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Young Writers Program
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Lit Fest, Fiction, Play/Screenwriting
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Young Writers Program
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Lit Fest
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Lit Fest
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Poetry
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Fiction
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Lit Fest
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Young Writers Program
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Young Writers Program, Lit Fest, Fiction
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Young Writers Program
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Lit Fest
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Fiction
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Young Writers Program
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Young Writers Program
Eleanor Brown
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Poetry
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YA/Children's, Fiction
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Poetry
Grace M. Cho
Lit Fest, Nonfiction
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Hybrid, Nonfiction, Poetry
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Nonfiction, Poetry
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Nonfiction
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Young Writers Program
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Young Writers Program, Hybrid, Poetry
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Publishing/Career, Lit Fest
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Poetry
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Reading, Lit Fest, Fiction, Nonfiction, Process, Poetry
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Lit Fest
Kellye Crocker
Young Writers Program
Franklin Cruz
Young Writers Program, Community Engagement, Poetry
Anthony D'Aries
Fiction, Nonfiction
Julie Danneberg
Young Writers Program
Molly Davidson
Young Writers Program, Poetry
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Publishing/Career, Lit Fest
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Young Writers Program
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Hybrid, Nonfiction, Poetry
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Lit Fest
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Lit Fest, Fiction, Nonfiction
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Fiction
Andrea Dupree
Fiction
Carolina Ebeid
Hybrid, Poetry
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Poetry
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YA/Children's
Danielle Evans
Lit Fest, Fiction
Joe Fassler
Fiction, Nonfiction
Jamie Figueroa
Fiction
Chris Fischbach
Publishing/Career, Process
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Fiction
Lija Fisher
YA/Children's, Lit Fest
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Lit Fest
Sydney Fowler
Young Writers Program, Community Engagement
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Lit Fest
Aerik Francis
Young Writers Program, Community Engagement
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Fiction, Nonfiction
John Freeman
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Young Writers Program, Hybrid, Nonfiction
Hakeem Furious
Young Writers Program
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Lit Fest
Rita Gabis
Nonfiction, Poetry
Whitney Gaines
Young Writers Program
Sasha Geffen
Nonfiction
Sarah Gerard
Fiction, Nonfiction
Omid Ghaffarian
Play/Screenwriting
Raeann Giles
Play/Screenwriting
Allison Giordano
Young Writers Program
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Teow Lim Goh
Lit Fest
Stephen Graham Jones
Publishing/Career, Fiction
Chris Grillot
Play/Screenwriting
Traci Groff-Jones
Fiction
Oso Guardiola M.F.A.
Fiction
Clemintine Guirado
