Ariel Yelen’s poems and critical work have appeared or are forthcoming in The American Poetry Review, BOMB, Conjunctions, Washington Square Review, The Felt, and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn, and works as the Associate Editor for Futurepoem, where she also edits the blog futurefeed.

Born in Los Angeles in 1955, Laurie Frick received an MBA from the University of Southern California, an MFA from the New York Studio School, and attended NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). With her understanding of engineering, tech, neuroscience, and fine art, Frick's practice examines the impact of data on human beings. Her analogue approach to exploring the digital frontier makes data tangible, visceral, visual--and therefore more knowable. Frick has given talks at Google, Standford, SXSW, and TEDx, and she has had her work featured in The Atlantic, NPR, BBC News, Wired Magazine, the LA Times, New Scientist Magazine, and Huffington Post. Her numerous residencies and awards include Samsung Research America in San Jose, YADDO in Saratoga Springs, Neuroscience Research Center at the University of Texas, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Facebook in Austin Texas, the American Academy in Rome, and most recently at the University of Rhode Island in Providence. Additionally, Frick's work has been shown at Gallery Shoal Creek in Austin, the Robert Steele Gallery in New York, the Edward Cella Gallery in Los Angeles, Marfa Contemporary, Oklahoma Contemporary, Texas Biennial, Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Texas State University, and the NYU Langone Medical Center, among many others.