Bea Chang was born in Taiwan, raised in California and New Jersey, and has traveled to 80 countries. Her essays have appeared in the The Offing, Redivider, Bodega, among others. She has won the Beacon Street Nonfiction Contest, been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and named a Notable Mention in the Best American Essays.
Sandra Jackson-Opoku’s novels are The River Where Blood is Born and Hot Johnny and the Women Who Loved Him. Her fiction, nonfiction, and dramatic work is widely published and produced. Awards include a Pushcart Prize nomination, the NEA Fellowship, an American Library Association Black Caucus Award, and a Chicago Esteemed Artist Award.
Hannah D. Markley is a freelance writer, educator, and editor. She currently resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and contributes as an assistant editor to Terrain.org. Her work has been supported by The Kentucky Foundation for Women, and her writing appears in Fourth Genre and Bitter Southerner.
Alana Perez is an emerging writer born and raised in Providence, RI. Her work speaks from Caribbean roots, chronicling the makings of one’s heritage and faith through inner and outer landscapes. Lana’s work can be found in Meridians and Black Warrior Review as she completes her debut collection of poems.
Rena Priest is a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation. She served as Washington State’s 6th Poet Laureate, has authored three books, and edited two anthologies. Her work has received fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, Indigenous Nations Poets, and University of Washington Libraries. Learn more at renapriest.com.
Holly Zora Zadra’s Croatian ancestors fled the Austro-Hungarian empire and landed in the mines, smelters, and refineries of the Anaconda Copper Company in Montana. Holly tells their story through two works — one fiction, one nonfiction — situated at the crossroads of colonization, industrial labor, environmental contamination, and intergenerational healing.
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