Purvi Shah inspires change as an anti-violence advocate and writer. Terrain Tracks is her award-winning book. At the 10th anniversary of 9/11, she directed Together We Are New York, a community poetry project to highlight Asian American voices. 

Rosamond S. King’s poetry is in Rock|Salt|Stone (Lambda Finalist) and dozens of journals and anthologies. A creative and critical writer and artist, she is inspired by her cultures, history, and a sense of play. She is Creative Editor of sx salon and Associate Professor at Brooklyn College.

Dr. Ana-Maurine Lara is a national award winning poet and fiction writer. She is author of the novel Erzulie's Skirt (2006), When the Sun Once Again Sang to the People (2011), and Kohnjehr Woman. She is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon.

Sun Yung Shin is the author of Unbearable Splendor, Rough, and Savage, and Skirt Full of Black. She codirects Poetry Asylum in Minneapolis. The editor of A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota and Outsiders Within, and author of Cooper's Lesson, she is widely published in multiple genres.