Robert Hogg: was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1942. He studied English and Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia where he co–edited the Canadian magazine TISH. He studied under Charles Olson at SUNY Buffalo, taught at Carleton University, and completed a Ph.D. on the works of Charles Olson. His poetry has been reviewed in Canadian and International journals, including Poetry  and Open Letter. He also founded and operated Mountain Path Organics.

Elisabeth Harrahy:  is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Phoebe: Journal of Gender and Cultural Critiques, Wisconsin People and Ideas, Bramble, Sky Island Journal, Gyroscope Review, Blue Heron Review, and Mobius: The Journal of Social Change.

Jared Harél:  is the author of the debut poetry collection, Go Because I Love You (Diode Editions, 2018) which won the Diode Editions Book Award. He’s also been awarded the Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize from American Poetry Review, the William Matthews Poetry Prize from Asheville Poetry Review, and two Individual Artist Grants from Queens Council on the Arts. New poems have recently appeared in 32 Poems, APR, Arts & Letters, Harvard Review Online, New Ohio Review, Ploughshares and Threepenny Review. He plays drums, teaches writing at Nassau Community College, and lives in Queens, NY with his wife and two kids. For more info, visit: jaredharel.com.

Volha Hapeyeva: is an award–winning Belarusian poet. Her works have been translated into more than 10 languages. A member of the Belarusian PEN Centre and the Belarusian Writers’ Union, she also translates poetry — predominantly from English, German, and Japanese. She holds a PhD in linguistics; her research is in the fields of comparative linguistics, philosophy of language, sociology of the body, and gender issues in culture and literature.