Edith Romero (she/her) is a Honduran poet, researcher, community organizer and interpreter. Edith’s poetry is inspired by her deep love of her land and people, and a cosmovision of interconnectedness between struggles and the earth. From US imperialism in the...
Jules Ohman (they/she) is a novelist and writing teacher based in Portland, Oregon. Jules has taught for Literary Arts, the Attic Institute, and recently served as the Kittredge Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Montana. Their debut novel Body Grammar...
Isabel (she/her) is a PhD candidate at the University of Waterloo examining the tradeoffs of conservation and development. Her work focuses on terminal lakes (lakes without an outlet), like Summer Lake, and the drivers of their decline. While at PLAYA, Isabel will be...
Lynette K. Henderson (she/her) is a visual artist in drawing, painting and mixed media, with a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (1986), MFA from the University of Minnesota (1989), and a Ph.d. in Art Education from Arizona State University (2006)....
Born and raised in the mountain town of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Emily Poole (she/they) has been exploring the wild spaces of the western United States since shortly before she could walk. In childhood she harbored an intense desire to become an entomologist, but a...
John Oakes (he/him b. 1961) is a writer whose first book The Fast: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without was published in 2024 by Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster and was translated into several languages. He is now working on a book... 