Jennifer Atkinson is the author of four books of poetry: The Dogwood Tree, The Drowned City, Drift Ice, and Canticle of the Night Path. She teaches in the MFA and BFA programs at George Mason University in Virginia.

Allison Funk is the author of five books of poems, including her forthcoming Wonder Rooms. The recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts and co-editor of Sou'wester, she is a distinguished professor of English at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

H. L. Hix is the author of over twenty books of poetry, translation, and criticism. His most recent poetry collection is I'm Here to Learn to Dream in Your Language.

Jon Thompson teaches at NC State University where he edits the online journal, Free Verse: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry & Poetics and Free Verse Editions. His recent collection of poems is Landscape with Light.

Lisa Williams is the author of three books of poems: Gazelle in the House, Woman Reading to the Sea, and The Hammered Dulcimer. She teaches at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.