Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest, whose books have garnered international acclaim for their ability to integrate issues of science, technology, religion, environmental politics, and global
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Janée Baugher
Janée J. Baugher is the author of the groundbreaking guidebook, The Ekphrastic Writer: Creating Art-Influenced Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction (McFarland, 2020), as well as two poetry collections, Coördinates of Yes
Traci Brimhall
Erich Schweikher
Mary Ruefle
Stephanie Cooper, MD
Patricia Henley
Patricia Henley’s fifth collection of short stories, Apple & Palm, is forthcoming from Cornerstone Press in 2026. She is the author of three novels, five collections of stories, two chapbooks
Wancy Young Cho
Wancy Young Cho is a Pushcart Prize nominee and appears in the New Orleans Review, NBC’s THINK, The Stranger, and Salon. He holds an MFA from Columbia University, Columbia Scholastic
Katherine E. Standefer
Katherine E. Standefer is the author of Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life (Little, Brown Spark 2020), which was a finalist for the Kirkus
