Kay Boyle
20th century American writer
20th century American writer
A.D. Lauren-Abunassar is a Palestinian-American poet, writer and journalist. Her first book, Coriolis, was winner of the 2023 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize.
Award-winning American novelist
American deaf-mute poet
Co-founder of CantoMundo, the US’s first organization of its kind to specifically cater to Latinx poets
American poet, fiction writer, essayist, teacher, editor, and designer
Cambodian-American poet
Joy Ladin’s return to Yeshiva University as a woman after receiving tenure as a man made her the first openly transgender employee of an Orthodox Jewish institution. Her memoir of gender transition, Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders, was a finalist for a 2012 National Jewish Book Award, and winner of a Forward Fives award.
American poet
Nathalie Handal is the author of 10 award winning books, translated into over 15 languages.