Rabih Alameddine is the author of the novels “Angel of History;” “An Unnecessary Woman;” “The Hakawati;” “I, the Divine;” “Koolaids;” the story collection, “The Perv;” and one work of nonfiction, “Comforting Myths.” He was a finalist for the 2014 National… Continue Reading
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Winn, Karen
Karen Winn is the author of “The Society” (Dutton, 2026) and “Our Little World” (Dutton, 2022). Her short stories and essays have appeared in Ploughshares, Hippocampus, Lit Hub, Writer’s Digest, and elsewhere. She earned her M.F.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University.… Continue Reading
Gorham, Christopher
Christopher C. Gorham is a lawyer, educator, and acclaimed author of “The Confidante” (a Goodreads Choice Award finalist in History/Biography) and “Matisse at War: Art and Resistance in Nazi Occupied France,” a finalist for the Marfield Prize for arts writing.… Continue Reading
Mendenhall, Emily
Emily Mendenhall is an award-winning author, anthropologist, editor, and professor at Georgetown University. Emily’s work often addresses challenges people face at the intersections of culture, health, and politics, and focuses on how people navigate the troubled waters of chronic illness… Continue Reading
Neri, G
G. Neri is the Michael L. Printz and Coretta Scott King award-winning author of such books as “Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty” and “Concrete Cowboy,” which was made into a movie starring Idris Elba. His books have… Continue Reading
Leonard, Megan
Megan Leonard is the author of “Larkspur Queen,” “book of lullabies,” and the forthcoming “Dear _____.” A poet, visual artist, and essayist, Meg’s work has appeared in Electric Literature, the Bellevue Literary Review, The Fourth River, and elsewhere, and her… Continue Reading
Thomas, Piérre Ramon
Piérre Ramon Thomas is a Black queer writer whose work orbits around identity, gender, sexuality, queer love, erotica, and nature. He is rounding out his first year at American University pursuing an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. Piérre has been published… Continue Reading
Wohl, Patrick
Patrick Wohl is an author and lawyer originally from Illinois. He received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and attended The George Washington University. His first book, “Down Ballot,” tells the story of a campaign for state representative… Continue Reading
Smith, J.D.
J.D. Smith has published seven collections of poetry, most recently “The Place That Is Coming to Us” from Broadstone Books in September 2025. He has received Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Virginia Center for the… Continue Reading
Knapp, Dorian Elizabeth
Dorian Elizabeth Knapp is the author of three poetry collections: “Causa Sui” (Three Mile Harbor Press, 2025), winner of the Three Mile Harbor Press Poetry Prize; “Requiem with an Amulet in Its Beak” (Washington Writers’ Publishing House, 2019), winner of… Continue Reading