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This event is made possible with support from The Author’s Guild, which supports working authors, advocates for authors' rights, and provides a community for members.

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Emma Copley Eisenberg, Blue Stoop’s director, is the author of The Third Rainbow Girl: and a forthcoming novel and story collection.

Eric Smith is the author of five books for Young Adults, most recently Don’t Read the Comments, and a literary agent with P.S. Literary. He lives in Philadelphia.

Kiley Reid is the author of the novel Such a Fun Age, which was nominated for the Booker Prize. She lives in Philadelphia.

Nikil Saval is the author of Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace, a former editor-in-chief of the literary magazine n+1 and a co-founder of Reclaim Philadelphia. He is also the Democratic nominee for State Senate in Pennsylvania’s 1st District.

Elissa Washuta is the author of the essay collections White Magic, My Body is a Book of Rules, and Starvation Mode. She is a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and grew up in northwest New Jersey. 

Trapeta Mayson is the author of the poetry collections She Was Once Herself and Mocha Melodies. She is also the city of Philadelphia 2020-2021 Poet Laureate.

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Myriam Gurba is the author of Mean, Dahlia Season: Stories and a Novella, and Painting Their Portraits in Winter: Stories. Her criticism of the 2020 novel American Dirt sparked controversy about cultural appropriation, the white gaze, racism, and lack of diversity in the publishing industry.

Brittney Cooper is the author of Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower and Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women. She is a Professor of Women’s Studies at Rutgers University.

Airea Matthews is the author of Simulacra (Yale Series of Younger Poets) and a professor of English at Bryn Mawr College.

Amber Sparks is the author of three collections of short stories, most recently And I Do Not Forgive You. 

Anne Ishii is a writer, editor and translator of gay manga. She is also the Executive Director of Asian Arts Initiative Philadelphia.