Poet and novelist Kazim Ali is the author of five books, most recently the transgenre work, Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities (Wesleyan University Press, 2009).

Tao Lin is the author of five books of fiction and poetry, most recently the novella Shoplifting from American Apparel (Melville House, 2009).

Maaza Mengiste’s debut novel, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, was published by W. W. Norton in January 2010.