Robin Beth Schaer

Robin Beth Schaer is the author of the poetry collection Shipbreaking (Anhinga 2015). Her poems and essays have appeared in Tin House, Bomb Magazine, Paris Review, and Guernica, among others.

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A D Lauren-Abunassar

A.D. Lauren-Abunassar is a Palestinian-American poet, writer and journalist. Her first book, Coriolis, was winner of the 2023 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize.

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Joy Ladin

Joy Ladin’s return to Yeshiva University as a woman after receiving tenure as a man made her the first openly transgender employee of an Orthodox Jewish institution. Her memoir of gender transition, Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders, was a finalist for a 2012 National Jewish Book Award, and winner of a Forward Fives award.

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