Gary Barwin is a writer, composer, multimedia artist, educator, and the author of eighteen books of poetry and fiction. His recent books include Moon Baboon Canoe (poetry) and I, Dr Greenblatt, 251-1457 (short fiction). Yiddish for Pirates (novel) will appear in 2016. He received a Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo and was the 2014–2015 Writer-in-Residence at Western University. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.
Lillian Nećakov is the author of six books of poetry, numerous chapbooks, broadsides and leaflets. Her book il virus was published in April 2021 by Anvil Press (A Feed Dog Book). She ran the Boneshaker Reading series in Toronto from 2010-2020.