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Odie Henderson is the Boston Globe's film critic where he files multiple pieces a week, covering new releases, notable anniversaries, and commentary on topics as varied as MPAA ratings, Oscar predictions and what
Ian Brennan is a music producer, writer, and educator from the Bay Area. Beginning in the late 2000s, he has produced a series of acclaimed albums recorded in situ all over the world, often from overlooked music communities and remote areas.
Lilliam Rivera is a MacDowell Fellow and an award-winning author of eight previous works of fiction: four young adult novels, three middle-grade books, and a graphic novel for DC Comics.
Elliot Cosgrove is a leading voice of American Jewry and a preeminent spiritual guide and thought leader. The rabbi of Park Avenue Synagogue since 2008, he was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1999 and earned his PhD at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
Scott Thomas is the Stoker-nominated author of Kill Creek, which was selected
Peng Shepherd was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, and has lived in Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, London, New York, and Mexico City.
Hildur Knútsdóttir was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, in 1984. She has lived in Spain, Germany, and Taiwan and studied literature and creative writing at The University of Iceland.
Jonathan Strahan is an award-winning editor, podcaster, critic, and publisher from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He has edited or co-edited more than seventy anthologies and twenty short story collections.
Born in New York and raised mostly in Houston, P. Djèlí Clark (he/him) spent the formative years of his life in his parents' homeland, Trinidad and Tobago.