Conference Presenters

Elizabeth Alexander

T.J. Anderson

Jabari Asim

Alvin Aubert

Houston A. Baker Jr.

Amiri Baraka

Herman Beavers

Tara Betts

Nora Brooks Blakely

Tony Bolden

Keisha Watson Bowman

Melba Boyd

Jacqueline Brice-Finch

Fahamisha Patricia Bryan

Daniel Bryant

Cynthia Callahan

Christian A. Campbell

Chezia Thompson Cager

Corrie Claiborne

Lucille Clifton

Daryl Dance

Kwame Dawes

Annette Debo

Toi Derricotte

Omekongo Dibinga

Angela DiPpace

Rita Dove

Camille Dungy

Cornelius Eady

Kelly Normal Ellis

Hazel Arnett Ervin

Susan Facknitz

Malaika Favorite

Marina Fedosik

Nikky Finney

Kendra L. Fullwood

Joanne Gabbin

Julia Galbus

Quo Vadis Gex Breaux

Carmen Gillespie

Nikki Giovanni

Sandra Y. Govan

Maryemma Graham

Tara Green

Duriel E. Harris

William "Billy Joe" Harris

Everett Holladay

Matilde Raquel Holte

Fred Hord

Thomas Hochens

Nikitah Imani

Major Jackson

Shani Jamila

Honoree Jeffers

G. Matthew Jenkins

Regina Jennings

Tyehimba Jess

Meta DuEwa Jones

Kamau Kemayo

Dolores Kendrick

Angela Kinamore

Randolph I. Klein

Yusef Kommunyakaa

Laurie Kutchins

Quraysh Ali Lansana

Keith Leonard

Monifa Love

Naomi Long Madgett

Haki Madhubuti

Dawn Lundy Martin

Tonya Mattews

Tony Medina

E. Ethelbert Miller

Kamilah Aisha Moon

jessica Care Moore

Lenard Moore

Opal Moore

Harryette Mullen

Lenett Nef'faahtiti Myrick

Marilyn Nelson

Aldon Lynn Nielsen

Mendi Lewis Obadike

Brenda Marie Osbey

Useni Eugene Perkins

Charlotte Pierce-Baker

Yolanda Peirce

Hermine Pinson

Cherise A. Pollard

Velma Pollard

Joel Dias-Porter

Rohan Preston

Eric Quander

Howard Rambsy

Eugene Redmond

James Richardson

Linwood Rose

Kalamu ya Slaam

Mona Lisa Saloy

Sonia Sanchez

Mark Sanders

Angela Shannon

Queen Sheba

Evie Shockley

Michelle Smith-Bermiss

Lamont Steptoe

Sharan Strange

Julius E. Thompson

Samantha Thornhill

Ashia Toure

Eleanor Traylor

Jerry W. Ward Jr.

Lesley Wheeler

Tyrone Williams

Ronaldo V. Wilson

Loretta G. Woodard

Jon Woodson

Kevin Young

Reggie Young