Mark Conway is the author of two books of poetry: Dreaming Man, Face Down and Any Holy City. He also wrote the chapbook First Body. He directs the Literary Arts Institute at the College of Saint Benedict.

Olena Kalytiak Davis is the author of three full-length collections: The Poem She Didn't Write and Other Poems; And Her Soul Out of Nothing; shattered sonnets love cards and other off and back handed importunities; and a chapbook, On the Kitchen Table From Which Everything Has Been Hastily Removed.

Dessa is a rapper, writer, and member of the Doomtree collective. Her most recent album, Parts of Speech, debuted at #76 on the Billboard charts. Literary wit and a magnetic live show have earned praise from critics throughout the US and in Europe. She has written two literary collections: Spiral Bound is primarily creative nonfiction, and A Pound of Steam is a poetry chapbook. Her essays have appeared in The Star Tribune, Minnesota Monthly, and on Minnesota Public Radio. 

James Allen Hall's book of poems, Now You're the Enemy, received awards from the Lambda Literary Foundation, the Texas Institute of Letters, and the Fellowship of Southern Writers. A recent NEA Fellow, Hall's new work appears in Best American Poetry 2012, American Poetry Review, Bloom, and Arts & Letters.