John F. Buckley has published the poetry collection Sky Sandwiches and chapbooks Breach Birth and Leading an Aquamarine Shoat by Its Tail. He collaborated with Martin Ott on two additional books of poetry. His poems appear in The Carolina Quarterly, Narrative, and ZYZZYVA. He holds an MFA in creative writing from The University of Michigan
Kim D. Hunter works for social justice groups and in Detroit schools through Inside Out Literary Arts. His poems have appeared in What I Say, Rainbow Darkness, and Abandon Automobile. His books include borne on slow knives and edge of the time zone. His short fiction, The Official Report on Human Activity, earned a Kresge Literary Arts Fellowship.