Rosanna Warren
"Tribute to Mark Strand"
Rosanna Warren is a professor with the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. She is the author of five books of poetry as well as translations, essays, and literary criticism.
Edited by Justin Boening
Timothy Donnelly
"NyQuil"
Timothy Donnelly is the author of two books of poetry, Twenty-seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit and The Cloud Corporation. He is the poetry editor of Boston Review and teaches at Columbia University.
Sarah V. Schweig
"The Wish To Be Mark Strand" and "The Abandonment"
Sarah V. Schweig is the author of the chapbook S and her poems are published widely in journals and magazines. She studies philosophy at The New School for Social Research, works as an animal news journalist, and lives in Brooklyn.
Michael Bazzett
"From Nowhere" and "Holder Strand"
Michael Bazzett’s You Must Remember This (Milkweed Editions, 2014) won the Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry. His verse translation of the Mayan creation epic, The Popol Vuh, is forthcoming from Milkweed in 2016.
Carol Muske-Dukes
"A Piece of Paper"
Carol Muske-Dukes has authored eight books of poetry, most recently Twin Cities (Penguin), in addition to novels, essays, and anthologies. Muske-Dukes is Professor of English and Creative Writing at UCLA.