신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin was born in Seoul, Korea and was raised in the Chicago area. She is a poet, writer, and cultural worker. 

She is the editor of What We Hunger For: Refugee and Immigrant Stories on Food and Family (2021) and of A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota, author of poetry collections The Wet Hex; Unbearable Splendor (finalist for the 2017 PEN USA Literary Award for Poetry, winner of the 2016 Minnesota Book Award for poetry); Rough, and Savage; and Skirt Full of Black (winner of the 2007 Asian American Literary Award for poetry), co-editor of Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption, and author of bilingual illustrated book for children Cooper’s Lesson. 

She lives in Minneapolis where she co-directs the community organization Poetry Asylum with poet Su Hwang. 

Kelly D. Norris is one of the leading horticulturists of his generation. In his practice he explores the intersections of people, plants and place through ecological, site-specific design and art.

An award-winning author and plantsman, Kelly’s work in gardens has been featured in The New York Times, Better Homes and Gardens, Martha Stewart Living, Fine Gardening, Garden Design and in numerous television, radio and digital media appearances.

His most recent book New Naturalism: Designing and Planting a Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden was named one of the Top 10 Books of 2021 by the American Horticultural Society.