Amanda Seales Entertainer, TV Personality and Self-Help Commentator
Amanda Seales is an American entertainer. Aside from her solo career, she was also a touring member of the musical group Floetry. Since 2017, she has starred in the HBO comedy series Insecure. Seales... Read More
Warsan Shire Award-Winning Poet & Author of Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
Warsan Shire is a writer and essayist. Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth, her presentation handout, was delivered in 2011 and has now become a Bestselling Book of Poetry. In 2013, she received the... Read More
Brittney Grimes Writer, Poet and Editor
Brittney Grimes is a poet, published author, writer, model and motivational speaker. Her first book, "Poetry For A Child By A Child," was followed by "The Poetry For A Child By A Child Workbook," "Ice... Read More
Luis Rodriguez Official Poet Laureate of Los Angeles; Poet novelist journalist critic and columnist.
Luis Rodriguez saw his own way out of poverty and despair in the barrio of East LA and successfully broke free from the years of violence and desperation he spent as an active gang member. Achieving s... Read More
Nikki Giovanni Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author
Poet Nikki Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 7, 1943. Although she grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, she and her sister returned to Knoxville each summer to visit their grandparents. Ni... Read More
Ocean Vuong Award-Winning Poet, Novelist and Essayist Known for Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2016 winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize the Whiting Award the Thom Gunn A... Read More
Staceyann Chin Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist and LGBT Rights Political Activist
Staceyann Chin is a spoken word poet, performance artist, and political activist for LGBT rights. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Pittsburgh Daily, as well as on 6... Read More
Kim Fields Actress Best Known for "Facts of Life" and "Living Single"
During Kim's thirty years in show business, she has starred in two long running series, "Facts of Life” and "Living Single.” She has accumulated numerous starring credits in commercials, guest-starrin... Read More
Leslie Marmon Silko Acclaimed Native American Novelist, Poet and Essayist
Leslie Marmon Silko is known for her verse treatment of Native American subjects. Despite the fact that maybe most popular as a writer Silko is additionally a practiced artist. She started composing v... Read More
Poet E.L. Conrod Poet & Author
E.L. Conrod is a Canadian poet and spoken word artist. Her poetry reflects on love, loss, and the human experience. Conrod has performed her poetry at various venues and events across Canada, includin... Read More