Hayan Charara’s most recent poetry book is Something Sinister. He also edited Inclined to Speak, an anthology of contemporary Arab American poetry, and is the author of a children's book, The Three Lucys. He lives in Houston, Texas.

Marwa Helal is a poet and journalist. She is the author of I AM MADE TO LEAVE I AM MADE TO RETURN (No, Dear/Small Anchor Press, 2017) and Invasive species (Nightboat Books, 2019). Born in Al Mansurah, Egypt, Helal currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.