William Reichard is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently Sin Eater (Mid-List Press, 2010). He is the editor of the anthology American Tensions: Literature of Identity and the Search for Social Justice (New Village Press, 2011). He lives in Saint Paul.

Rebecca Lehmann is the author of Between the Crackups (Salt Modern Poets), winner of the Crashaw Prize. Her poems have been published in Tin House, The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa Review, and other journals.

Emily O'Neill is a New England-based artist and writer.  Her poetry and fiction has been featured at venues throughout the country and published internationally both in print and on the web.  Most recently, her work has appeared or is forthcoming in PANK, Amethyst Arsenic, and Muzzle Magazine.  She is the poetry editor at Side B Magazine, and has a degree in the synesthesia of storytelling from Hampshire College, where she befriended her hungry ghosts and learned the power of whisper.

Nasir Sakandar is from San Diego, California, and holds a BA in History from SDSU. He is currently an MFA Candidate at the University of Minnesota. His work and reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in Hayden's Ferry Review, Rain Taxi, L'Allure Des Mots, and other places. His favorite poets are Paul Celan, Ingeborg Bachmann, and Anne Carson.

Molly Damm lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she is an MFA candidate at the University of Virginia. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Cavalier Literary Couture, the Breakwater Review, and the Owl Eye Review.