Terese Svoboda has published eighteen books of poetry, fiction, biography, memoir, and translation. Her collection Theatrix: Play Poems from Anhinga was released in 2021.

Rodrigo Toscano is the author of ten books of poetry. His latest is The Charm & The Dread. His Collapsible Poetics Theater was a National Poetry Series selection. His poetry has appeared in Best American Poetry and Best Experimental Poetry. rodrigotoscano.com

Joyelle McSweeney is the author of ten books, including the verse play Dead Youth, or, the Leaks, the critical book The Necropastoral: Poetry, Media, Occults, and the poetry volume Toxicon and Arachne. She edits Action Books and teaches at Notre Dame.

Neil de la Flor's solo and collaborative publications include An Elephant's Memory of Blizzards, Sinéad O'Connor and Her Coat of a Thousand Bluebirds, Almost Dorothy, and Two Thieves and a Liar. He is the executive director of Reading Queer.

Douglas Kearney is a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Cy Twombly recipient, an award-winning librettist, a Howard/CalArts alum, and a Cave Canem fellow. He’s published seven books of poetry, essays, and libretti. He teaches creative writing at the University of Minnesota.