Susan Yount is publisher of Arsenic Lobster and madam of the Chicago Poetry Bordello. She founded Misty Publications, works fulltime at the Associated Press, teaches at The Rooster Moans Poetry Coop, and co-writes the Rebellious Women in Poetry column. Her recent chapbook is Catastrophe Theory.

Kelly Boyker is the founding editor of Menacing Hedge. Her poetry has appeared in numerous print and web journals. Her chapbook Zoonosis is forthcoming in 2013.

Kristy Bowen is a writer/visual artist and the author of several books, chapbooks, and zine projects. She lives in Chicago, where she runs dancing girl press & studio, which creates a series of open and limited edition chapbooks by women authors.

Margaret Bashaar is the founding editor of Hyacinth Girl Press, co-founder of the TypewriterGirls Poetry Cabaret, and author of the chapbooks Letters from Room 27 of the Grand Midway Hotel and Barefoot and Listening. Her work has also appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies.