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Dr. Danielle Allen

Dr. Danielle Allen

Political Theorist • Public Intellectual • Cultural Commentator

Ishmael Beah

UNICEF Advocate • Bestselling Author • Memoirist

Katherine Boo

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

Taylor Branch

Historian • Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author

Jessica Bruder

Bestselling Author • Journalist

Margaret A. Burnham

Margaret A. Burnham

Civil Rights Attorney • Legal Scholar • Racial & Restorative Justice Advocate

Dr. Matthew Desmond

Poverty Abolitionist • Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author

Dr. Brian Fagan

Archaeologist • Author • Climate Change Historian

Dr. Sheri Fink

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

David Finkel

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood

Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood

Award-Winning Author • Curator • Social Justice Advocate

Masha Gessen

National Book Award Winner • Bestselling Author • Journalist

Jeff Goodell

Author • Energy & Environment Expert • Investigative Journalist

Dr. Allyson Hobbs

Dr. Allyson Hobbs

Historian • Author • Essayist

Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon

Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon

Author • Energy & Security Expert • Political Scientist

Pico Iyer

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Travel Writer

Mitchell S. Jackson

Mitchell S. Jackson

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Author • Cultural Commentator

Suleika Jaouad

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Emmy Award-Winner

Gish Jen

Novelist • Essayist • Short Story Writer

Piper Kerman

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Social Justice Advocate

Tracy Kidder

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Bestselling Author

Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid

Novelist • Memoirist • Gardener

Laura Kipnis

Social Critic • Author • Essayist

Lisa Ko

Novelist • Author • Essayist

Alex Kotlowitz

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Documentary Filmmaker

James Howard Kunstler

Social Critic • Journalist • Urban Planning Advocate

The Lacks Family

The Lacks Family of THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS

Laila Lalami

Award-Winning Author • Novelist • Essayist

Stephanie Land

Bestselling Author • Memoirist • Economic Justice Advocate

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Jeanne Marie Laskas

Bestselling Author • Journalist • Memoirist

Kiese Laymon

Bestselling Author • Social Critic • Essayist

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Adjunct Senior Fellow-Council on Foreign Relations • Bestselling Author

Dr. Lerone A. Martin

Dr. Lerone A. Martin

Historian • Religious Scholar • Cultural Commentator

Colum McCann

National Book Award Winner • Bestselling Author • Novelist

Jeremy McCarter

Jeremy McCarter

Storyteller • Cultural Historian • Bestselling Author

Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller

Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller

Sociologist • Social Justice Advocate

Thomas W. Mitchell

Thomas W. Mitchell

Legislative Reformer • Property Law Scholar • Economic Justice Advocate

Dr. Ricardo Nuila

Educator • Author • Physician

Emily Nussbaum

TV Critic • Pulitzer Prize Winner • Essayist

Casey Parks

Journalist • Author

Christa Parravani

Essayist • Memoirist • Women's Rights Advocate

Dr. Imani Perry

Dr. Imani Perry

Public Intellectual • Cultural Historian • Bestselling Author

Jodi Picoult

Bestselling Author • Novelist

Eli Saslow

Pulitzer Prize Winner • Journalist • Author

Rebecca Skloot

Bestselling Author • Journalist

Rachel Louise Snyder

Rachel Louise Snyder

Journalist • Author • Domestic Violence Advocate

Clive Thompson

Journalist • Author • Tech Industry Expert

Krista Tippett

Public Radio & Podcast Host • Bestselling Author • Social Entrepreneur

Linda Villarosa

Linda Villarosa

Public Health Reporter • Journalist

Jesmyn Ward

National Book Award Winner • Essayist • Memoirist

Edmund White

Novelist • Social Critic • Memoirist

Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson

Young People’s Poet Laureate • Bestselling Author

Dr. Ellen Wu

Historian • Author • Cultural Commentator

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