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Carlina Duan
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Erin L. Miller
Jameela F. Dallis
James Davis May
Kelsey Weimar
Liza Wolff-Francis
Meg Day
Rishi Janakiraman
Vincent J. Kopp
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Abigail Browning
Adé Oh
Alan Shapiro
Alana Dagenhart
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Alice Osborn
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
Alison Rollins
Ann Ehringhaus
Ansel Elkins
Aruna Gurumurthy
Ashley Lumpkin
Bianca Diaz
Bradley R. Strahan
Calvin Olsen
Candace Howze
Cantrice Janelle Penn
Cedric Tillman
Celisa Steele
Chad Knuth
CJ Suitt
Corrie Lynn White
Cortland Gilliam
Danielle C. Robinson
Dasan Ahanu
Debra Kaufman
DJ Rogers
Eduardo Corral
Ellie Kinnaird
Emilia Phillips
Evelyn Dove-Coleman
Florence Nash
Fred Joiner
Gary Phillips
Gideon Young
Glenna Wolfe Hurlbert
Grace C. Ocasio
Grey Brown
Ina Cariño
J. Delaney Watson
Jacinta White
Jaki Shelton Green
Jane Seitel
Janis Harrington
Jay Bryan
Jay Ward
Jennifer Whitaker
Jessica Jacobs
Joan Barasovska
Joanne Kennedy Frazer
John Hoppenthaler
Jonathan Farmer
José A. Romero
Joseph Bathanti
Josephus Thompson III
Kai Love
Katherine Soniat
Kevin Boyle
Kristen Cox
Krystin Gollihue
L. Lamar Wilson
Leah Elliott
Len Lawson
Lenard D. Moore
Liza Wolff-Francis
Loan Tran
Lynda Myers
Maria Antonia Garcia
Maria Rouphail
Mariam Zafar
Marquis Love
Maura High
Michael Gaspeny
Michael McFee
Mike James
Mimi Herman
Nickole Brown
Omololu Babatunde
Pat Jobe
Paul Deblinger
Paul Richmond
Ralph Earle
Reginald Dwayne Betts
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Ross White
Tema Okun
Terry L. Kennedy
Tim Mattimoe
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Sam Love
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Featured Poets
Carlina Duan
Crystal Simone Smith
Erin L. Miller
Jameela F. Dallis
James Davis May
Kelsey Weimar
Liza Wolff-Francis
Meg Day
Rishi Janakiraman
Vincent J. Kopp
Past Festival Poet Bios
Abigail Browning
Adé Oh
Alan Shapiro
Alana Dagenhart
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Alice Osborn
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
Alison Rollins
Ann Ehringhaus
Ansel Elkins
Aruna Gurumurthy
Ashley Lumpkin
Bianca Diaz
Bradley R. Strahan
Calvin Olsen
Candace Howze
Cantrice Janelle Penn
Cedric Tillman
Celisa Steele
Chad Knuth
CJ Suitt
Corrie Lynn White
Cortland Gilliam
Danielle C. Robinson
Dasan Ahanu
Debra Kaufman
DJ Rogers
Eduardo Corral
Ellie Kinnaird
Emilia Phillips
Evelyn Dove-Coleman
Florence Nash
Fred Joiner
Gary Phillips
Gideon Young
Glenna Wolfe Hurlbert
Grace C. Ocasio
Grey Brown
Ina Cariño
J. Delaney Watson
Jacinta White
Jaki Shelton Green
Jane Seitel
Janis Harrington
Jay Bryan
Jay Ward
Jennifer Whitaker
Jessica Jacobs
Joan Barasovska
Joanne Kennedy Frazer
John Hoppenthaler
Jonathan Farmer
José A. Romero
Joseph Bathanti
Josephus Thompson III
Kai Love
Katherine Soniat
Kevin Boyle
Kristen Cox
Krystin Gollihue
L. Lamar Wilson
Leah Elliott
Len Lawson
Lenard D. Moore
Liza Wolff-Francis
Loan Tran
Lynda Myers
Maria Antonia Garcia
Maria Rouphail
Mariam Zafar
Marquis Love
Maura High
Michael Gaspeny
Michael McFee
Mike James
Mimi Herman
Nickole Brown
Omololu Babatunde
Pat Jobe
Paul Deblinger
Paul Richmond
Ralph Earle
Reginald Dwayne Betts
Rob Bowers
Ross White
Tema Okun
Terry L. Kennedy
Tim Mattimoe
Tsitsi Jaji
Sam Love
Sara Claytor
Stuart Dischell
Susan Adler George
Susan Spalt
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