February 17, 2022

Benjamin Schmitt is the author of four books, most recently The Saints of Capitalism (New Meridian Arts, November 2021) and Soundtrack to a Fleeting Masculinity. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Sojourners, Antioch Review, The Good Men Project, Hobart, Columbia Review, Spillway, and elsewhere. A cofounder of Pacifica Writers’ Workshop, he has also written articles for The Seattle Times and At The Inkwell. He lives in Seattle with his wife and children. Visit him at benjaminschmittpoetry.com.

Sylvia Byrne Pollack, a hard-of-hearing scientist and poet, has had her work appear in Floating Bridge Review, Crab Creek Review, The Stillwater Review, and many other journals. A two-time Pushcart nominee, she won the 2013 Mason’s Road Literary Award, was a 2019 Jack Straw Writer, and a 2021 Mineral School Resident. Her debut full-length collection, Risking It, was published by Red Mountain Press in 2021. Visit her at www.sylviabyrnepollack.com.