Speakers on Ethics
Kaveh Akbar
is relentlessly pursuing the truth.
Hala Alyan
is seeding a new narrative.
Tareq Baconi
is decoding power, politics, and resistance.
Elif Batuman
is un-put-downable.
Jessamine Chan
scrutinizes societal expectations.
Roxane Gay
is feminist AF.
Sarah Gerard
labors out of love.
Michelle Goldberg
calls it like it is.
Anand Gopal
learns by going.
Mary Annaïse Heglar
has hope for the future.
Leslie Jamison
is required reading.
R.O. Kwon
sets the page aflame.
Lyz Lenz
will get you fired up.
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
understands the cost of war and the power of literature.
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
is tearing down boundaries.
Sarah Thankam Mathews
builds community on and off the page.
Viet Thanh Nguyen
calls us to re-examine our own history.
Maulik Pancholy
is an actor, activist, author - basically The Best At It.
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
is uncovering silences in the archives.
Junauda Petrus
meets the struggle with sweetness.
Liara Roux
is amplifying high-risk voices.
Jennifer Senior
knows how you feel.
Virginia Sole-Smith
feeds our minds, bodies, and souls.
Jason Stanley
knows that words matter and why.
Amber Tamblyn
fights like a girl.
Nathan Thrall
is a fearless advocate.
John Vercher
writes with a punch.
Krish O’Mara Vignarajah
views the world with open arms.
