Laura Eve Engel is the author of Things That Go (Octopus Books, 2018). The recipient of fellowships from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, her work has appeared in The Awl, Best American Poetry, Boston Review, The Nation, PEN America, and Tin House, among other journals. Along with Paul Erik Lipp, Engel is half of the multi-instrumental electronic duo, The Old Year. lauraeveengel.com.
Jason Koo is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, most recently More Than Mere Light (Prelude Books, 2018). Coeditor, with Joe Pan, of the Brooklyn Poets Anthology (Brooklyn Arts Press & Brooklyn Poets, 2017), his poetry and prose have appeared in the American Scholar, Missouri Review, Village Voice and Yale Review, among other places. He has received fellowships for his work from the National Endowment for the Arts, Vermont Studio Center, and New York State Writers Institute. An associate teaching professor of English at Quinnipiac University, Koo is the founder and executive director of Brooklyn Poets and creator of the Bridge (poetsbridge.org). He lives in Brooklyn. jasonykoo.com.
Jason Labbe is the author of Spleen Elegy (BlazeVOX, 2017) and a handful of chapbooks. His poems, reviews, and nonfiction appear or are forthcoming in Poetry, A Public Space, Boston Review, Conjunctions, Colorado Review, DIAGRAM, American Book Review, Indiana Review, and The Brooklyn Rail. A drummer and recording engineer, he has worked with many artists in New England and New York City. He lives in Bethany, Connecticut. jasonlabbe.info