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  • Jacob Schepers is the author of the poetry collection A Bundle of Careful Compromises (Outriders Poetry Project, 2014), the chapbook Connections & Choreography (Bottlecap Press, 2024), and the micro-chap Shipwreck Abstracted (Ghost City Press, 2024). A northern Michigan native, he received his MA from the University at Buffalo and his MFA and PhD from the University of Notre Dame.

    A two-time recipient of an Academy of American Poets University and College Prize, his writing has appeared or is forthcoming in various publications including antiphony, Trampoline, Hobart, Word for/Word, Psaltery & Lyre, DIALOGIST, Greensboro Review, Harpur Palate, Verse, [PANK], A-Minor, Heavy Feather Review, Midway Journal, The Common, Tupelo Quarterly, The Fanzine, Entropy, The Cleveland Review of Books, and elsewhere.

    Find him online at www.jacobschepers.com, on Instagram @jacobschepers,
    and on bluesky @jacobschepers.bsky.social

  • Sara Judy is a poet who holds an MFA and PhD from the University of Notre Dame. Sara studies and writes about American poetry, religion, and politics. Her creative work and reviews have been published or are forthcoming in Ghost Proposal, EcoTheo Review, The Adroit Journal, Psaltery & Lyre, and elsewhere.

    You can find her on Twitter @sarajudym or at sarajudy.com.