Poetry

Billy Collins

  • United States Poet Laureate (2001–2003)

Louise Gluck

  • United States Poet Laureate (2003–2004)
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

Robert Hass

  • United States Poet Laureate (1995-1997)
    National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Environmentalist and Teacher

Seamus Heaney

  • Nobel Laureate in Literature, Poet, Translator, and Essayist

Jane Hirshfield

  • Prize-winning International Poet, Translator, and Essayist

W.S. Merwin

  • Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, Essayist & Translator

Kathleen Norris

  • Bestselling Essayist on the Spiritual Life: Dakota,
    The
    Cloister Walk, Amazing Grace, and Acedia & Me

Naomi Shihab Nye

  • Award-winning Palestinian/American Poet,
    Writer, Anthologist, and Educator

Sharon Olds

  • Award-winning Poet and Educator

Mary Oliver

  • Pulitzer Prize-winning & National Book Award-winning Poet, Essayist and Chronicler of the Natural World

Michael Ondaatje

  • Bestselling & Award-winning Author of The English Patient,
    Divisadero
    & Running in the Family

Robert Pinsky

  • United States Poet Laureate (1997–2000)
    Translator, Essayist, and Teacher

Adrienne Rich

  • Distinguished Poet, Essayist, and Activist

Luis Rodriguez

  • Award-winning Poet, Activist, and Bestselling Author
    Always Running: La Vida Loco, Gang Days in L.A.

Kay Ryan

  • United States Poet Laureate (2008-2010)