Charles Baxter is the author of, most recently, There’s Something I Want You to Do: Stories. His third novel, The Feast of Love, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2000. He has received the Award of Merit in the Short Story and the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Rea Award in the Short Story in 2012. He is currently the Edelstein-Keller Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Minnesota.

Catherine Barnett has received a James Laughlin Award, a Guggenheim, and a Whiting. The author of two poetry collections, The Game of Boxes and Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced, she works as an independent editor and currently teaches at NYU and Hunter College.

Marianne Boruch's most recent poetry collections include Cadaver, Speak and The Book of Hours, plus her forthcoming Eventually One Dreams the Real Thing. She's written a memoir, The Glimpse Traveler, and two essay collections. She teaches at Purdue and in Warren Wilson College's MFA program.

Heather McHugh is the author of poetry, translation, and essays, and she has taught in distinguished writing programs. Since 2011, her efforts to help lifelong caregivers of family members who are chronically ill or severely disabled prompted the establishment of Caregifted.org (and Undersung.org).