Jane Wong's memoir in essays, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City
“I'm so grateful to Wong for...these [true] stories that explore race, class, and family history...a big-hearted coming-of-age book that simultaneously asks hard questions.” —Victoria Chang

Jane Wong is the author of the debut memoir, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, from Tin House (2023). She is also the author of two books of poetry: How to Not Be Afraid of Everything from Alice James (2021) and Overpour from Action Books (2016). She is an associate professor of creative writing at Western Washington University. She is the recipient of fellowships and residencies from the U.S. Fulbright Program, the Fine Arts Work Center, Bread Loaf, the Jentel Foundation, the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, and many others. The recipient of a Distinguished Artist Award for Washington artists, her first solo art show was exhibited in 2019. She has also exhibited performance and installation work and is a scholar of Asian American poetry and poetics. Wong grew up in a Chinese American restaurant on the Jersey shore and lives in Seattle.

Keetje Kuipers' poetry collection, Lonely Women Make Good Lovers
"Caught in the nexus of hunger and ruin, Kuipers’ speaker explores the atmosphere between what she knows or almost knows and what cannot be explained." —Donika Kelly

Keetje Kuipers was born and raised in Pullman, Washington, west of the Rocky Mountains. She received a BA from Swarthmore College and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Oregon. Kuipers has published four books of poetry including Beautiful in the Mouth (2010, winner of the A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize), The Keys to Jail (2014), All Its Charms (2018), and her most recent publication, Lonely Women Make Good Lovers (2025, winner of the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award). Kuipers is also the editor of Poetry Northwest and founded the James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets. She lives with her wife and two children in Missoula, Montana.