Joey Franklin is the author of My Wife Wants You to Know I'm Happily Married, and his essays have recently appeared in Fourth Genre, Ninth Letter, and The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction. He is an assistant professor of creative writing at Brigham Young University.

Elena Passarello is the author of the essay collections Animals Strike Curious Poses and Let Me Clear My Throat. A recipient of a 2015 Whiting Award, she coedits the In Place book series for West Virginia University Press and teaches in the MFA program at Oregon State University.

Shawn Wen is a writer, radio producer, and multimedia artist. Her book, A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause, came out with Sarabande in 2017. Her writing has also appeared in n+1, Iowa Review, White Review, and The Lifted Brow. She is currently a producer at Youth Radio.

Jericho Parms is the author of Lost Wax. Her essays have appeared in Fourth Genre, The Normal School, Hotel Amerika, Brevity, and elsewhere. She is the associate director of the MFA in writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts and teaches at Champlain College. www.jerichoparms.com

Joe Bonomo’s books include Field Recordings from the Inside, Conversations with Greil Marcus, and Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found. A five-time "Notable Essays" selection at Best American Essays, he teaches at Northern Illinois University and appears online at No Such Thing As Was.