K. Iver \;is a nonbinary trans poet born in Mississippi. Their debut collection \;Short Film Starring My Beloved?s Red Bronco \;won the Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry from Milkweed Editions\, selected by Tyehimba Jess. \;Short Film \;was a finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and named a Best Book of 2023 by the New York Public Library. Iver?s poems have appeared in \;Boston Review\, Kenyon Review\, LA Review of Books\, \;and elsewhere. Iver?s fellowships include the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing\, the Sewanee Writers Conference\, and the Ragdale Foundation. They have a Ph.D. in Poetry from Florida State University.
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Miriam Levine \;is the author of six collections of poetry\, among them\, \;The Dark Opens\, \;chosen by Mark Doty for the Autumn House Poetry Prize. Other books include: \;Devotion\, a memoir\; \;In Paterson\, a novel. Her work has appeared in \;American Poetry Review\, The \;Kenyon Review\, The Paris Review\, \;and \;Ploughshares. \;Levine\, a winner of a Pushcart Prize\, is a fellow of the NEA and a grantee of the Massachusetts Artists Foundation. She lives in Florida and New Hampshire with her husband John Lane. \;
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Vijaya Sundaram \;is a Medford-based poet of East Indian origin. \; \;She is also a guitarist\, sitarist\, songwriter\, singer\, an Assistant Professor in the English/Humanities department in the local community college\, and a home-schooling Poetry and Literature teacher. \; \;Her work has appeared in publications like \;The Rising Phoenix Press\, \;the \;Stardust Review\, and \;TELL \;Magazine\, among others. In the summer of 2023\, she was appointed and celebrated as the Poet Laureate of the City of Medford\, MA. \; \;A collection of her poetry titled \;Fractured Lens \;was published in late August of 2023 in chapbook form by Č\;ervená\; Barva Press\, based in Somerville\, Massachusetts.
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