A former Poet Laureate of Missouri, William Trowbridge is the author of seven full poetry collections and five chapbooks. His poems have appeared in more than thirty-five anthologies and textbooks, as well as in numerous publications including the Writer’s Almanac and American Life in Poetry. His awards include an Academy of American Poets Prize, a Pushcart Prize, a Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference scholarship, a Camber Press Poetry Chapbook Award, and fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Ragdale, Yaddo, and the Anderson Center. He lives in the Kansas City area and teaches in the University of Nebraska Low-residency MFA in Writing Program.
Tim Mayer is an artist working from Omaha, Nebraska. He has contributed art to projects such as The Anywhere Man, Midnight Circus, and Prophetica. He also teaches for the Art of Imagination program at the Ollie Webb Center.