Participants David Baker Writer Full bio Margo Natalie Crawford Cornell University Full Bio Lawrence Jackson Emory University Full bio Haki Madhubuti Writer and Poet Full bio Deborah Nelson University of Chicago Full Bio Carl Phillips Poet Full bio Nora Brooks BLAKELY Brooks Permissions Full bio Jacqueline Goldsby Yale University Full Bio Ishion hutchinson Cornell University, Poet Full bio Nate Marshall Writer and Editor Full bio Meghan O’Rourke Editor Full bio Sonya Posmentier New York University Full bio Adrienne Brown University of Chicago Full bio Randall Horton Poet Full bio Quraysh Ali Lansana Poet, Art Institute of Chicago Full bio Adrian Matejka Author Full bio Liesl Olson Newberry Library Full bio Anthony Reed Yale University Full bio Cheryl Clarke Author Full bio Angela Jackson Poet Full bio Robin Coste Lewis Poet Full bio Nicole Mitchell Flutist composer Full bio Gregory Pardlo Writer Full bio Ed Roberson Writer Full bio Sonia Sanchez Poet Full bio Evie Shockley Rutgers University and Poet Full bio Jacqueline Stewart University of Chicago Full bio Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon Writer Full bio Kenneth Warren University of Chicago Full Bio Ivy Wilson Northwestern University Full bio Jamila woods Musician, Poet Full bio