Kim Dower has a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. For twenty-eight years her company, Kim-from-L.A., Literary & Media Services, has promoted books and authors. She teaches in the BA Program of Antioch University, and has published two poetry collections: Air Kissing on Mars and Slice of Moon.

Brendan Constantine is a poet and teacher based in Hollywood. He is the author of three collections of poetry and his work has appeared in many journals. He teaches poetry at high schools and colleges throughout Southern California as well as hospitals, shelters, and homes for the elderly.

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram is the author of But a Storm is Blowing From Paradise, chosen by Claudia Rankine as winner of the 2010 Benjamin Saltman Award. Her poetry and prose has appeared in numerous journals.

Nickole Brown’s books include Sister: A Novel-in-Poems and Fanny Says. She was the editorial assistant for the late Hunter S. Thompson and worked at Sarabande Books for ten years. Currently, she is the editor for the Marie Alexander Series, and teaches at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.