Christopher Brown

Christopher Brown is a writer and lawyer living in Austin, Texas. His newest book, A Natural History of Empty Lots, explores how nature affects and interacts with our growing urban world. Brown also writes the popular urban nature newsletter Field Notes, and his...

Juli Berwald

Juli Berwald earned a Ph.D. in ocean science from the University of Southern California. She has written both textbooks and popular science articles for National Geographic Magazine, The New York Times, Nature, Science, The Wall Street Journal, Discover, The...

Curtis Bauer

Curtis Bauer is the author of three poetry collections. He has given numerous lectures and taught workshops in Spanish and English across the world. He acts as publisher and editor of Q Avenue Press Chapbooks and the Translations Editor for The Common. He spends time...

Octavio Quintanilla

Octavio Quintanilla is the author of the poetry collection, If I Go Missing (Slough Press, 2014) and served as the 2018-2020 Poet Laureate of San Antonio, TX. His poetry, fiction, translations, and photography have appeared in numerous publications. Octavio teaches...

Lucy Griffith

A native of San Antonio, Lucy Griffith has been a lover of the natural world since she was young. A psychologist, master naturalist, and poet, she regularly contributes to the Texas Star, an award-winning publication of the Hill Country Chapter of Texas Master...