Dee Allen is an African-Italian performance poet based in Oakland, California. Active in creative writing & Spoken Word since the early 1990s. Author of 9 books--Boneyard, Unwritten Law, Stormwater, Skeletal Black, Elohi Unitsi, Rusty Gallows: Passages Against Hate, Plans, Crimson Stain and his newest, Discovery--and 72 anthology appearances.

Sarah Selim is a young Egyptian American artist and writer. She is currently a student and has been published in Coneflower Cafe, TeenInk, and CelebratingArt, and her favorite part about creating is sharing her vision with the world.