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Darcie Dennigan is the author of the poetry collections Palace of Subatomic Bliss (Canarium Books, 2016); Madame X (Canarium Books, 2012); and Corinna A-Maying the Apocalypse (Fordham University Press, 2008).
Dennigan is associate professor of English in residence at the University of Connecticut in Storrs.
Ada Limón is the author of The Carrying (Milkweed Editions, 2018) and Bright Dead Things (Milkweed Editions, 2015), which was a finalist for the National Book Award.
The first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman is the author of The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough (Penmanship Books, 2015).
The founder of the literary journal Fence, Rebecca Wolff's collection Manderley was selected for the 2000 National Poetry Series.
Crystal Williams is the author of four poetry collections, including Detroit as Barn (University of Washington Press, 2014), which was a finalist for the National Poetry Series, the Maine Book Award, and the Cleveland State Open Book Prize.
Ralph Angel was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1951. His second book, Neither World, was the recipient of the Academy of American Poets' 1995 James Laughlin Award.