The author of two award-winning books of poems, the latest, "A More Perfect Union."

Y S Fing is the author of "Perdition," where the vulgar is divine, updating Dante's "Inferno."

Baltimore's Top chef is also a poet, talking of food and words.

Poet/songwriter Cornelius Eady, co-founder of CAVE CANEM.

Maggie Doherty is winner of the 15th National Marfield Award for Writing in The Arts (nonfiction) "The Equivalents."

Raised by Diplomats, author of nine books of poems; holds 12 national awards in poetry.

Editors of Washington Writers' Publishing House Anthology, "This Is What America Looks Like."

Tom Kirlin is the 2019 William Meredith Award Winner for Poetry.

Howard Nemerov was Poet Laureate of the U.S .from 1963 -1964 and again from 1988-90.
He was the recipient of the National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, Bollingen Prize among other honors.

Francisco Aragón is the son of Nicaraguan immigrants. His books include, After Rubén (Red Hen Press 2020), Glow of Our Sweat, and Puerta de Sol. He's also the editor of, The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry.