Edward Hirsch has published ten books of poems, most recently Stranger by Night (2020) and Gabriel: A Poem (2014), both from Alfred A. Knopf, and six books of prose, including 100 Poems to Break Your Heart (Mariner Books, 2021) and A Poet’s Glossary (Harcourt, 2014). His new prose book, The Heart of American Poetry, will be published in April 2022 to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the Library of America.

Ira Sukrungruang’s books include four works of nonfiction: This Jade World (University of Nebraska Press, 2021), Buddha’s Dog & Other Mediations (University of Tampa Press, 2018), Southside Buddhist (University of Tampa Press, 2014), and Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist Boy (University of Missouri, 2010); the short story collection The Melting Season (Burlesque Press, 2016); and the poetry collection In Thailand It Is Night (University of Tampa Press, 2013). He is the president of Sweet: A Literary Confection and the Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing at Kenyon College.

Valerie Sayers is the author of The Age of Infidelity and Other Stories (Slant, 2020) as well as six novels. Her stories and essays, which appear widely in magazines and anthologies, have won two Pushcart Prizes and citations from The Best American Essays and The Best American Short Stories. The recipient of a fellowship for fiction from the National Endowment for the Arts and a member of the South Carolina Academy of Authors, Sayers is a professor emerita at the University of Notre Dame, where she founded The Notre Dame Review.