Michael Dumanis is the author of two books of poems, Creature (Four Way Books, 2023), a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and the Vermont Book Award; and My Soviet Union (University of Massachusetts Press), awarded the Juniper Prize for Poetry; and co-editor of the anthology Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century (Sarabande) and the critical volume Russell Atkins: On the Life & Work of An American Master (Pleiades Press). Born in the Soviet Union, he lives in North Bennington, Vermont, and teaches at Bennington College, where he also serves as editor of Bennington Review. www.michaeldumanis.com
Bianca Stone is the author of five books, including the poetry collections, What is Otherwise Infinite (Tin House, 2022) winner of the 2022 Vermont Book Award; The Möbius Strip Club of Grief (Tin House, 2018), Someone Else’s Wedding Vows (Octopus Books and Tin House, 2014) and a collaboration with Anne Carson on the illuminated version of Antigonick (New Directions, 2012). Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Poets and Writers, The Nation and elsewhere. She co-founded the poetry-based nonprofit, Ruth Stone House, where she teaches classes on poetry and poetic study, hosts the Ode & Psyche Podcast and is editor-at-large for ITERANT magazine. She is the current Vermont poet laureate (2024-2029).