Kazim Ali's previous books include poetry, fiction, essay, translation, and cross-genre work. He lives in California amidst mountain, desert, and ocean.

Andrew Grace is the author of three books of poems and teaches English at Kenyon College.

Freya Daly Sadgrove is a writer and performer from Aotearoa New Zealand. She has a Master of Arts in Poetry from the International Institute of Modern Letters, and her poems have appeared in Sport, Minarets, The Spinoff, Sweet Mammalian, Shabby Doll House, Scum Mag and elsewhere. She is currently working on a manuscript for her debut poetry collection.