Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Biespiel is a poet, literary critic, and contributing writer at The Rumpus, American Poetry Review, Politico, New Republic, Slate, Poetry, and The New York Times. He is the author of numerous books, most recently "Charming Gardeners" and "The Book of Men and Women,”chosen for Best... Read More →

Baker is author of sixteen books, including "Scavenger Loop" (poems, Norton, 2015), "Show Me Your Environment" (essays, Michigan, 2014), and "Never-Ending Birds" (poems, Norton) which won the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize in 2011. He holds the Fordham Chair of Poetry at Denison... Read More →

Galvin was born in Chicago and earned a BA from Antioch College and an MFA from the University of Iowa. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including “Resurrection Update: Collected Poems” (1998), “X” (2003), “As Is” (2009), and “Everything We Always Knew... Read More →

Hutchinson was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica. He is the author of the poetry collections, "Far District" and "House of Lords and Commons,” which recently won the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry and is a finalist for the 2016 L.A. Times Book Prize in Poetry. He teaches... Read More →