Melissa Dickey is the author of Ordinary Entanglement (CSU Poetry Center, 2023), as well as two previous books of poems, Dragons and The Lily Will, both from Rescue Press. Her poetry and nonfiction have appeared in Bennington Review, The Spectacle, the Laurel Review, jubilat, Puerto del Sol, and Kenyon Review Online, among other publications. She has received fellowships from the Hermitage Artist Retreat, the Iowa Board of Regents, and the James A. Michener Center for Writers. Born and raised in New Orleans, she now lives in Western Massachusetts, where she teaches high school English and parents her four children.

Rennie Ament is the author of Mechanical Bull (CSU Poetry Center, 2023). Her work has appeared in West Branch, The Literary Review, Poetry Northwest, Colorado Review, Bennington Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Maine.