Fiction
Jennifer Haigh
Fiction
Evelyn Hampton
Fiction
Victoria Hanley
YA/Children's, Publishing/Career, Fiction, Nonfiction, Process
Sydney Hegele
Young Writers Program, Fiction
HR Hegnauer
Publishing/Career, Poetry
Jason Heller
Lit Fest, Nonfiction
William Haywood Henderson
Fiction
Michael Henry
Nonfiction, Process, Poetry
Andrew Hernández
Fiction, Nonfiction
Jose Hernandez Diaz
Poetry
Sheila Heti
Lit Fest, Fiction
Twanna LaTrice Hill
Young Writers Program, Community Engagement
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Lit Fest
Hermione Hoby
Fiction
Angie Hodapp
Publishing/Career, Fiction
Natalie Hodges
Nonfiction
Linda Hogan
Lit Fest
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Poetry
Jodie Hollander
Poetry
Catherine Wallace Hope
Lit Fest, Process
Pam Houston
Fiction, Nonfiction
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Nonfiction
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Lit Fest
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Fiction
Nur Ibrahim
Fiction, Nonfiction
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Publishing/Career, Lit Fest
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Publishing/Career, Fiction
Jenny Itell
Fiction, Nonfiction, Process
Lara Jacobs
Community Engagement
Leslie Jamison
Lit Fest
Boderra Joe
Poetry
Kase Johnstun
Fiction
Zeyn Joukhadar PhD
Fiction
Kerrie Joy
Hybrid, Fiction, Community Engagement, Poetry
Steven Dunn and Katie Jean Shinkle
Candace Kearns Read
Young Writers Program
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Publishing/Career
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Nonfiction
Alexandra Kleeman
Lit Fest
Steve Knopper
Publishing/Career, Nonfiction
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Nonfiction, Poetry
Azar Kohzadi
Young Writers Program, Community Engagement
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Publishing/Career, Process, Poetry
Kateri Kramer
Young Writers Program
Erika Krouse
Reading, Publishing/Career, Lit Fest, Fiction, Nonfiction, Process
Kelly Krumrie
Fiction, Poetry
Amitava Kumar
Lit Fest
Gretchen Kurtz
Nonfiction, Poetry
Halo Lahnert
Young Writers Program
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Hybrid, Poetry
Helen Elaine Lee
Fiction
Hillary Leftwich
Fiction, Poetry
Daniel Levine
Fiction
William Henry Lewis
Hybrid, Fiction
Henry Lien
YA/Children's, Fiction
Annie Liontas
Fiction, Nonfiction
Chip Livingston, MFA
Hybrid, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Manny Loley
Poetry
Jesaka Long
Young Writers Program
Ella Longpre
Hybrid, Nonfiction, Poetry
BK Loren
Fiction, Nonfiction
Kathryn Lorenzen
Publishing/Career
Alexander Lumans
Reading, Hybrid, Fiction, Nonfiction
Sheryl Luna
Poetry
T Kira Māhealani Madden
Lit Fest
Marianne Manzler
Young Writers Program, Nonfiction, Community Engagement, All Levels
Jonathan Marcantoni
Play/Screenwriting, Community Engagement
Radha Marcum
Publishing/Career, Poetry
Lauren Markham
Nonfiction
Peter Markus
Lit Fest
Julia Marquez-Uppman
Young Writers Program, Nonfiction
Vanessa Mártir
Fiction, Nonfiction
Malia Maunakea
Young Writers Program
Mark Mayer
Young Writers Program, Reading, Hybrid, Fiction, Nonfiction, Process, Poetry
Robert McBrearty
Fiction
Melissa Lucero McCarl
Play/Screenwriting
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Fiction
Robin McLean
Fiction
Sara Megibow
Publishing/Career
Christopher Merkner
Reading, Fiction, Nonfiction, Process
Melanie Merle
Community Engagement
Claire Messud
Lit Fest, Fiction
Wayne Miller
Publishing/Career, Lit Fest
Malinda Miller
Young Writers Program
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Lit Fest
Poupeh Missaghi
Hybrid, Fiction
Juan J. Morales
Lit Fest, Poetry
Courtney E. Morgan
Fiction, Community Engagement
Jesse Morse
Reading, Poetry
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Fiction
Ladane Nasseri
Nonfiction
Beth Nguyen
Lit Fest
Diana Khoi Nguyen
Hybrid, Poetry, All Levels
Alice Notley
Poetry
Idra Novey
Fiction
Ellen O'Clover
YA/Children's
Kimberly O'Connor
Young Writers Program, Poetry
