Adrian Dallas Frandle (they/he) is a queer fish who writes poems to the world about its future. They are Poetry Acquisitions Editor for Variant Press. “Book of Extraction: Poems with Teeth” out now with Kith Books. Find work online at adriandallas.com.

Michael Todd Cohen (he/him) is a queer writer, artist and adoptee living in New England. Essays in The Rumpus, Brevity, and Split/Lip, among others. Recipient of the PM Lilac Fellowship for Environmental and Social Justice at Vermont Studio Center (2025). More: michaeltoddcohen.com.