Halsey
Halsey, born Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and recipient of the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Hal David Starlight Award. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
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William Bortz
William Bortz (he/him) is a husband, poet, and editor from Des Moines, IA. His poems appear in Okay Donkey, Oxidant Engine, Empty Mirror, honey & lime, Turnpike Magazine, Back Patio Press, the Lyrical Iowa Anthology, and others. He is the author of Many Small Hungerings (Andrews McMeel, 2023) and The Grief We're Given (Central Avenue, 2021). Growing up, William spent time in foster care, in homelessness, and in shelters. His aim in writing is to explore how joy lives in uncertainty and mourning.
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Gail Giles
Gail Giles is the author of six young adult novels. Her debut novel, Shattering Glass, was an ALA Best of the Best Book, a Book Sense 76 selection, and a Booklist Top 10 Mystery for Youth selection. The novel is about an high school boy named Simon Glass that is helped to become one of the most popular dogs in school by other students. Her second novel, Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters, was an ALA Top 10 Quick pick (2003) and a Book Sense 76 selection. Her third novel, Playing in Traffic, is an epic story about a boy trying to help a gothic girl.
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Bo Burnham
Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American comedian, singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and Internet celebrity.
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Writing comedic and satirical songs with a politically incorrect slant, he achieved fame when his YouTube videos took off and received more than 70 million views by October 2010.
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Jess Feist
Jesse John Feist was an American professor of psychology and author. Born in Spearville, Kansas, he excelled in athletics and academics, earning a B.A. from St. Mary of the Plains College, an M.A. from Wichita State University, and an Ed.D. from the University of Kansas. Feist spent his career at McNeese State University, where he chaired the Psychology Department for 17 years and received the Distinguished Professor Award. He co-authored widely used psychology textbooks, including Theories of Personality and Health Psychology. A lifelong sports enthusiast, he was an avid runner, golfer, and St. Louis Cardinals fan. He was married to Mary Jo McComb for 51 years, and they had five children. Feist retired in 2006 and was named Professor Emeri
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Liz Newman
Liz Newman is a blogger and a poet from the Midwest who writes primarily on grief, faith, life, mental health, and relationships.
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Her poetry book "I Look to the Mourning Sky" received a Readers' Favorite Bronze Medal in 2022 in the Inspirational Poetry Category.
Her words have been shared on "Her View From Home", "Read Poetry", "Love What Matters", and "The Mighty". They have also appeared in the London Underground.
She believes in the power of words to comfort, connect, and bring hope. Her journey through grief has been a humbling reminder of how desperately we all need grace and each other.
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Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna is an American YouTuber with over 6,000,000 subscribers. She is the author of Adultolescence, a comedian, actress, and singer-songwriter.
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Lili Reinhart
Lili Reinhart is an actress and advocate for mental health awareness. Swimming Lessons is her first collection of poetry.
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Bella Thorne
Bella Thorne is an American actress, singer, and music video director. She began her career at six weeks old as a child model, and eight years old with roles in in the television series My Own Worst Enemy and Big Love, Thorne gained mainstream notoriety for her starring role on the Disney series Shake It Up as well as Freeform’s Famous in Love. In 2018 she signed with Epic Records and began work on her debut album. In addition to her artistic pursuits, she started a makeup line called Thorne by Bella.
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Barbara Black Koltuv
Barbara Black Koltuv received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University in 1962. She had a Post Doctoral Fellowship in 1963, and was licensed by New York State as a Psychologist. She began to study at the New York University Post Doctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Her primary supervisor was Erich Fromm, with whom she studied the language of dreams, and learned to work with patients from a deeply spiritual psychological perspective. In 1969 she was awarded a Diploma in Psychoanalysis from the New York University Post-Doctoral Program.
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Marina Diamandis
Marina Lambrini Diamandis, known mononymously as Marina (often stylised in all caps), and previously by the stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer-songwriter and poet. Her first collection of poetry, Eat the World, will be releasing soon.
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Raquel Franco
Raquel Franco is a multi-racial poet of Venezuelan descent living in Ohio. She is the author of I’ll Cry If I Want To and When the Bee Stings and her work has been featured in Thought Catalog and Rattle Magazine. When she is not reading, writing or keeping up with two kids she is listening to Taylor Swift.
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Tablo
Daniel Armand Lee, whose Korean name is Lee Seon-Woong (이선웅), is more commonly known by his stage name Tablo (타블로). He is a hip hop musician, rap artist, songwriter and lyricist. He is best known as the rapper and leader of the South Korean hip hop group Epik High.
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Sarah Tolmie
Sarah Tolmie is the author of the 120-sonnet sequence Trio, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press (release date 1 April 2015) and the chapbook Sonnet in a Blue Dress and Other Poems (Baseline Press, 2014). She has also published a novel, The Stone Boatmen, and a short fiction collection, NoFood, with Aqueduct Press (both 2014).
