2022 American Writers Festival
2022 American Writers Festival
The 2022 American Writers Festival took place May 15, 2022 in Chicago across five stages at the American Writers Museum and the Chicago Cultural Center. More than 70 writers across genres and disciplines from around the country converged in Chicago to celebrate the power, inspiration, and necessity of the written word.
The American Writers Festival, a completely free literary event, returns on May 19, 2024 at the Harold Washington Library Center, presented by the American Writers Museum and the Chicago Public Library.
VIEW 2024 FESTIVAL INFORMATION
View every program and discussion on the official American Writers Festival playlist.
Featured Writers
Joy Harjo
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Imani Perry
Aaron Sorkin
Cristela Alonzo
Marie Arana
Jabari Asim
Andrea Beatty
Tara Betts
Betsy Bird
David W. Blight
Archie Bongionvanni
Todd Brewster
J. Nicole Brooks
Alicia Brown
Deborah Caldwell-Stone
Karen Chee
Dhonielle Clayton
Jacoby Cochran
Carlos Cumpián
Jarrett Dapier
Andrew Davis
RC Davis
Lauren DeJulio Bell
Soyica Diggs Colbert
Aanika Eragam
Eve L. Ewing
Ashley C. Ford
Dionna Griffin-Irons
Kevin Gu
Peter Gwinn
Joy Harjo
Zakiya Dalila Harris
Brooks E. Hefner
Kelly Lytle Hernández
Maxine Hong Kingston
Angela Jackson
Kosoko Jackson
Mallessa James
Will Jawando
Jac Jemc
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
Len Lawson
Rebecca Makkai
Cynthia Manick
Daiva Markelis
Juan Martinez
Kechi Mbah
Caits Meissner
Joe Meno
Sarah Fatimah Mohammed
Evan F. Moore
Leonard N. Moore
Natalie Y. Moore
Faisal Mohyuddin
Elie Mystal
Arionne Nettles
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Elizabeth Nunez
Kristin Pekoll
Imani Perry
Alexandra Petri
Frances de Pontes Peebles
Kim Michele Richardson
Keidrick Roy
Peter Sagal
John Scalzi
Donna Seaman
Nicole Shawan Junior
Aaron Sorkin
Craig Stevens
Vincent Tirado
Michi Trota
Dawn Turner
Luis Alberto Urrea
Michael Warr
Catherine Adel West
Schele Williams
Ivy Wilson
Jacqueline Woodson
Michael Zapata