Ching-In Chen is author of The Heart’s Traffic: A Novel in Poems; Recombinant (2018 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry); Shiny City (forthcoming in 2025, and chapbooks To Make Black Paper Sing and Kundiman for Kin :: Information Retrieval for Monsters. Chen is coeditor of The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities. They are a Kelsey Street Press collective member, Airlie Press editor, and current Redmond poet laureate. Visit https://www.chinginchen.com/.
Geneviève Hicks is a conjure woman and physical therapist. With a deep bow, she pays homage to her blood, land, and spiritual ancestors. In 2021, she was joyfully ordained in the lineage of Buddhist Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. Currently, she is exploring conjuring word potions in UW Bothell’s MFA program. During the summer, she can often be found up high, spending the night in a tent without its fly.
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