Amalia Ortiz authored Rant. Chant. Chisme. (named one of 10 Great Latino Books of 2015 by NBC Latino) and The Canción Cannibal Cabaret. She was awarded the Alfredo Del Moral Award, and National Hispanic Cultural Center, and Hedgebrook residencies. A CantoMundo Fellow, she received her MFA from UTRGV.

Reyes Cardenas is the author of Survivors of the Chicano Titanic, I Was Never A Militant Chicano, Chicano Poet (Poems 1970-2010), and Tortured Barrio Songs.

Vincent Cooper is the author of Zarzamora: Poetry of Survival and the chapbook Where the Reckless Ones Come to Die. Cooper's poetry has appeared in several online zines, journals, and anthologies. He is a member of the Macondo Writers Workshop.

Barbara Renaud Gonzalez is a published writer of four books. Her novel, Golondrina, was the first Chicana novel to be published by the University of Texas. She has also founded a nonprofit, AALAS, dedicated to telling the marginalized stories of Texas (s)heroes.