Jordan Stempleman is the author of ten collections of poetry, including “Spilt” (Green Linden Press, 2025), which was awarded the 2025 Wishing Jewel Prize for Poetic Innovation from Green Linden Press. Stempleman is the editor of Windfall Room and the faculty advisor for the Kansas City Art Institute’s literary arts journal, Sprung Formal. From 2011 to 2025, he curated A Common Sense Reading Series in Kansas City, Missouri, and from 2007 to 2025, he served as coeditor of The Continental Review. He is an associate professor in the Kansas City Art Institute’s Liberal Arts Department and Creative Writing Program.
Robin Becker is the author of “Midsummer Count: New and Selected Poems” (University of New Mexico Press, 2026), along with eight previous books of poetry, including the Lambda Award winner “All-American Girl” (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996), both published in the Pitt Poetry Series. A liberal arts research professor emerita in English and women’s studies at the Pennsylvania State University, she lives in central Pennsylvania and southwestern New Hampshire.
Kevin’s Prufer’s newest books are “The Fears” (Copper Canyon Press, 2023), winner of the 2024 Rilke Prize, and “Sleepaway: A Novel” (Acre Books, 2024). His poetry collection “How He Loved Them” (Four Way Books) was long-listed for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and received the Julie Suk Award. He is the 2026 Poet Laureate of Texas and directs The Unsung Masters Series. His upcoming books are “Good People: Poems” (Copper Canyon, 2027) and the novel “Summer of Shooting Stars” (Slant Books, 2028).