Amber Preston’s new comedy album “Sparkly Parts” is out now.

Carolyn Holbrook is a pioneering author and professor of creative writing at Hamline University.

Rachael Hanel is the author of “We Will Be The Last Ones To Let You Down.”

Samuel Myers Jr. directs the Roy Wilkins Center at the University of Minnesota.

Katherine Glover is a Minneapolis-based playwright, journalist, and lyricist.

Cyn Collins is an arts journalist and on-air personality at KFAI.

Joanna (Yanna) Demkiewiecz is the marketing director at Milkweed Editions.

Bill Green is a renowned race historian.

Barb Brynstad is a singer and guitarist with uncommon taste.

Christopher Lehman is a professor at SCSU and author of “Slavery’s Reach.”