Gong Xuemin:  (b.1965), a native to Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan.  He started writing poems in 1987, and has published several books of poetry, including the long poem The Long March and an annotated edition of the Tang-dynasty poet Li Shangyin.  He is the editor-in-chief of the poetry magazine Stars.  He resides in Chengdu, China.

Yuan Xin:  from Hohhot, Inner Mongolia.  Poet, critic, and associate professor of Chinese literature in Nanjing, published widely in China.  Her second poetry book, The Red Horse from My Destiny is forthcoming from Writers’ Press in 2022.

He Xiaozhu:  (b.1963), Contemporary Chinese poet and novelist. He was a part of the 1980s Third Generation avant-garde poetry movement, and leader of the Not-Not school of poetry.  His poetry collections include Dreaming of Peace as Apples and Fish, and Six Verbs, or Apples.  In 2016 he was invited to the Vermont Art Center for a one month writing residency.  He now lives in Chongqing and Chengdu.

Wu Xiangyang:  (b.1965), a native to Zigong, Sichuan, started writing poetry in 1983 when studying in Sichuan International Studies University.  In 1987, he began his study of poetry criticism at Chinese New Poetry Institute, Southwest Normal University. He teaches in university and resides in Chongqing, China.