Michael Autrey is a poet and an essayist. His first collection Our Fear (The Cultural Society) was published in 2013. Recently, he won the 2025 River Styx Poetry Prize. His essays have appeared in, among others, Asymptote, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Chicago Review, Essays in Criticism, The Hopkins Review, Literary Matters, Raritan, The American Scholar and The Threepenny Review.

Jean-Luc Beauchard is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fenwick University and a Catholic priest. His recent publications include "Who is the Philosopher King?" (2021), The Mask of Memnon: Meaning and the Novel (2022), and City of Man: A Novel Reading of Plato's Republic (2023).

Kris Christopher is a literary critic and playwright. Daughter of the famed polymoth Richard (Dick) Christopher, Kris's life and writing have, from her earliest youth, been entangled with the biographies of many of the 20th century's great literary figures. She is pictured here with her would-be godfather Martin Thrush two weeks before he skipped her baptism.

Matthew Clemente is a father, husband, philosopher, author, and literary theorist. He has authored or edited over a dozen books.

J. P. Madrox is the author of The Blood Cries Out for Vengeance (Angelico, 2023) and The Philosopher King (Cascade, 2024). He lives and writes in Dennis, Massachusetts.

Lee Oser (1958-  ) performed gigs and odd jobs throughout his twenties, before completing his education at Reed College and Yale University. Since 1998, he has taught literature at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He is a family man with a highly intelligent cat. Old Enemies: A Satire is his fourth novel.

Martin Thrush is one of the most overlooked authors of the 20th century. Born in Queens in 1912 and self-educated in the Off-Broadway playhouses of Greenwich Village, Thrush produced four quintessentially American plays before disappearing under mysterious circumstances at the age of 50.

James Wilson has written six previous novels: The Dark Clue, The Bastard Boy, The Woman in the Picture, Consolation (all published by Faber), The Summer of Broken Stories (Alma Books), and Coyote Fork (Slant Books). He is also the author of a prize-winning work of narrative non-fiction, The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America. His work has been translated into nine languages. He lives in London with his artist wife.