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James Shapiro, (George Wallace, Ana Spasic and Francesco Paolo Paladino),
Paco Roca,
Garth Greenwell, Nina Schuyler,
Danzy Senna, Rebecca Boyle, William Wong,
Carvell Wallace,
Gayl Jones, Tricia Romano • 2024
Henry Threadgill and
Brent Hayes Edwards,
Airea D. Matthews,
Daniel Mason,
C. L. R. James (Nic Watts and Sakina Karimgee), Thomas Pecore Weso, Danny Romero, Dylan C. Penningworth, Pat Thomas • 2023
Javier Zamora,
Ada Limón, John N. Serio,
T. J. English,
Leila Mottley,
Jenny Xie,
Kobena Mercer, D. S. Marriott,
Gilbert Hernandez,
Jaime Hernandez, and
Mario Hernandez • 2022
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Susana Praver-Perez,
Alison Bechdel,
Gloria Gervitz (translated from Spanish by Mark Schafer), Joan Steinau Lester,
CAConrad,
Talib Kweli • 2021
Joy Harjo,
LeAnne Howe, and
Jennifer Foerster;
Nguyen Phan Que Mai;
Derf Backderf; Christopher Bernard;
Daphne Brooks;
Nikki Giovanni;
Terry McMillan • 2020
Nick Estes, Sigrun Susan Lane,
Jericho Brown, Maya Khosla,
Jillian Weise,
Jia Tolentino,
Stephanie McCurry • 2019
Richard Powers;
Alicia Garza,
Opal Tometi and
Patrisse Khan-Cullors;
Ha Jin;
Jamel Brinkley;
David Blight;
Kalamu ya Salaam; Vernon Keeve III; James Cagney,
Jason Lutes • 2018
Andrew Sean Greer,
Jerome Rothenberg,
Julie Lythcott-Haims,
M.L. Liebler,
Paul Ortiz,
Percival Everett,
Tongo Eisen-Martin • 2017
Randa Jarrar,
Gerald Horne, MK Chavez,
Nancy Isenberg, Arturo Mantecon, Kurt Schweigman and
Lucille Lang Day,
John Edgar Wideman • 2016
Elizabeth Alexander,
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Frances Gateward, Latif Harris,
Juan Felipe Herrera, John Jennings,
Gerald Vizenor • 2015
Natasha Trethewey,
Lenelle Moïse,
Claudia Rankine, Peter Herris,
Deborah A. Miranda,
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • 2014
Daniel Chacon,
Edwidge Danticat, Claudia Moreno Pisano,
Roger Reeves,
Nina Serrano,
Akinyele Omowale Umoja • 2013
Andrew Lam,
Luis J. Rodriguez, Denise M. Sandoval,
Lucille Lang Day,
Toni Morrison,
Tim Seibles, Christopher Wagstaff • 2012 Melinda Palacio, Michael Warr, Aurora Harris,
Deena Metzger,
Ed Sanders,
Mary Mackey,
Jesmyn Ward • 2011 Devreaux Baker, N. Banerjee, J. P. Dancing Bear,
John Farris,
Jim Harrison, S. Kaipa,
Lola Shoneyin, Barry Spector, P. Sundaralingam, Susan Suntree,
Gary Snyder,
Eric Miles Williamson • 2010 Clifton Ross,
Elizabeth Nunez,
Etel Adnan, Manuel Ruben Delgado, Andrena Zawinski, Maria Espinosa,
Mitch Horowitz,
Ivan J. Houston • 2009
Doren Robbins, Charles L. Robinson &
Al Young,
Herbert Gold, Janice Blue, C. Paolo Caruso,
Richard Bruce Nugent • 2008
Joanne Kyger, Rosa Martha Villarreal,
Rebecca Solnit,
Juan Felipe Herrera,
Colleen J. McElroy,
Cecil Brown,
Colson Whitehead • 2007
Will Alexander, Karla Andersdatter, Kathleen de Azevedo,
Steve Dalachinsky, Adam P. Kennedy,
William Poy Lee, Lorena Oropeza & Dionne Espinoza,
Harriet A. Washington • 2006
David Hilliard, Mike Madison,
Gerald Haslam,
Eric Gansworth, Jennifer Murphy,
Mona Lisa Saloy, Richard Silberg,
A. D. Winans • 2005
David Meltzer,
Neeli Cherkovski,
Derek Walcott,
Jeffery Paul Chan,
Suhayl Saadi,
Aldon Lynn Nielsen • 2004
Edgardo Vega Yunqué, Noemi Sohn,
Lewis Robinson,
Monique Truong,
Jill Nelson, Fred Reiss • 2003
Clive Matson and Allan Cohen,
Gail Tsukiyama,
Paul Flores,
Ghada Karmi,
Jack Hirschman,
Luis J. Rodriguez,
Jewell Parker Rhodes • 2002
A. Van Jordon,
Nathalie Handal, Myronn Hardy,
Agha Shahid Ali, Charles Rubin • 2001
Mary Monroe,
Dan Leone,
Yehuda Amichai,
Leza Lowitz,
Leslie Marmon Silko,
Jervey Tervalon • 2000
José García Villa,
Elmaz Abinader,
Wendy Doniger, Rabbi
Alan Lew,
Nathan Englander,
Eleanor Taylor Bland • 1999 Darryl Babe Wilson, Mike Davis, Elaine Marcus Starkman & Marsha Lee Berkman,
Ruth Forman,
Koon Woon,
Clyde Taylor • 1998 John Mulligan,
Ibrahim Fawal,
Alfred Arteaga, Leslie Woodd, Marketa Groves • 1997
Devorah Major,
Percival Everett,
Julie Shigekuni,
Michael Lally,
Kevin Killian,
Ray Gonzalez • 1996
Gerald Vizenor,
Jerome Rothenberg &
Pierre Joris,
Norman Mailer, Reginald Lockett,
Barbara Guest,
Chitra Divakaruni • 1995
Alma Luz Villanueva,
E. Ethelbert Miller,
Michael McClure,
Marilyn Chin, Juvenal Acosta • 1994 Peter J. Harris, Phyllis Burke, Brenda Lane Richardson, Clifford E. Trafzer,
Russell Leong,
Jerome Rothenberg,
Paula Woods, Felix Liddell • 1993
Francisco X. Alarcón,
Opal Palmer Adisa,
Lucha Corpi, Sylvia Lopez-Medina,
Louis Owens,
Sylvia Watanabe • 1992
Luis J. Rodriguez,
David Mura,
Louis Edwards,
Thomas King,
David Ignatow,
Julia Alvarez • 1991
Gerald Vizenor,
Jess Mowry,
Li-Young Lee,
Gerald Haslam,
Joy Harjo,
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