Deirdre Faughey’s essays have been published in Identity Theory and Mr. Beller's Neighborhood; her academic writing has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the English Journal, and her book, Restorative Literacy Practices: Cultivating Community in the Secondary ELA Classroom, came out in 2023 from Teachers College Press.

Matt Dube teaches creative writing and American lit at a small mid-Missouri university, and reads submissions for JackLeg Press. His poems have appeared in Pictura, Lenticular Lit, Last Stanza, and elsewhere.

Dimitri Reyes is a Boricua multidisciplinary artist, content creator, and educator from Newark, New Jersey. He has been named one of The Best New Latinx Authors of 2023 by LatinoStories.com for his most recent book, Papi Pichón (Get Fresh Books, 2023) which was a finalist for the Omnidawn chapbook contest and the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. His other books include Every First and Fifteenth, the winner of the Digging Press 2020 Chapbook Award, and the poetry journal Shadow Wo