America is a nation of immigrants. These author speakers use their personal journeys, lyrical writing, and thorough reporting to bring crucial perspectives on the immigration experience to the podium.
Michelle Zauner Frontwoman of Japanese Breakfast and author of New York Times bestselling Crying in H Mart
Francisco Cantú Author of the bestselling memoir The Line Becomes a River and former US Border Patrol Agent
Junot Díaz Author of New York Times bestsellers The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and This is How You Lose Her; winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Yaa Gyasi Author of Homegoing and Transcendent Kingdom, and recipient of the National Book Foundation's 'Under 35' award
Jason De León Anthropologist, professor, and author of National Book Award finalist Soldiers and Kings
Dinaw Mengestu Named one of The New Yorker "20 Under 40" writers to watch and author of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and How to Read the Air
Najla Said Actress, playwright and author of the memoir Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family
Gary Shteyngart New York Times-bestselling author of Little Failure, Super Sad True Love Story, Absurdistan, and Our County Friends
Sabaa Tahir National Book Award winner and #1 New York Times-bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes and All My Rage
C Pam Zhang Novelist of How Much of These Hills is Gold and Land of Milk and Honey, and a National Book Foundation 2020 "5 Under 35" Honoree