L.I. Henley was born and raised in the Mojave Desert town of Joshua Tree, California. A mixed-media artist and writer, she is the author of six books including Starshine Road, which won the 2017 Perugia Press Prize, and the poetry and the art book From the moon, as I fell with artist Zara Kand. Her art, poetry, and prose have appeared in many journals, most recently The Indianapolis Review, Waxwing, Diode, Tinderbox, Thrush, Ninth Letter, Adroit, and Arts & Letters. Visit her at www.lihenley.com and follow her on Instagram @lihenleyart.

Laura Maher is the author of the chapbook, Sleep Water (Dancing Girl Press, 2017). Her poetry and prose has appeared in Barrow Street Journal, Quarter After Eight, The Common, Crazyhorse, New Ohio Review, and Third Coast, among others. She has received fellowships from Vermont Studio Center, Oregon State University's Spring Creek Project, and Arizona Commission on the Arts. Laura holds a BA from the University of Arizona, an MA from the University of Texas at Austin, and a MFA from Warren Wilson College. She lives, works, and writes in Tucson, Arizona. Visit her at lauramaher.com.