Quincy Scott Jones is the author of the The T-Bone Series, published by Whirlwind Press in 2009.  His work has appeared in the African American Review, The North American Review, Love Jawns: A Mixtape, and The Feminist Wire as well as anthologies Resisting Arrest: Poems to Stretch the Sky, Drawn to Marvel: Poems from the Comic Books, and Black Lives Have Always Mattered: A Collection of Essays, Poems, and Personal Narratives. With Nina Sharma he co-created the Nor’easter Exchange: a multicultural, multi-city reading series.  His first graphic narrative, Black Nerd, is in the works.

Nina Sharma ’s writing has been featured in journals such as Electric Literature, Women’s Studies Quarterly, Longreads, and The Margins. Her most recent essay, “Shithole Country Clubs,” has been named an Editors’ Pick at Longreads. She studies comedy at the Magnet Improvisation Theater and is part of the all-South Asian women improv team, “Not Your Biwi.” Nina is formerly the Programs Director at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. She teaches at Barnard College and leads her workshop “No-Name Mind: Stories of Mental Health from Asian America” across New York City.