Nancy Goldberg: lives in Freeport, Maine with her husband where she works as a writing tutor.

Jack Foley: is a poet and critic living in the San Francisco Bay area. His poetry books include Letters / Lights — Words for Adelle; Gershwin; Exiles; Adrift; Greatest Hits, 1974 –2003; and Ash on an Old Man’s Sleeve. In June 2010, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Berkeley Poetry Festival.

Kathleen Ellis: grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her most recent poetry collections are Outer–Body Travel, Narrow River to the North, and Body of Evidence. She coordinates the annual POETS/SPEAK! event in Bangor, Maine.

Michael Colbert: is a queer writer, film critic, and Mainer at heart. He earned an MFA from UNCW. His writing has appeared in Esquire, Catapult, and The Bitter Southerner.