Sarah Bari is a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Iowa.

Thomas Mira y Lopez, author of The Book of Resting Places, is a translator, editor at DIAGRAM, and founding editor of Territory, focused on maps and literature.

Tisa Bryant is an assistant professor at the University of Iowa, author of Unexplained Presence, and co-editor of The Encyclopedia Project and War Diaries.

Dr. Sarah Minor, award-winning author and interdisciplinary artist, teaches creative nonfiction at Iowa. Her research focuses on image-texts, experimental structures, and outsider experience.

Inara Verzemnieks, author of Among the Living and the Dead, is a Pushcart Prize winner. Her work explores exile, war, and homecoming through immersive nonfiction storytelling.

Bonnie Sunstein teaches nonfiction writing, ethnographic research, and English education. She has authored FieldWorking and leads writing institutes worldwide, focusing on literacy and nonfiction.

Melissa Febos is a professor at the University of Iowa and the author of five books.

John D'Agata is the Director of the Nonfiction Writing Program and a professor at the University of Iowa.