Phoebe Hoban is an American journalist and the author of the best-selling biography, "Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art."

Steve Fuller is a social philosopher at the University of Warwick. Some of his most recent books are, "Post Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game," and, "A Player's Guide to the Post-Truth Condition."

Tamim Ansary is an author and historian, whose works include, "Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes," and most recently, "The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection."

Henri Cole has been called the "central poet of his generation" and is the author of numerous poetry collections, the most recent of which is Blizzard.

David S. Brown is a history professor at Elizabethtown College, and the author of "Paradise Lost: A Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald."

Fredrik DeBoer is a journalist and author of "The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice."

Eric Raymond is one of the early pioneers of the open source software movement, and is the author of a book on the subject, "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."

Peter Pomerantsev is a former producer of Russian television, and currently the Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at London School of Economics. He is the author of This is Not Propaganda and Nothing is True and Everything is Possible.

Derrick Jensen is an environmentalist, author, and anti-civilization advocate. His most recent book is, "The Myth of Human Supremacy."

James Shapiro is a professor of English at Columbia University, and the author of several books about William Shakespeare, most recently, "Shakespeare in a Divided America."