Pamela Uschuk has authored seven poetry books, including Blood Flower (2014) and Wild In The Plaza of Memory & Crazy Love, winner of the 2010 American Book Award. Translated into twelve languages, her work has won awards from the National League of American PEN Women, New Millenium, Ascent, and Amnesty Intl. She edits Cutthroat.

Joy Harjo has authored the memoir Crazy Brave; four CDs of music; books for children and young adults; and seven collections of poetry, including In Mad Love and War, recipient of an American Book Award and the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award. Her many honors include the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas, the Josephine Miles Poetry Award, the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America, and a Native American Music Award (NAMMY) for Best Female Artist of the Year.

Darlin’ Neal is author of the story collections Elegant Punk and Rattlesnakes & The Moon. She is an assistant professor of creative writing in the University of Central Florida’s MFA program.