Chris Abani
Opal Palmer Adisa
Wayne Armond
Jean Binta Breeze
Tim Cahill
Austin Clarke
Maryse Condé
Ibo Cooper
Arnaldo Correa
Blacka Ellis
Nelson Eubanks
Percival Everett
Leonie Forbes
Don George
Steve Golding
Barbara Blake Hannah
Sean Keith Henry
Ishion Hutchinson
Amanda Jones
Kaylie Jones
Laurie McAndish King
Glenville Lovell
Rita Marley
devorah major
John Maxwell
Mark McMorris
Tessa McWatt
China Miéville
Harryette Mullen
Claudia Rankine
Nina Revoyr
Time Seibles
Veronica Saulter
Nadine Sutherland
Rudolph Wallace
Dan Wideman
Anthony Winkler
Big Youth
Chris Abani
Chris Abani's novels are GraceLand (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2004) and Masters of the Board (Delta, 1985). His poetry collections include Kalakuta Republic (Saqi, 2001), Daphne's Lot (Red Hen, 2003) and Dog Woman (Red Hen, 2004). He has received the 2001 PEN USA-West Freedom-to-write Award, the 2001 Prince Claus Award and the 2003 Lannan Literary Fellowship. He is a Middleton Fellow at the University of Southern California and Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California, Riverside.

Program: Tough Guys