Kim Barke

Kim is one part poet and one part scientist. She received NIH fellowships for both her predoctoral and postdoctoral work on opioid addiction. Later, she earned an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Kim’s work as a creative director has been recognized with numerous Clios and Cannes Lions, including the coveted Glass Lion for Change. Kim has published two books of poetry.

Amanda Boekeheide

Amanda splits her time between Brooklyn, NY and the west coast. As an actor, contrarian, cyborg, odd jobist, and lover of tildas and ampersands, Amanda can often be found reading or rehearsing, performing onstage or on some TV show in a yoga class or traveling around thw world learning other languages. Amanda has an MFA in acting from Columbia University and has published three books of poetry with Scientists and Poets.

Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko

Nick (pronoun agnostic / gender atheist) is an award winning playwright who has published two other books: Waafrika (UnCut/Voices Press, 2013) and its sequel, Waafrika 1-2-3 (UnCut/Voices Press, 2016). Nick completed both their B.A. and MFA at Columbia University while a Point Scholar.

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