Devon Walker-Figueroa, Lisa Wells, Leni Zumas

Devon Walker-Figueroa is the author of Lazarus Species (Milkweed Editions, 2025) and Philomath (Milkweed Editions, 2021), which was a National Poetry Series selection and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize. An assistant professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University, Devon’s work can be found in The New York Review of Books, The Nation, The American Poetry Review, and elsewhere.

Leni Zumas is the author of Red Clocks, Farewell Navigator: Stories, and The Listeners, which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. She teaches in the MFA and BFA programs at Portland State University. Visit her online at lenizumas.com.