Benjamin Stillerman is a founding editor of the collage journal ctrl + v, a 2019 UnionDocs fellow, & a PhD candidate at New York University. He co-produced the short film The Mole for the 2018 Visible Poetry Project. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Virga Magazine, Salamander Magazine, & GASHER Journal. He lives in Queens.

Melissa Lozada-Oliva is a poet & performer. Her work has been featured in REMEZCLA, The Guardian, Bustle, The Huffington Post, The Adroit Journal, Muzzle Magazine, & BBC Mundo. Her book Peluda (Button Poetry 2018) explores & interrogates the intersecting narratives of hair removal & Latina identity. She is an MFA candidate at NYU & lives in Queens.