Lauren Cook is the author of Sex Goblin (2024) and I Love Shopping (2025). He is a transsexual naturalist from upstate New York.

Funto Omojola is a poet, performer, and visual artist. They have received fellowships from MacDowell, Cave Canem, and the Poetry Project, and their work has been published in the Boston Review, Pigeon Pages, and Ghost Proposal, among others. If I Gather Here and Shout (2024) is Omojola’s first book.