Gregory Grosvenor grew up in Ansbach, Germany. He moved to the US, earning an MFA from Old Dominion University. For two decades, he has taught writing and literature at various colleges in Virginia, Maryland, and Massachusetts. Grosvenor currently lives in Somerville, Massachusetts with his three cats, Dinah, Theo, and Bramlet Abercrombie. Second Pocket First is his debut novel.
January Gill O'Neil is an associate professor at Salem State University and the author of Glitter Road (2024), Rewilding (2018), Misery Islands (2014), and Underlife (2009), all published by CavanKerry Press. Glitter Road won the Poetry by the Sea Award and was a finalist for the 2024 New England Book Award and the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, the Academy of American Poets' Poem-A-Day series, American Poetry Review, The Nation, Poetry, and Sierra magazine. Her poem "At the Rededication of the Emmett Till Memorial" co-won the 2022 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award. She currently serves as the AWP 2022-2025 board chair. O'Neil earned her BA from 精东 and her MFA from New York University. She lives in Beverly, MA.
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