Charles Bernstein: is an American poet, essayist, editor, and literary scholar. He is one of the most prominent members of the Language poets (or L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets). His most recent books are Topsy –Turvy, Near /Miss and Pitch of Poetry (all from the University of Chicago Press). He lives in Brooklyn. He’s on the web at writing.upenn.edu/epc.

John Baglow: is a Canadian poet who lives and writes in Ottawa. He has published two books of poetry, Emergency Measures, Sono Nis Press, 1976; Journey Under Glass, Penumbra Press, 2004; and a critical work, Hugh MacDiarmid: The Poetry of Self, McGill– Queen’s Press, 1987. He contributes regular book reviews to the Literary Review of Canada.

Kenneth Lynn Anderson: his novel Someone Bought the House on the Island was a finalist in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. A stage adaptation won the Saints and Sinners Playwriting Contest. My novel Sea Change: An Example of the Pleasure Principle was a finalist for the Ferro–Grumley Award.

Kifah Abdulla: is a poet, artist, performer, storyteller, teacher, and activist, born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq. He has published a poetry book Dead Still Dream (2016) and a memoir Mountains Without Peaks (2020). His poems have appeared in many journals. He teaches Arabic at the Language Exchange, Southern Maine Community College and The Art of Arabic Calligraphy at Maine College of Art /Continuing Studies.