Archives: Teachers/Speakers

Danez Smith is a Black, Queer, Poz writer & performer from St. Paul, MN. Danez is the author of Homie, (Graywolf Press, 2020), winner of the Minnesota Book Award, the

Meghan Lamb is the author of COWARD, Failure to Thrive, All of Your Most Private Places, and Silk Flowers. She is a lecturer at the University of Chicago and the

Jose Hernandez Diaz is a 2017 NEA Poetry Fellow. He is the author of The Fire Eater (Texas Review Press, 2020). His work appears in Poetry, The Southern Review, The

Cass Garison is a poet & artist. Their chapbook, Beauty Exasperated, was recently published through Common Meter Press. They have an MFA from University of Washington, Seattle, and host an

Sally Ashton is a poet, writer, teacher, and editor-in-chief of DMQ Review, an online journal featuring poetry and art. Publishing in three genres, she is the author of five books

Disabled writer, Jason M. Thornberry’s work appears in The Stranger, Los Angeles Review of Books, Letters Journal, and elsewhere. He overcame a traumatic brain injury. Relearning to walk and speak,