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Michael King
Michael King, a former news editor and staff writer at the Austin Chronicle and former editor of The Texas Observer, is now a contributing writer at the Austin Chronicle.

Lina Mounzer
Lina Mounzer is a writer and translator living in Beirut. Her essays and fiction have appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, Literary Hub, Bidoun, and Rusted Radishes, as well as in the anthologies Hikayat: An Anthology of Lebanese Women’s Writing (Telegram Books: ...

Lily Watson
Lily Watson is a writer based in Seattle. She is a recent graduate of Wesleyan University with a degree in sociology.

Leo Schwartz
Leo Schwartz (@leomschwartz) is a reporter at Rest of World. He was previously the web editor at the NACLA Report, and his work has appeared in the Nation, Columbia Journalism Review, and Roads & Kingdoms.

Benjamin Weil
Benjamin Weil is a writer and health promoter. He currently works as a research and community knowledge generation coordinator for The Love Tank, a London-based not-for-profit.

Patrick McGinty
Patrick McGinty lives in Pittsburgh and teaches in the English Department at Slippery Rock University. His debut novel about the driverless car sector, Test Drive, will be published by Propeller Books in May 2022.

Nabila Lovelace
A writer born and raised in Queens, Nabila Lovelace’s debut book of poems, Sons of Achilles, is out now through YesYes Books.

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.