Kim Kyung Ju is one of the most decorated and popular younger writers in Korea. His first volume of poetry, I Am a Season That Does Not Exist in the World, has sold over 20,000 copies. He is the author of over a dozen books of poetry, essays, and translation. Additionally, his poetic-dramas have been performed in Seoul and New York.

Jake Levine is currently getting a PhD in Comparative Literature at Seoul National University. He is an editor at Spork Press and is the author of two chapbooks, The Threshold of Erasure (Spork Press), and Vilna Dybbuk (Country Music). He's from Tucson.