Emily J. Mundy is a Seattle-based poet who believes in writing as a force that heals, transforms, and illuminates. Her work reveres the mystical nature of language and often explores spirituality. Emily is the creator of The Poetry Séance—a quarterly performance and workshop series curated to enliven poetry shows and embolden local writers, each season at a time. Her debut manuscript of poetry, What Blooms in the Dark, is published with Moon Tide Press. You can subscribe to her new moon museletter on Substack to stay in the orbit of her various poetic offerings. 

Dr. Mindy Nettifee is a poet, artist, educator, and somatic trauma therapist. Her doctoral research is on the sensory capacities of the voice and the role of voice and language in trauma healing. She has been teaching creative writing and performance for more than 15 years, and currently teaches storytelling workshops for Literary Arts, produces and hosts for Back Fence Storytelling and The Moth, and serves at The Center for Artist Resilience. She has published three full-length poetry collections and the how-to book on writing Glitter in the Blood. Her latest collection is Open Your Mouth Like a Bell (Write Bloody). She also writes posts about the moon(!) which you can get for free by subscribing to her Substack, In the River of What's Happening Now, or by following her on social media (@thecultofmindy).