Michael Delp is the director of creative writing at Interlochen Arts Academy. He is the author of numerous books, including The Coast of Nowhere; Meditations on Rivers, Lakes, and Streams (Wayne State University Press, 1997), Under the Influence of Water; Poems, Essays, and Stories (Wayne State University Press, 1992), and Over the Graves of Horses (Wayne State University Press, 1989). Conrad Hilberry is professor of English at Kalamazoo College. He is the author of Player Piano (Louisiana State University Press, 1999), Sorting the Smoke (University of Iowa Press, 1990), Luke Karamazov (Wayne State University Press, 1987), and The Moon Seen as a Slice of Pineapple (University of Georgia Press, 1984). Josie Kearns is a professor of English at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Life After the Line (Wayne State University, 1990) and New Numbers (New Issues Press, 2000).