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She is a medievalist trained at the University of Toronto and Cambridge and is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Waterloo. -
Misha Collins
Dmitri "Misha" Collins is an actor, author, and activist focused on inspiring change through art and by gamifying civic engagement and social good. Misha was a lead on Supernatural, the longest-running sci-fi/fantasy series in U.S. history, where he portrayed the angel Castiel. When not in front of the camera, Misha connects with his millions of social media followers to promote social change through projects like GISH, his Guinness World Record-setting global scavenger hunt that fosters creative mayhem to inspire social activism, and Random Acts, his nonprofit, which has raised millions to complete grassroots charitable projects.
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Florence Welch
Florence Leontine Mary Welch (born 28 August 1986) is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist of indie rock band Florence and the Machine.
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Florence and the Machine's debut album, Lungs, was released in 2009; on 17 January 2010, the album reached the top position in the UK after being on the chart for 28 consecutive weeks. Lungs won the Brit Award for Best British Album in 2010. The group's second studio album, Ceremonials, released in October 2011, debuted at number one in the UK and number six in the US. The band's third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful was released in 2015 to positive reviews from critics, and topped the UK and US charts. -
Trisha Paytas
Trisha Kay Paytas (born May 8, 1988) simply known as Trisha Paytas is an American actress, author, businesswoman, entertainer, performer, plus-size model, and YouTube personality. She is known for her appearance on the seventh season of America's Got Talent in 2012 as well as her appearances on the television shows Who Wants to Be a Superhero? and My Strange Addiction.
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Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo
Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo was born on March 16, 1988 in Los Angeles, California. Jhené began writing poetry at 6 years old. At 13, she signed to a major record label and began her career as a recording artist. Today, she is a mother of one, a three-time Grammy nominated singer/songwriter and a poet. 2Fish is Jhené’s first published book.
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Madisen Kuhn
Madisen Kuhn is a poet from Charlottesville, Virginia. She likes to explore topics of identity, belonging, sexuality, and mental illness in her work.
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At 19, Madisen self-published her first poetry collection, Eighteen Years, after gaining a following on Tumblr and Instagram. She went on to publish Please Don't Go Before I Get Better in 2018 with Gallery Books. Her third book, Almost Home, was a semi-finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards — Best Poetry Books of 2019.
Her fourth collection of poetry, Bad At Existing, explores the complexities of identity, self-expression, longing, and hope—capturing the duality of wanting to be seen by the world while wanting to hide from it. It is set to be released on October 4, 2022. -
Florence Welch
Florence Leontine Mary Welch (born 28 August 1986) is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist of indie rock band Florence and the Machine.
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Florence and the Machine's debut album, Lungs, was released in 2009; on 17 January 2010, the album reached the top position in the UK after being on the chart for 28 consecutive weeks. Lungs won the Brit Award for Best British Album in 2010. The group's second studio album, Ceremonials, released in October 2011, debuted at number one in the UK and number six in the US. The band's third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful was released in 2015 to positive reviews from critics, and topped the UK and US charts. -
Bella Thorne
Bella Thorne is an American actress, singer, and music video director. She began her career at six weeks old as a child model, and eight years old with roles in in the television series My Own Worst Enemy and Big Love, Thorne gained mainstream notoriety for her starring role on the Disney series Shake It Up as well as Freeform’s Famous in Love. In 2018 she signed with Epic Records and began work on her debut album. In addition to her artistic pursuits, she started a makeup line called Thorne by Bella.
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Phil Kaye
Raised in a California beach town to a Japanese mother and Jewish-American father, Phil first fell in love with spoken word poetry at age 17. Since then, he has performed in hundreds of venues in fifteen countries. His work has been viewed online over five million times and featured in media outlets ranging from NPR to Al Jazeera America to Upworthy.com. Most recently, Phil was invited to perform alongside His Holiness The Dalai Lama for the celebration of his 80th birthday. He is the co-director of Project VOICE, an organization that uses poetry as tool to promote empowerment, improve literacy, and encourage empathy and creative collaboration in classrooms and communities. Through his work with Project VOICE, Phil has worked hands-on with
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Rupi Kaur
A breakout literary phenomenon and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Rupi Kaur wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection, 'milk and honey' in 2014. Next came its artistic siblings 'the sun and her flowers' and ‘home body’, both debuting at #1 on bestseller lists across the world. These collections have sold more than 11 million copies and have been translated into over 43 languages. Most recently in 2022- she released her 4th book ‘Healing Through Words’ which is a journey of guided writing exercises to help the reader explore their creativity.
