Ryan Eckes is a poet who lives in South Philadelphia and recently finished writing a book called General Motors about labor and the influence of public and private transportation on city life.

Melissa DeGezelle has worked as an adjunct in the Intellectual Heritage Program since 2010. Beyond teaching, she is a poet, a birth doula, an activist, and a mother.

Sean Lynch is a poet and editor who lives in South Philly. Lynch focuses his writing on working class issues, and played a minor role in Occupy Philly. Open Reading Follows, Larry Robin Host