The WBUR Festival

Sasha Stiles is a Kalmyk-American poet and artist whose work uses language to explore what it means to be human in a more-than-human age. A pioneering voice of the generative era, she advances poetic intelligence – the synthesis of emotion and algorithm – as a vital artistic medium of our... Read More →

Cloe Axelson is the senior editor of WBUR’s opinion page, Cognoscenti.

Cloe first came to WBUR in 2015, as a contributor — her very first piece for Cog was an essay about women’s soccer. Two years later, in 2017, she joined Cog’s staff as an editor. Since then, she’s worked with hundreds of writers, produced dozens of pieces for radio, and written... Read More →

Jane Rosenzweig is the director of the Harvard College Writing Center. She writes the newsletter Writing Hacks and publishes the newsletter The Important Work, which features reflections by educators about teaching in the era of generative AI. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Los... Read More →

Ann Handley is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 3 books, including the forthcoming ASAP: As Slow As Possible. A writer, speaker, and entrepreneur, she explores creativity, communication, and human judgment in a culture obsessed with speed.