Contributor Bios

Wendy Walker is the author of The Secret Service (Tough Poets) and other books, most recently TSexual Stealing (Temporary Culture). In 2024 she helped the actor and director Paul Sand to rewrite his play The Pilot Who Crashed the Party. It will open in London next year. Website: wendywalker.com

Treat Williams won't eat anything that's not a TV dinner.

Dubbed a "musical weirdo and visionary" by Vice, Beatie Wolfe is a UN innovation role model and WIRED "world changer." From beaming music into space to exhibiting at the Victoria and Albert Museum, she bridges physical and digital realms. Notable works include NASA data visualizations, environmental bioplastic records with Michael Stipe, and dementia research. Wolfe continues to pioneer art-science collaborations with icons like Brian Eno and Mark Mothersbaugh. Website: beatiewolfe.com / Instagram: @beatiewolfe

Kennedy Yanko is a sculptor and installation artist working in found metal and paint skin. Yanko deploys her material in ways that explore the limitations of optic vision, underlining the opportunities we miss when looking with eyes alone. Her methods reflect a dual Abstract Expressionist-Surrealist approach that center the seen and unseen factors that affect, contribute to, and moderate the human experience. Website: kennedyyanko.com / Instagram: @kennedyyanko

Omar Zefier is an artist, sound designer, director, and writer from Fort Worth, Texas. He is currently working toward the release of his debut poetry collection. Primarily known as an artist, he has had art published in previous publications. Instagram: @polarboiyeahz