Poets Michael Schuffler and Yates cessna, with introductions by Andrew Joron & Solomon Rino

Michael Schuffler (b. 1986, Hawaii) is the author of two chapbooks of poetry: Mascot Anastasia (prone as snowmen) (The Bodily Press, 2026) and Kid Stigmata (Above/Ground Press, 2022). He is a graduate of Regis University’s Mile High MFA program.

Yates cessna is a working writer. She lives in San Francisco, California.

Introducing Michael, Andrew Joron is a poet, essayist, and speculative fiction writer who also plays the theremin in various experimental and free-jazz ensembles and teaches creative writing at San Francisco State University.

Introducing Yates, Solomon Rino is a playwright, scholar and translator; co-editor from 2017 of the journal Second Stutter, which since 2022 has been preparing single author publications of major contemporary poets. He is currently Poet in Residence at the Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church.