John Wall Barger is the author of The Mean Game, The Book of Festus, Hummingbird and Pain-proof Men, Dying in Dharamsala, Samovar / Dukkha, and The Vnfortunate Report & Tragicall Tidings of Leslie Barger. Barger has been shortlisted for the Montreal Poetry Prize twice, has appeared in Best Canadian Poetry and Best of the Best Canadian Poetry, and was a finalist for Arc’s Poem of the Year Contest.

Ernest Hilbert is the author of Sixty Sonnets, All of You on the Good Earth, Caligulan, and Last One Out. His poem “Mars Ultor” appeared in Best American Poetry 2018.

Larry Robin, Host, Open Reading Follows