Gwendolyn Brooks (born June 7, 1917) – U.S. poet
Gwendolyn Brooks talks about (and reads) her poem "We Real Cool" here
Watch a 1986 interview with Gwendolyn Brooks
here
Orhan Pamuk (born June 7, 1952) Turkish novelist, 2006 Literature Nobel Prize winner – Nights of Plague (2022)
Nikki Giovanni (born June 7, 1943) U.S. poet
Read more about Nikki Giovanni here
Read the article "Three Poems from Nikki Giovanni’s Make Me Rain"
https://jamarattigan.com/2021/04/30/three-poems-from-nikki-giovannis-make-me-rain/
Watch Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin having a conversation (1971)
here
Louise Erdrich (Karen Louise Erdrich) born June 7, 1954 – U.S. Native American (Chippewa) novelist, poet, children’s books author
Read about Erdrich's 2020 novel The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich talks about her book The Night Watchman
here