawrence Hill

Lawrence P. Jackson

Lesley Nneka Arimah

Lisa E. Farrington

Louis Chude-Sokei

Lucille Clifton

Lucy Anne Hurston

Lucy Anne Hurston

Lynne Duke

Marcia Chatelain

Marcus Jackson

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Maryse Condé

Mat Johnson

Maxine Clair

Melanie Farmer

Michael W. Twitty

Mitchell S. Jackson

Monda Raquel Webb

Monda Raquel Webb

monét cooper

Monica A. Hand

Morgan Christie

Myronn Hardy

Nadifa Mohamed

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Nancy Rawles

Naomi Jackson

Natasha Tretheway

Nicole Bailey-Williams

Nicole Dennis-Benn

Nicole Sealey

Nina Angela Mercer

Nina Angela Mercer

Noliwe Rooks

NoViolet Bulawayo

P. Djèlí Clark

Pamela Newkirk

Patricia Bell-Scott

Patricia Smith

Patrick Johnson

Paul Beatty

Paul Robeson Jr.

Paula Giddings

Percival Everett

Peter Kimani

Phillip B. Williams

Preston L. Allen

Prince Shakur

Prince Shakur

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Rawn James Jr.

Remica L. Bingham

Richard Wright

Rion Amilcar Scott

Rita Dove

Rita Woods

Rivers Solomon

Robin Coste Lewis

Robin Kelley

Roger Reeves

Ron A. Austin

Ron Stodghill

Ross Gay

Roxane Gay

Ruth Ellen Kocher

Sadia Hassan

Saidiya Hartman

Sakinah Hofler

Saladin Ambar

Sanderia Faye

Shakarean Hutchinson

Shane McCrae

Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts

Sheri Booker

Sherrilyn Ifill

Sheryll Cashin

Sion Dayson

Sjohnna McCray

Stanley Crouch

Stephanie Allen

Stephen L. Carter

Steven Wright

Suzan-Lori Parks

Sylviane A. Diouf

T. Geronimo Johnson

Ta-Nehisi Coates

t’ai freedom ford

Tayari Jones

Terrance Hayes

Tiphanie Yanique

Tiya Miles

Tola Rotimi Abraham

Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Tommye Blount

Tracy Price- Thompson

Trevor Lanuzza

Uwem Akpan

Valerie White

Victor Lavalle

Vievee Francis

Vincent Brown

Wangari Maathai

Wayétu Moore

Wil Haygood

William P. Jones

Willie Perdomo

Yewande Omotoso

Yona Harvey

Yusef Komunyakaa

Yvvette Edwards

Zadie Smith

Zakes Mda

Zelda Lockhart

Zinzi Clemmons

Zora Neale Hurston