Jimmy Cajoleas
Izzy Casey
Janie Heath
Bud Smith

Jimmy Cajoleas is from Jackson, Mississippi. He has published five novels and is an associate editor for Southwest Review. He lives in New York.

Izzy Casey has been published in The Baffler, The Yale Review, and The Columbia Review. Her debut poetry book, Queen of the Little Stinkers, received the 2025 Nightboat Poetry Prize. She lives in New York City, where she works for The Paris Review.

Janie Heath has lived most of her life in the East Village. She was born on the banks of the Brazos River and she writes fiction.

Bud Smith is the author of the novels Mighty (Knopf), Teenager (Vintage), among others. His memoir Work will be released this summer from Perfect Day. He works construction in the boilermakers union and lives in Jersey City.