Lara Gularte
Lara Gularte is Poet Laureate Emeritus of El Dorado County, California. Her most recent book of poetry, Fourth World Woman, […]
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Mike Jurkovic
American poet Mike Jurkovic is the 2025 Ulster County, NY Poet Laureate. His work has been published internationally, though with
Sharon Mesmer
Sharon Mesmer is a poet, fiction writer and essayist. Her poetry collections are Greetings from My Girlie Leisure Place (Bloof), The Virgin Formica (Hanging
Bengt Berg
Bengt Berg considers the world his home and enjoys living and working in a landscape characterized by silence and wild
Yuyutsu Sharma
Yuyutsu Sharma is one of the few poets in the world who make their living with poetry. Named as “The
Brian Turner
Brian Turner has a memoir, My Life as a Foreign Country (with W.W. Norton in the U.S., and Penguin/Random House
Dr. Ravi Shankar
Pushcart-prize winning poet, Dr. Ravi Shankar is the author / translator / editor of 18 books, including the Memoir Magazine
Swati Chandra
Swati Chandra is a bilingual writer working in English and Hindi. A recipient of the HLF-WWK 2026 Poet Fellowship Award,
Usha Sherchan
An established and influential voice in Nepali literature, Usha Sherchan has authored several celebrated works, including Najanmeka Aasthaharu, Aksharharuka Shibirbat,