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As she has done from the very beginning, Rupi self-produced ‘Rupi Kaur Live’, the first poetry special of its kind, which debuted on Amazon Prime Video in 2021.
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Blythe Baird
Blythe Baird is an actress, poet, and feminist. In 2014, she represented Chicago as the youngest competitor at the National Poetry Slam. In 2015, she returned to NPS representing the Twin Cities Unified team.
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Her work has been published or featured by The Huffington Post, Ashton Kutcher, A-Plus, Write Bloody, EverydayFeminism, Button Poetry, Chicago Literati, Banango Street, and Wicked Banshee, among others. She is currently studying creative writing, women’s studies, and ASL at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN.
With three nominations at the ICFF including Best Picture, Baird takes on the role of Stephen Baldwin’s daughter in Auslynn Films 2015 indie feature “The UnMiracle.”
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Courtney Peppernell
Courtney Peppernell is an acclaimed best-selling author from Australia, celebrated for her inspirational poetry collections, including the beloved Pillow Thoughts series, Watering the Soul, I Hope You Stay, Time Will Tell and more. With over two million sales worldwide, she continues to lead the forefront of today’s poetry genre. Courtney spends her days writing and working on many projects with her beloved dogs and chickens in tow. She hopes to continue exploring expression and the art of healing through stories, novels and poetry for years to come. Stay tuned for the latest releases from Courtney and her team!
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Madisen Kuhn
Madisen Kuhn is a poet from Charlottesville, Virginia. She likes to explore topics of identity, belonging, sexuality, and mental illness in her work.
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At 19, Madisen self-published her first poetry collection, Eighteen Years, after gaining a following on Tumblr and Instagram. She went on to publish Please Don't Go Before I Get Better in 2018 with Gallery Books. Her third book, Almost Home, was a semi-finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards — Best Poetry Books of 2019.
Her fourth collection of poetry, Bad At Existing, explores the complexities of identity, self-expression, longing, and hope—capturing the duality of wanting to be seen by the world while wanting to hide from it. It is set to be released on October 4, 2022. -
Amanda Lovelace
Amanda Lovelace is a bestselling American poet who rose to fame through her poetry posted to Tumblr and Instagram. She is the author of the women are some kind of magic series, including the Goodreads Choice Award-winning the princess saves herself in this one and women are some kind of magic.
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Marina Diamandis
Marina Lambrini Diamandis, known mononymously as Marina (often stylised in all caps), and previously by the stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer-songwriter and poet. Her first collection of poetry, Eat the World, will be releasing soon.
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Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna is an American YouTuber with over 6,000,000 subscribers. She is the author of Adultolescence, a comedian, actress, and singer-songwriter.
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Michaela Angemeer
Michaela Angemeer (she/they) is a queer Canadian poet who’s passionate about sharing her healing journey and inspiring readers to spend more time with their feelings.
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They’ve published five best-selling collections of poetry including When He Leaves You, You’ll Come Back to Yourself, Please Love Me at My Worst, Poems for the Signs, and There Is Room for All of You Here.
Michaela’s newest book, Please Look into the Mirror, is about facing the darkness to find light. Separated into three sections: Glass, Mirror, and Reflection, it’s about the mother wound, gaining a deeper sense of self, learning to take accountability and finding relief in cycle breaking.
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Lili Reinhart
Lili Reinhart is an actress and advocate for mental health awareness. Swimming Lessons is her first collection of poetry.
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Lisa Marie Basile
Lisa Marie Basile is an author, poet, and journalist based in Jersey City, NJ and NYC. She holds an MFA in writing from The New School in New York City.
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She is the author of a few books of poetry, including SAINT OF (White Stag Publishing, 2025), Nympholespy (Inside the Castle, 2019—which was a finalist in the 2017 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards), Apocryphal (Noctuary Press, 2014), and Andalucia (The Poetry Society of New York, 2012). She’s also written a few non-fiction books, including Light Magic for Dark Times and others. She is the founding editor of Luna Luna Magazine.
