Yusef Qualls-El is an artist and writer. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Washington Square Review (New York University Press) and University of Michigan Press, among others. His poetry and visual work has been presented at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Mike Kelley Mobile Homestead at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, the College for Creative Studies, the Yale School of Art and Michigan Radio. His first collection of poems and drawings, Thoughts are Things (Free School Press), was published in 2016. He lives and works in Detroit, Michigan.

James D. Fuson is a writer, artist, and a 2022–2023 Entry Points Resident. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Ugly Duckling Presse, the Washington Square Review (New York University Press), University of Michigan Press, and Essay’d (Wayne State University Press) among others. His poetry and visual work has been presented at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the College for Creative Studies, the Yale School of Art, and Michigan Radio, among others. His first collection of poems, 20 Years: Reflections of an Empty Sky (Free School Press, 2013)—a serpentine narrative of James’ first twenty years in prison—is in its second printing. During his residency, Fuson was awarded a 2023 Kresge Fellowship in Literature. He lives and works in Detroit, Michigan.