Bryce has lived in many places but feels at home in Kentucky; where the streams, cliffs, and hills quickly became the backdrops of his life and, consequently, his films. Inspired by his faith in Christ, he struggles to find beauty and truth in the mundane to guard against the despair that is the end of both art and life.

Kathleen McGookey has published three books of poems, most recently Heart in a Jar. Another book, Instructions for My Imposter, is forthcoming from Press 53 in 2019. Her work has appeared in journals including Crazyhorse, Denver Quarterly, Epoch, Field, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, and Quarterly West. She has received grants from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Sustainable Arts Foundation.