Matthew Gavin Frank is the author of the nonfiction books, The Mad Feast, Preparing the Ghost, Pot Farm, and Barolo, and the poetry books, The Morrow Plots, Warranty in Zulu, and Sagittarius Agitprop. He teaches at Northern Michigan University.

Adrianne Kalfopoulou is the author of two collections of poetry. Her book of essays, Ruin, Essays in Exilic Living engages with issues of transnational identify and critical inquiries into late capitalism's austerity-ravaged Greece. She directs the writing program at Deree College in Athens, Greece.

Elena Passarello is the author of two essay collections: the forthcoming Animals Strike Curious Poses and Let Me Clear My Throat. A recipient of a 2015 Whiting Award, she coedits the In Place book series for West Virginia University Press and teaches in the MFA program at Oregon State University.

Inara Verzemnieks is a member of the faculty of the University of Iowa's nonfiction writing program. Before receiving her MFA, she worked for thirty years as a newspaper journalist. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing, she is also the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Writer's Award.