Meghan O'Rourke
Lit Fest
Jenny Offill
Lit Fest
Cipriano Ortega
Community Engagement
Nadia Owusu
Lit Fest, Nonfiction
Tanja Pajevic
Nonfiction, Process
Karen Palmer
Fiction, Nonfiction
Emily Pérez
Young Writers Program, Poetry
JC Peterson
YA/Children's
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Lit Fest
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Hybrid, Fiction
Caitlin Plante
Young Writers Program
Joseph Ponce
Young Writers Program
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Nonfiction
Alison Preston
Young Writers Program
Anna Qu
Fiction, Nonfiction
Khadijah Queen
Reading, Publishing/Career, Hybrid, Nonfiction, Poetry
Susannah Rasbid
Young Writers Program, Fiction
Amanda Rea
Young Writers Program, Fiction, Nonfiction
Melissa Rechter
Publishing/Career, Lit Fest
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Publishing/Career, Hybrid, Process, Poetry
Nicole Rivas
Fiction
Elizabeth Robinson
Publishing/Career, Poetry
Joey Roditis
Young Writers Program, YA/Children's
Karlié Rodríguez
Nonfiction
Jessica Roeder
Reading, Hybrid, Fiction, Nonfiction, Process, Poetry
Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Fiction, Nonfiction
Tracy Ross
Nonfiction
David J. Rothman
Reading, Publishing/Career, Nonfiction, Poetry
Theresa Rozul Knowles
Young Writers Program
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Lit Fest, Fiction
Rebecca Rukeyser
Fiction
Mariella Saavedra Carquin
Community Engagement
Selah Saterstrom
Hybrid, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Joy Roulier Sawyer
Reading, Publishing/Career, Nonfiction, Process, Poetry
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Fiction, Nonfiction
Kimberly Sewell
Young Writers Program, Fiction
Jenny Shank
Reading, Publishing/Career, Lit Fest, Fiction, Nonfiction, Process, All Levels
Rikha Sharma Rani
Nonfiction
Maw Shein Win
Lit Fest
Masha Shukovich
Fiction
Joey Siara
Play/Screenwriting
Javier Sinay
Nonfiction
Emily Sinclair
Hybrid, Fiction, Nonfiction
Morgan Sjogren
Nonfiction
Jeneé Skinner
Fiction
Eric Smith
Publishing/Career
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Poetry
Mark Springer
Process
Angelique Stevens
Nonfiction
Simone Stolzoff
Abe Streep
Nonfiction
Cynthia Swanson
Lit Fest
Nafeesa Syeed
Nonfiction, Community Engagement
Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe
Nonfiction, Poetry
Jenny Taylor-Whitehorn
Play/Screenwriting
Michelle Tea
Fiction, Nonfiction
Abby Templeton
Young Writers Program
Paige Terlip
Publishing/Career
Asha Thanki
Fiction
Jan Thomas
YA/Children's
Ken Thompson
Young Writers Program
Helen Thorpe
Nonfiction
Tayi Tibble
Poetry
Kay Tolchin Dr.
Nonfiction
Jacinda Townsend
Fiction
Addie Tsai
Lit Fest
Seth Brady Tucker
Hybrid, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Todd Tuell
Lit Fest
Mariko Turk
YA/Children's
Tiffany Quay Tyson
Young Writers Program, Fiction
Devin Urioste
Young Writers Program
Vauhini Vara
Fiction, Nonfiction
Leslie Vedder
YA/Children's
Denise Vega
YA/Children's, Publishing/Career, Process
Julie Vick
Lit Fest
Bridget Visser
Play/Screenwriting
Lynn Wagner
Reading, Process, Poetry
Grace Wagner
Poetry
Gail Waldstein
Young Writers Program
Genevieve Walker
Nonfiction, Poetry
Taté Walker
Poetry
Chris Walker
Nonfiction
Rachel Walker
Lit Fest
Andrea Wang
YA/Children's, Publishing/Career
Joel Warner
Publishing/Career, Nonfiction
Rachel Weaver
Publishing/Career, Lit Fest, Fiction, Nonfiction, Process, All Levels
David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Fiction
Rachel Werner
Nonfiction, Community Engagement, Poetry
Charles Westerman
Young Writers Program
Benjamin Whitmer
Fiction, Nonfiction
Diana Whitney
YA/Children's, Poetry
Nyasha Williams
Young Writers Program
Tanaya Winder
Poetry
Kathryn Winograd
Nonfiction, Poetry
Jennifer Wortman
Reading, Hybrid, Fiction, Nonfiction, Process
David Wroblewski
Fiction, Process
Erika T. Wurth
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Eddie Young
Community Engagement
Paula Younger
Fiction
Miss Zarah
Community Engagement
Anna Zumbahlen
Young Writers Program