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Iris Smyles
Iris Smyles is the author of the novels Iris Has Free Time and Dating Tips for the Unemployed. Her stories and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New Yorker, the New York Times, and elsewhere.

Elias Rodriques
Elias Rodriques is an assistant professor of African American literature at Sarah Lawrence College. His writing has been published in the Guardian, The Nation, and other venues. His first novel is All the Water I’ve Seen is Running.

Deborah Paredez
Deborah Paredez is a professor of creative writing and ethnic studies at Columbia University. Her most recent book is Year of the Dog (BOA Editions).

Asad Haider
Asad Haider is a founding editor of Viewpoint Magazine and the author of Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump.

Sarah Green
Sarah Green, the author of Earth Science and the editor of Welcome to the Neighborhood: An Anthology of American Coexistence, is currently at work on her second poetry collection.

Nick Estes
Nick Estes is a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. He is an assistant professor of American studies at the University of New Mexico and is the author of Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous ...

Yi-Ling Liu
Yi-Ling Liu is a writer based in Hong Kong. Her writing on Chinese society, technology and internet culture has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, The New Yorker, Foreign Policy, and elsewhere. 

Urooba Jamal
Urooba Jamal is a Canadian journalist who writes about global social and political issues. She is pursuing a Master’s degree in Journalism, Media, and Globalization, studying in Europe as a Mundus Journalism scholar. She previously reported on Latin American news and issues ...

Asher Dark
Asher Dark is a writer and VHS enthusiast from New Jersey. He is currently a Graduate Fellow in the Helen Zell Writer’s Program at the University of Michigan.

Lucy Schiller
Lucy Schiller’s work has been published in the Columbia Journalism Review, the Iowa Review, The New Yorker, CounterPunch, Lit Hub, the online film zine Goodnight, Sweet Prince, and elsewhere. Based in New Mexico, she’s at work on a nonfiction book about the musician Arthur ...

Clare Busch
Clare Busch is a freelance journalist based in Atlanta. Her work has appeared in publications like the New Republic, Los Angeles Times, and Al Jazeera, among others. Her twitter is @Clare_Busch.