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Phil Kaye
Raised in a California beach town to a Japanese mother and Jewish-American father, Phil first fell in love with spoken word poetry at age 17. Since then, he has performed in hundreds of venues in fifteen countries. His work has been viewed online over five million times and featured in media outlets ranging from NPR to Al Jazeera America to Upworthy.com. Most recently, Phil was invited to perform alongside His Holiness The Dalai Lama for the celebration of his 80th birthday. He is the co-director of Project VOICE, an organization that uses poetry as tool to promote empowerment, improve literacy, and encourage empathy and creative collaboration in classrooms and communities. Through his work with Project VOICE, Phil has worked hands-on with
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Nathalie Handal
Nathalie Handal was raised in Latin America, France and the Arab world. Described as “a Renaissance figure,” Pulitzer Prize winner Yusef Kumunyakaa writes, “This cosmopolitan voice belongs to the human family, and it luxuriates in crossing necessary borders.” Her most recent books include the critically acclaimed Poet in Andalucía, which Alice Walker lauds as “poems of depth and weight and the sorrowing song of longing and resolve,” and Love and Strange Horses, winner of the 2011 Gold Medal Independent Publisher Book Award, which The New York Times says is “a book that trembles with belonging (and longing).” Handal is the editor of the groundbreaking classic The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology, winner of the PEN Oakland Josep
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Emily Perkovich
Emily Perkovich (she/her) is from the Chicago-land area. She is the Editor in Chief of Querencia Press, a poetry reader with Split Lip Mag, and on the Women in Leadership Advisory Board with Valparaiso University. Her work strives to erase the stigma surrounding trauma victims and their responses. She is a Pushcart & a Best of the Net nominee, a SAFTA scholarship recipient, and is previously published with Horror Sleaze Trash, Harness Magazine, Rogue Agent, Coffin Bell Journal, and Awakenings among others. Em is Otomí and learning ways to reconnect with her kin. You can find her on IG @undermeyou or Twitter @emily_perkovich or visit her website.
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Basil Hall Chamberlain
B. A. Chamberlain was a professor of Japanese at the Tokyo Imperial University and was one of the greatest European Japanologists, along with Ernest Mason Satow, Lafcadio Hearn, and William G. Ashton.
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Oksana Maksymchuk
Oksana Maksymchuk is a Ukrainian-American poet, scholar, & literary translator. Her debut English-language poetry collection Still City is the 2024 Pitt Poetry Series selection, published by University of Pittsburgh Press (US) and Carcanet Press (UK).
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Oksana is a co-recipient of a National Endowments for the Arts Translation Fellowship, Scaglione Prize for Literary Translation from the Modern Language Association of America, Peterson Translated Book Award, and American Association for Ukrainian Studies Translation Prize. Her work has been featured on BBC Radio 3, CBC Radio, The Times, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and TEDx.
Connect with her on X and Instagram @ok_maksymchuk or on her website www.oksanamaksymchuk.com
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Kailey Oliver
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As a conscious mind and forward thinker, Kailey Oliver is constantly digging for insights and deeper perspectives to enhance her perception of this thing called life. Her debut poetry book World Stained Us System Blamed Us is full of poetic verse that moves and inspires. Crafted to encourage and empower anyone struggling to ultimately strive!
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Kevin Coval
Kevin Coval is an award-winning poet & author of Everything Must Go: The Life & Death of an American Neighborhood, A People's History of Chicago & over ten other full-length collections, anthologies & chapbooks. He is the founding editor of The BreakBeat Poets series on Haymarket Books, & Artistic Director of the MacArthur Award-winning cultural organization, Young Chicago Authors, & founder of Louder Than a Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival, the world's largest youth poetry festival, now in more than 19 cities across North America. He's shared the stage with The Migos & Nelson Mandela, has published in Poetry Magazine, The Chicago Tribune & CNN.com & co-hosts the podcast, The Cornerstore, on WGN Radio.
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Chelsea Rathburn
Chelsea Rathburn’s poetry collection A Raft of Grief was published in 2013 by Autumn House Press. Her first full-length collection of poetry, The Shifting Line, received the 2005 Richard Wilbur Award. She is also author of a limited-edition chapbook, Unused Lines, published by Aralia Press in 2003. Her poems have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, Ploughshares, New England Review, and Five Points, among other journals and anthologies, and her prose has appeared in Creative Nonfiction. She teaches English and creative writing at Young Harris College.
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Chelsea's poem "After Filing for Divorce" was recently featured in Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry column at [http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/c...]. -
Erica Reid
Erica Reid’s debut collection, Ghost Man on Second, won the 2023 Donald Justice Poetry Prize and was published by Autumn House Press in early 2024. Erica’s poems appear in Rattle, Birmingham Poetry Review, Colorado Review, and more.
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Nisha Patel
Nisha Patel is a queer spoken word poet & artist. She is the City of Edmonton’s Poet Laureate, and the Canadian Individual Slam Champion, and has been performing and writing in her community for five years. In 2021, she will be acting as one of the Edmonton Public Library’s Writers in Residence. She is the founder of Moon Jelly House, a publishing house centering the voices of marginalized poets by publishing chapbooks for emerging spoken word artists. She is two-time Canadian Festival of Spoken Word finalist. During this time, Nisha was also recipient of the Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund Award, and is the current Executive Director of the Edmonton Poetry Festival, Western Canada’s largest poetry festival.
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Over the years, Nisha has performed