Paul Guest is the author of four collections of poetry and a memoir. His work has appeared in Poetry, the Paris Review, New England Review, and numerous other publications. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and Whiting Award winner.

Ada Limón is the author of five books of poetry, including The Carrying which won The National Book Critics Circle Award, and Bright Dead Things, which was named a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award.

Victoria Chang's books are Obit, Barbie Chang, The Boss, Salvinia Molesta, Circle, and Is Mommy? (picture book). She is the program chair of Antioch's low-res MFA program in LA.

Maggie Smith is the author of Lamp of the Body, The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison, and Good Bones, the title poem from which has been translated into nearly a dozen languages. Her poems have appeared in the New York Times, Tin House, The Best American Poetry, and on the CBS drama Madam Secretary.