Jenny Browne's most recent collection of poems is Dear Stranger. The recipient of a 2013 NEA Literature Fellowship, she teaches at Trinity University.

Mark Jarman is the author of Bone Fires: New and Selected Poems. He has also published two books of essays about poetry, The Secret of Poetry and Body and Soul: Essays on Poetry. He is Centennial Professor of English at Vanderbilt University.

Laynie Browne is the author of nine collections of poetry and two novels. Recent books include Roseate, Points of Gold, and The Ivory Hour. She is co-editor of I’ll Drown My Book: Conceptual Writing by Women.

Idra Novey is the author of Exit, Civilian, selected by Patricia Smith for the 2011 National Poetry Series, and The Next Country. Her work has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, in Poetry, and Slate. Her most recent translation is Clarice Lispector's The Passion According to G.H.