Harry Nudel: was born in a displaced persons camp in 1946, 60 miles from Auschwitz, and arrived in the U.S.A. in 1949. He earned his B.A. from City College of New York, his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and has been poeting since he was 16. Described by Ted Joans “as the true last . . . Beat Poet.”

Gary Mesick: a Seattle native, he is a graduate of The United States Military Academy at West Point and Harvard University. After some time as an Infantry officer, he now works in aerospace analytics, where he leads a data management organization. His recent collection of poems is General Discharge (Fomite Press).

Arthur McMaster: his poems have appeared in such distinguished journals as North American Review, The Worcester Review, Southwest Review, Poetry East, Rattle, and Rhino, with one Pushcart Prize nomination. He has three published volumes of poems. A retired English professor, he teaches in the Continuing Education Department at Furman University.

Greg McBride: is the author of Porthole (Liam Rector First Book Prize for Poetry, Briery Creek Press, 2012) and Back of the Envelope (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2009). His awards include the Boulevard Emerging Poet prize and grants in poetry from the Maryland State Arts Council. His work appears in Alaska Quarterly, Bellevue, Boulevard, Gettysburg Review, New Ohio Review, River Styx, Salmagundi, and Southern Poetry Review. A Vietnam veteran and lawyer, he edits the Innisfree Poetry Journal.