Kit Robinson: born in 1949, he is a Bay Area poet, writer, and musician. In the 1970s and 1980s, he performed with San Francisco Poets Theater and produced “In the American Tree: New Writing by Poets,” (with Lyn Hejinian.) He is the author of two dozen collections of poetry, including Quarantina (Lavender Ink, 2022), Thought Balloon (Roof, 2019), Leaves of Class (Chax, 2017), Marine Layer (BlazeVOX, 2015). Recent poems appear in Brooklyn Rail, Blazing Stadium, Cold Mountain Review, Exquisite Pandemic, Three Fold, and Traffic Report. His papers and media are collected at The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Berkeley and plays Cuban tres guitar in the charanga band Calle Ocho.

John Ripton: grew up in Central Maine. His poems have appeared in literary journals in the U.S., Germany, Japan, and Australia, including The Literary Review, Paterson Literary Review, Berkeley Poetry Review, Long Shot, International Haiku Magazine, Paper Wasp and Chrysanthemum. He regularly writes political essays for newspapers and magazines and articles for professional journals.

Bruce Pratt: is the author of the novel The Serpents of Blissfull, Boreal: Poems, The Trash Detail: Stories, and poetry chapbook, Forms and Shades. His writings have appeared in several dozen magazines, reviews, and journals in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Wales. He edits American Fiction.

Mary Paulson: her writing has appeared in multiple publications, most recently in Sparks of Calliope, The Pomegranate London, Vita Brevis’ Poetry Anthology IV, Hares Paw, VAINE Magazine, Cathexis Northwest Press, Fevers of the Mind, and The Gyroscope Review. Her debut chapbook, Paint the Window Open was published by Kelsey Publishing in 2021. She lives in Naples, Florida.