Idra Novey is the author of the novel Ways to Disappear, winner of the Brooklyn Eagles Prize and an NPR Best Book of 2016.  She is also the author of three books of poetry and four works of translation, most recently Clarice Lispector’s The Passion According to G.H. She’s written for the New York Times, the LA Times, New York Magazine, and the Paris Review.  Her fiction and poetry have been translated into ten languages. Idra Novey has been approved for a grant from Poets & Writers.

Kaitlyn Greenidge was born in Boston. She received her MFA from Hunter College. Her work has appeared in The Believer, American Short Fiction, Guernica, Kweli Journal, The Feminist Wire, Afro Pop Magazine, Green Mountains Review and other places. She is the recipient of fellowships from Lower Manhattan Community Council’s Work-Space Program, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and other prizes. She currently lives in Brooklyn.