David Baker is author of twelve books of poetry, most recently "Swift: New and Selected Poems," "Scavenger Loop," and "Never-Ending Birds," awarded the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize in 2011. His six books of prose include "Show Me Your Environment: Essays on Poetry, Poets... Read More →

Jericho Brown is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award and fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Brown's first book, "Please," won the American Book Award... Read More →

Victoria Chang's fourth book of poems, "Barbie Chang" was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2017. "The Boss" won a PEN Center USA Literary Award and a California Book Award. Her other books are "Salvinia Molesta" and "Circle." She also edited an anthology, "Asian American Poetry... Read More →

Referred to as "one of America's most original, influential, and productive of lyric poets," Carl Phillips is the author of a dozen books of poetry and two works of criticism. He earned a BA from Harvard, an MAT from the University of Massachusetts, and an MA in creative writing from Boston University. Before teaching English at the university level, he taught Latin at sever... Read More →

Diane Seuss was born in Indiana and raised in Michigan. She earned a BA from Kalamazoo College and an MSW from Western Michigan University. Seuss is the author of the poetry collections "Still Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl;" "Four-Legged Girl," finalist for the Pulitzer Prize... Read More →