Joseph Bienvenu lives in New Orleans where they taught Latin and English at a local high school for 16 years until moving to a career in graphic design and web development. Joseph’s books include The Poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Atom Parlor, and Cottonmouth Incarnate. In addition to their collections of poetry and translation, they create visual poetry also and have run workshops and art shows of vispo.

Nathan Hoks teaches poetry writing at the University of Chicago and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His books include Nests in Air, The Narrow Circle, and Reveilles.