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JONATHAN JOHNSON is a poet, author, and MFA professor at Eastern Washington University. His poems have been published widely in magazines and anthologies, appeared in Best American Poetry, and heard on NPR. His previous works include three books of poetry, Mastodon, 80% Complete, In the Land We Imagined Ourselves, and May Is an Island, as well as two memoirs and a play. He migrates between his hometown of Marquette, Michigan; the coastal Scottish Highlands; and the American Northwest. Details HERE

CHRIS FINK is the author of two short story collections, Farmer’s Almanac: A Work of Fiction (2013) and Add This to the List of Things That You Are (2019). He is a professor of English and Environmental Studies at Beloit College and editor-in-chief of the Beloit Fiction Journal. A journal editor for more than 20 years, Fink founded two national short story prizes, the John Steinbeck Award, and the Hamlin Garland Award. Recent stories of his have appeared in the Mississippi Review, New Orleans Review and Witness. He is also a regular contributor to Northern Public Radio, where he produces monthly radio essays about the intersection of the self and the natural world. Details HERE

Fink received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and was a founding faculty member of the MFA program at San Jose State University. In the summer he teaches a course called Writing Wilderness in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, one of his favorite places in the world. He lives near Beloit, Wisconsin with his wife Breja and daughter Iris.

CHAD FARIES Chad Faries is a Yooper with a Ph.D. in creative writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he edited for Cream City Review and received a Fulbright. His current poetry collection, Amasa Speaker Factory, is available from Modern History Press. He has published two other poetry collections and a memoir, Drive Me Out of My Mind. When not telling stories with words, he creates stories with repurposed wood and found objects. His home, Diamond Oaks Treehouse and vintage camper project The Glam Camp — with their whimsical carpentry and design — have been featured in This Old House Magazine, Flea Market Décor, South Magazine, and Savannah Magazine. Recently, Faries was the producer and co-subject of an award-winning documentary, “Iron Family,” a story of community, resilience, and Jazmine, his sister who lives with Down Syndrome. When not teaching at Savannah State University or petting his cats in Thunderbolt, Georgia, Faries is likely lost somewhere in the world on a motorcycle or running up a hill to practice breathing or practicing yoga handstands with his son, León Karlo del Rocío Faries Leal. More details HERE