Leonore Hildebrand: is the author of the poetry collections Where You Happen to Be, The Work at Hand, and The Next Unknown. Her poems and translations have appeared in The Cimarron Review, Harpur Palate, Poetry Daily, RHINO, and the Sugar House Review, among others. A native of Germany, she lives “off the grid” in Harrington, Maine, and spends the winter in Silver City, New Mexico. She serves on the editorial board of the Beloit Poetry Journal.

Wynn Heliczer: works as an actress, voice–over singer, and writer. She starred in films like “Think of Something Blue” and “No Vacancy” and the feature film “The Conductor.” She inherited her cultural–rich background from her father, Piero Heliczer, around whom she built “The Missing Beat Project.” She lives in Amsterdam with her big love Justus and their little big love: son James. James is Piero’s first grandson.

Robert Hampson: was for many years Professor of Modern Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he currently teaches on the MA in Creative Writing. Recent poetry publications include an explanation of colours (Veer 2010), reworked disasters (2013), and sonnets 4 sophie (2015). He coedited the influential magazine alembic in the 1970s.

Allen Fisher: is a poet, painter, publisher, teacher, and performer associated with the British Poetry Revival. He was born in London and started writing poetry in 1962.