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Mat Johnson is the author of the novel Pym, the graphic novel Incognegro, and several other books. He is a recipient of the United States Artist James Baldwin Fellowship, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the Dos Passos Prize. He teaches at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.

Leland Cheuk is the author of three books of fiction, including the novels The Misadventures of Sulliver Pong and No Good Very Bad Asian. He has been awarded fellowships at the MacDowell Colony, Hawthornden Castle, Djerassi, and elsewhere. He runs the indie press 7.13 Books.

Donna Masini's books include 4:30 Movie, Turning to Fiction, That Kind of Danger, and a novel, About Yvonne. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, and Best American Poetry. She is a professor of English and creative writing at Hunter College