Milo Todd is a Massachusetts Cultural Council grantee and a Lambda Literary Fellow. His work has appeared in Slice Magazine and elsewhere. He is co-editor in chief of Foglifter and teaches creative writing to queer and trans adults. Milo will… Continue Reading
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Romano, Lois
Lois Romano is a distinguished American journalist, author, and editor, known for her in-depth coverage of national politics and American political culture for major outlets, including The Washington Post and Politico. Her longtime interest in the lives of women who… Continue Reading
Castaneda, Ruben
Ruben Castaneda is the author “S Street Rising: Crack, Murder, and Redemption in D.C.,” which was published by Bloomsbury in July 2014. The book vividly recounts how Ruben covered the violent crack era for The Washington Post while struggling with… Continue Reading
Frankel, Laurie
Laurie Frankel is The New York Times best-selling, award-winning author of the novels “Family Family,” “One Two Three,” “Goodbye for Now,” “The Atlas of Love,” and the Reese’s Book Club Pick, “This Is How It Always Is.” Laurie lives in… Continue Reading
Sindu, SJ
SJ Sindu is a Tamil diaspora author of two literary novels (“Marriage of a Thousand Lies,” which won the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award; and “Blue-Skinned Gods,” which was an Indie Next Pick and a finalist for the Lambda Literary… Continue Reading
Green, Jason
Jason G. Green is a community organizer, attorney, entrepreneur, and storyteller, and the author of “Too Precious to Lose,” a reflection on belonging, memory, and the communities that sustain us. Raised in Maryland, his work explores the institutions and relationships… Continue Reading
Sancton, Julian
Julian Sancton is The New York Times best-selling author of “Madhouse at the End of the Earth” and “Neptune’s Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire.” He is a senior features editor at The Hollywood Reporter.… Continue Reading
Parsell, Diana
Diana Parsell is a former journalist and the author of “Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington’s Cherry Trees,” which was featured on NBC’s Today Show and won prizes from Biographers International and the Society of Midland Authors. Previously Diana… Continue Reading
Ashworth, Samuel
Samuel Ashworth has been a bartender, a dancer, and a reporter. To write his debut novel, “The Death and Life of August Sweeney” (2025), he gutted seafood in the back of Michelin-starred restaurants and assisted with autopsies in a Pittsburgh… Continue Reading
Taylor, David A.
David Taylor writes for The Washington Post, Discover, Smithsonian, Scientific American, and other outlets. He received a 2024 Outstanding Feature Award from the Society of Environmental Journalists. His books include “Ginseng, the Divine Root” (Algonquin), “Soul of a People” (Turner… Continue Reading