Nathalie Anderson’s books include Following Fred Astaire, Crawlers, Quiver, Stain, Held and Firmly Bound, and Rough. She also collaborated in 2021 with artist Susan Hagen and poet Lisa Sewell on Birds of North America. Her poems have appeared in Atlanta Review, DoubleTake, Natural Bridge, The New Yorker, Nimrod, and Plume. Anderson recently retired from Swarthmore College, where she served as a Professor of English Literature and directed the Program in Creative Writing.
Amanda Shaw is a teacher and editor at The World Bank and other international organizations. Her debut collection, It Will Have Been So Beautiful (Lily Poetry Review Books), came out in March 2024. With an MAT from The New School and an MFA in poetry from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers, she has taught language and literature for over 25 years. Her poems and essays have appeared in LEON Literary Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, The Mid-Atlantic Review, and other journals. She recently became the book reviews editor at Lily Poetry Review. Website: amandashawpoet.com
Emily Tuszynska lives with her family in Fairfax, Virginia and teaches at George Mason University. Her first book, Surfacing, (Grayson Books, 2024), was the winner of the Grayson Books poetry award. Her poems can be found in The Georgia Review, Mom Egg Review, Scientific American, The Southern Review, and many other publications. For more information visit emilytuszynska.com.