Lara Mimosa Montes is a writer, editor, and teaching artist whose practice and experiences span the fields of alternative publishing and experimental writing. She is the author of THRESHOLES (2020) and The Somnambulist (2016). Her writing has appeared in BOMB, Fence, The Brooklyn Rail, The Institute for Studies on Latin American Art, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of artist residencies and fellowships from MacDowell, Marble House Project, Jentel, and Headlands Center for the Arts. She is a faculty member of the Creative Writing MFA program at Pacific Northwest College of Art. She also teaches in XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement Master’s program at NYU. She was born in the Bronx.

Re'al Christian is a writer, critic, editor, and art historian based in Queens. Her work explores issues related to identity, diasporas, ecology, media, and materiality. Her criticism, essays, and interviews have appeared in BOMB, Brooklyn Rail, Art in America, Artforum, and ART PAPERS, where she's a Contributing Editor. She has written texts for catalogues and anthologies. She is the editor of the digital publishing series Post/doc (2022–present) and co-editor of the anthology As for Protocols (2025). Christian is the Assistant Director of Editorial Initiatives at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School. She received her MA in Art History from Hunter College. She holds a bachelor’s degree from NYU, where she majored in Art History and Media, Culture, and Communication.