Nathalie Anderson’s three books of poems are Following Fred Astaire, Crawlers, and Quiver; she has also authored libretti for four operas. A 1993 Pew Fellow in the Arts, she serves as poet in residence at the Rosenbach Museum, and directs the Program in Creative Writing at Swarthmore College.

Betsy Bolton produces & facilitates natural-history-focused digital storytelling. She held a 2013–2014 Fulbright scholarship for digital storytelling in Morocco (maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu). Recent work includes "Lamentations" in Coldnoon and "Wild Fermentation" at EASLCE in Brussels.

Lisa Sewell is the author of several books of poems, including Impossible Object, winner of the 2014 Tenth Gate Prize. She has also edited two collections of essays for Wesleyan University Press, and has received grants from the NEA, and the Leeway Foundation, among others. She teaches at Villanova University.

Elaine Terranova is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently, Dollhouse, winner of the 2012 Off the Grid Press contest. Her awards include the Walt Whitman, an NEA, a Pushcart Prize, and a Pew Fellowship. She has taught writing at Community College of Philadelphia and in Rutgers-Camden's MFA program.