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Dana King is a multi-media artist whose practice embraces papermaking, poetry, photography, and artist’s books. In their process, they combine scholarly research, intuitive praxis, and a sense of humor. Motivated by empathy and curiosity, Dana approaches their work as an artist and a teacher with kindness. A current MFA Candidate at the University of Iowa Center for the Book, Dana has taught Book Arts and Alternative Screen Printing at the Center for the Book and Public Space One and has edited and produced independent zines and chapbooks using Xerox and Risograph printing. Dana has shown work and curated exhibitions in Ohio and Iowa, and their work can be found in national and international publications, including Oranges and Sardines and Photo Trouvée Magazine, as well as online and in broadside form at Prompt Press. Dana is a member of Public Space One and the Iowa City Press Coop and loves every dog.
Margaret Yapp is from Iowa City, Iowa. She works as the managing editor at Prompt Press and runs Rampage Party Press, an ongoing poetry broadside project. She has an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Iowa Center for the Book. She has taught classes in literature, creative writing, and book arts for the University of Iowa and Iowa City Poetry. Her work has appeared in Tupelo Quarterly, Second Factory, Asphalte, and elsewhere. Her debut book of poems, Green for Luck, is forthcoming from EastOver Press (spring 2024). You can read more at Margaret’s website which is margaret yapp dot com / instagram @bigbabymarg