Lalita K M is a research scholar pursuing a PhD in English Literature from Jain University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Her research covers post-truth politics, American literature, and postmodernism, with a particular interest in the domino effect of technology on the lives of the marginalized. She has previously worked on the Baudrillardian simulacra theory in American life and is currently tracing the divergences of post-truth shaping narratives in India. Lalita has been a teaching assistant for the MA English program at Seshadri Road SHSS-Block 1 from Sep 2021 and has prior collegiate teaching experience in NMKRV Women’s College and Maharani Women’s College, Bangalore. Presently, she curates news for the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) Weekly newsletter as a honorary member. She has presented several research papers at various international conferences and published articles in many peer-reviewed journals.

Benjamin Bergholtz is Assistant Professor of English at Louisiana Tech University and the author of Swallowing a World: Globalization and the Maximalist Novel (Nebraska, Oct 2024). He received his PhD from Louisiana State University in 2018, and previously worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His scholarship is primarily focused on the global contours of the maximalist novel, that massive and meandering genre of contemporary fiction frequently associated with writers such as William Gaddis, Salman Rushdie, and Zadie Smith. More broadly, he is interested in the relationship between politics and literary form. His work has appeared in Contemporary Literature, Genre, Film International, and the Mississippi Quarterly. You can learn more about his work on his website.

Cole Fishman is a PhD Student in the Department of Religion at Columbia University. Previously, he was a graduate student in Columbia’s Slavic department studying literature and economics. Cole’s research is on the philosophy of religion, specifically on Søren Kierkegaard's relationship to German Idealism (most notably Hegel). Cole’s research is also on modern financial markets, both Russian and American, and their religious correlations. Cole’s other research topics are on religion and postmodernism, ancient religious mysticism, religion and AI, and Soviet history. Recent papers include a forthcoming article on Hegel and Artificial Intelligence titled "Hegel and Artificial Intelligence: On Thinking Beyond Thinking."

Edward Holland received his BFA in painting from Syracuse University and a MA in studio art from New York University. His work has been shown in galleries nationwide, including Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, NY and Southport, CT; MM Fine Art, Southampton, NY; Northern Daughters, Vergennes, VT; Clandestina, Miami, FL; Gallery 543 at URBN, Philadelphia, PA; Long-Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis, IN; and Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY and Santa Fe, NM. His work has been discussed in Tussle Magazine, ArtZealous, and The Huffington Post, among others. The artist's first solo museum exhibition will open in Spring 2024 at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT. Edward Holland is represented by Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York. The artist lives in New York City.

Francine Fabiana Ozaki holds a PhD in Literary Studies, focusing on Translation Studies, from Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Nowadays, Francine works as a literary and technical translator, as well as an English Language professor at Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), in Curitiba, Brazil. Her research fields involve Translations Studies, literary translation practice and criticism of English and North American literature.