CLIFFORD BROOKS   Clifford Brooks III was born and raised in Athens, Georgia. His first poetry collection, The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics, was re-issued by the SCE Press in July 2020. His second full-length poetry volume, Athena Departs: Gospel of a Man Apart, as well as a limited-edition poetry chapbook, Exiles of […]

SUSANA CASE Susana H. Case  has authored eight books of poetry, most recently The Damage Done (Broadstone Books, 2022) which won her a third Pinnacle Book Achievement Award. Her books have previously also won an IPPY, a NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite award, and she was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award, the International […]

JP HOWARD JP Howard is a poet, educator, literary activist, curator and community builder. JP is the Spring 2023 Brooklyn College Tow Mentor-in-Residence. Her debut poetry collection, Say/Mirror (The Operating System), was a Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna), Praise This Complicated Herstory: Legacy, Healing & […]

FOX FRAZIER Fox Henry Frazier is the author of two books of poetry, essay, and visual art: Weeping in the Tropical Moonlit Night Because Nobody’s Told Her (Yes Poetry, 2022) and Raven King (Yes Poetry, 2021). Her first full-length book of poetry, The Hydromantic Histories (Bright Hill Press, 2015), was selected by Vermont Poet Laureate […]

CHRIS CONWAY Chris Conway is an editor at New York Times Opinion and NYT Sunday Review. He is a graduate of Fordham University Law School and University of Missouri- Columbia for Journalism. He is married to Jennifer Preston and a father to twins. STEVE FRIEDMAN In 1984, Steve moved to St. Louis, where he wrote […]