Adam Douglas Thompson is an artist, animator, and cartoonist for The New Yorker.

Vlad Holiday is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

Crystal Hana Kim is an American author.

Jeff VanderMeer is an American author, editor, and literary critic.

Brian Broome is a poet and screenwriter. His memoir Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir is out now.

Tim Baltes is a session and live drummer.

Hala Alyan is a Palestinian-American writer and clinical psychologist who specializes in trauma, addiction, and cross-cultural behavior.

Tom DeSavia is a music publisher, author, and podcaster.

John Seabrook is a staff writer for The New Yorker. His books include "Flash of Genius, and Other True Stories of Invention" and "The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory"

Margarita Montimore is the author of Asleep from Day and Oona Out of Order, a USA Today bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club pick.