Keith Ratzlaff teaches poetry and literature at Central College in Pella, Iowa. His most recent books of poetry, Then, A Thousand Crows (2009) and Dubious Angels: Poems after Paul Klee (2005), are from Anhinga Press, as will be his next, Who’s Asking? His poems and reviews have appeared recently in the Cincinnati Review, Arts and Letters, Colorado Review, and the American Reader; his honors include the Theodore Roethke Award, two Pushcart Prizes, and inclusion in The Best American Poetry 2009. 

Bob Hicok’s ninth book, Hold, is just out from Copper Canyon Press.

Ryan Meyer received an MFA in poetry from George Mason University, and he currently teaches at Northern Virginia Community College.

Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer’s poems have appeared in AGNI, Denver Quarterly, Fence, and elsewhere, and she was selected for Best New Poets 2015. Her first book, Cleavemark, is forthcoming from BOAAT Press this year. She frequently collaborates with other artists, most recently with Jeff Pike on the illustrated chapbook, Strangers with a Lifeboat, and with Cheryl Wassenaar on the installation “Cleavemark Drive.” Schlaifer earned her MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and now lives in St. Louis.

Gretchen Marquette’s work has been featured in Poetry, Tin House, Harper’s, the Paris Review, and other places. Her first book, May Day, was released by Graywolf Press in 2016. She lives in Minneapolis.