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April 11-13, 2024

a three-day celebration of literature
and belief in Grand Rapids, Michigan


Featured Speakers

  • Kaveh Akbar
  • M. T. Anderson
  • Elan Babchuck
  • Fred Bahnson
  • Amy Julia Becker
  • Sonya Bilocerkowycz
  • Sarah Blake
  • Bryan Bliss
  • Anne Bogel
  • Byron Borger
  • Daniel Bowman, Jr.
  • Ayşe Papatya Bucak
  • Casey Cep
  • Danielle Chapman
  • S. J. Dahlman
  • Peter Ho Davies
  • Adam Day
  • Jennifer De Leon
  • Mary DeMuth
  • Matthew Dickerson
  • Kent & Kevin Dixon
  • Anthony Doerr
  • Margaret Feinberg
  • Leslie Leyland Fields
  • Yaa Gyasi
  • Silas House
  • Sarah Hurwitz
  • Jessica Jacobs
  • Katherine Jacobs
  • Rachel Pieh Jones
  • Laleh Khadivi
  • Kenneth Kraegel
  • Aviya Kushner
  • Paul Lisicky
  • Maurice Manning
  • Marilyn McEntyre
  • Nishta Mehra
  • Diane Mehta
  • Meghan O'Gieblyn
  • Mitali Perkins
  • Kathy Pories
  • Karen Swallow Prior
  • Patrick B. Reyes
  • Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
  • Rebecca Sheir
  • Tracy Sherrod
  • Andrew Silver
  • Curtis Sittenfeld
  • James K. A. Smith
  • Tracy K. Smith
  • Traci Sorell
  • Suzanne Stabile
  • Randy-Michael Testa
  • Truth's Table
  • Asma T. Uddin
  • Chanequa Walker-Barnes
  • Lauren K. Watel
  • Christian Wiman
  • Hilary Yancey

additional speakers and workshop leaders to be announced soon

 

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