Martha Collins is the author of five collections of poetry. Her most recent is a book-length poem Blue Front from Graywolf, recently reviewed in the New York Times. Shee is also co-translator of two collections of poems from the Vietnamese. Martha is currently at Oberlin College, as a Pauline Delaney Professor of Creative Writing and one of the editors of Field Magazine and Oberlin College Press.

Gayle Roby lives in Arlington MA. She received an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College. Her work has appeared in Praire Schooner, Ohio Review, Iowa Review, Missouri Review, and Ibbetson Street, among other places. She is a member of the Alewife Poets

Chris Brandt lives in New York. He is a writer and activist. Chris is also a teacher, translator, carpenter, furniture designer, and theater worker. His poems and essays have been published in different magazines, journals, and anthologies. His translations of Cuban fiction have been published in The New Yorker, and by Seven Stories Press. Chris is a friend of City Night Readings.