Poetry
By Gerard Duncan Jr.
Gerard Duncan Jr. is currently a lecturer at McNeese State University. He received his PhD in Poetry at the University of Southern Mississippi and previously earned his MFA in Poetry at Eastern Washington University. Gerard has poems published or forthcoming in Northwest Boulevard and Hot Pot Magazine.
By Susan Shea
Since Susan Shea retired as a school psychologist, she has been able to write poetry full-time, and in the past year, a little over 100 of her poems have been accepted by publications that include Across the Margin, Ekstasis, Avalon Literary Review, Feminine Collective, Military Experience and the Arts, Triggerfish Critical Review, Invisible City and others. She also enjoys creating rock sculptures, quilting and hiking. Susan has longed to be a poet since third grade, and she is finally able to write every day, as though it's been waiting for her all of her life.
By Yoda Olinyk
Yoda Olinyk (she/they) is a writer, editor, and workshop guide from Canada. Her work has appeared in many beloved journals and she has two books out. You can find her at www.doulaofwords.com
By Yoda Olinyk
Yoda Olinyk (she/they) is a writer, editor, and workshop guide from Canada. Her work has appeared in many beloved journals and she has two books out. You can find her at www.doulaofwords.com
By John Grey
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in New World Writing, North Dakota Quarterly and Lost Pilots. Latest books, ”Between Two Fires”, “Covert” and “Memory Outside The Head” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in California Quarterly, Seventh Quarry, La Presa and Doubly Mad.
By Ly Faulk
Ly Faulk (they/her) is the Editor-in-Chief of Eco Punk Literary. Their latest chapbook, Hope, With Bladed Wings, is through Alien Buddha Press. Her upcoming projects are Middle-Aged Mermaid, out in December 2023 through Naked Cat Press, and I Don’t Think I’d Make A Very Good Borg Drone, out in January 2024 through Back Room Poetry.
By Carson Elliot
Carson Elliot (they/them) is a writer and educator based out of middle Tennessee whose work focuses on spirituality, transness, and belonging.
By Glen Armstrong
Glen Armstrong (he/him) holds an MFA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and edits a poetry journal called Cruel Garters. His poems have appeared in Conduit, Poetry Northwest, and Another Chicago Magazine.
By Glen Armstrong
Glen Armstrong (he/him) holds an MFA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and edits a poetry journal called Cruel Garters. His poems have appeared in Conduit, Poetry Northwest, and Another Chicago Magazine.
By Su-Ling Dickinson
Su-Ling Dickinson (she/her) is a 36-year-old writer and artist in the Pacific Northwest. She is originally from Newark, New Jersey, and a former 2nd grade teacher. Su-Ling enjoys being a total cinephile, photography, and “a damn fine cup of coffee”. Her writing is inspired by raw emotion, cultural collision, and latent content.
By Ed McManis
Ed McManis is a writer, editor, & erstwhile Head of School. His work has appeared in more than 60 publications, including The Blue Road Reader, California Quarterly, Cathexis, Narrative, Lascaux Review, etc. He, along with his wife, Linda, have published esteemed author Joanne Greenberg’s (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden) novel, Jubilee Year. Little known trivia fact: he holds the outdoor free-throw record at Camp Santa Maria: 67 in a row.
By T.K. Williams
T!K! Williams hopes above all else that their poetry can bring a moment's rest to anyone currently suffering the violence of being transgender or disabled in America. They currently live in Bloomington, Indiana and a constant state of wonder. Their work has appeared in Outrageous Fortune and Bad Pony journals.
By Olivia Oswald
Olivia Oswald is a Writing and Classical studies major at UE. She enjoys reading, cooking, and photography. She spends her free time crocheting random botanical things while learning curses in dead languages.
By Jennifer Fanning
Jennifer Fanning is a teacher and writer living in Seattle, Washington. She holds an MA in English from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. In her free time, she loves taking urban walks and photographing her cat, Benny.
By Noah T. Kent
Noah T. Kent (they/them) is a jack of many writing trades, and hopes to be a master of at least some someday. For the kind of atheist who doesn’t believe in any specific religion but vibes with those who do, a brief stint into Protestantism in middle school and a well-timed obsession with a certain monster hunting show in high school has made them weirdly obsessed with Christian imagery. When not pushing the boundaries of gender expression and queer identity, you can find them writing with friends or working on their latest novel they hope to publish.
By Joanne Corey
Joanne Corey is the author of Hearts (Kelsay Books, 2023). Living in Vestal, NY (USA), she is active with the Binghamton Poetry Project and Grapevine Poets. With the Boiler House Poets Collective, she participates in annual poetry residencies at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. She invites you to visit her eclectic blog at http://topofjcsmind.wordpress.com.
By Mozid Mahmud
Mozid Mahmud (He/Him) is a poet, essayist, and novelist based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is the author of more than 50 titles, some of which are In Praise of Mahfuza (1989), Toward the Pasture (1995), Odyssey of the Ball (2001), The Fable of the Apple(2002), The Birth of the Maternity Clinic (2006), Nazul: The Poet of the Third World (1997), Rabindranath and the Indian Subcontinent (2011), and Post-Colonialist Literature & Others (2006). Recently, his fiction and essays have appeared in Singapore Unbound, Provenance Journal, Indian Review, Writer’s Lane, Taint Journal, Borderless, and in Commonwealth Writers’ Adda forum. Many of his works have been translated into English, Chinese, Hindi and French. His novel Memorial Club will be out from Gaudy Boy in 2024.
By Andrew Weiss
Andrew Weiss (he/him/his) is a songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, fronting his New York based band Andrew Weiss and Friends. In 2016, he received his undergraduate degree in Music Theory & Composition from New York University. While not writing and performing, Weiss can be found scouring thrift shops for records and books.
By Ainsley Epperson
Ainsley Epperson (she/her/hers) is a junior at Indiana University Bloomington studying Spanish Education with 2 minors: Second Language Studies and General Music Studies. She currently serves as the undergraduate representative on the School of Education's International Engagement Committee. In her free time, Ainsley enjoys journaling, listening to music, reading, and sampling coffees from around the world.
By Matt Dube
Matt Dube (he/him/his) drives a fossil-fuled subcompact in Missouri, where he teaches creative writing and American lit.
By Gabriella Garofalo
Born in Italy some decades ago, Gabriella Garofalo (she/her/hers) fell in love with the English language at six, started writing poems (in Italian) at six and is the author of these books “Lo sguardo di Orfeo”; “L’inverno di vetro”; “Di altre stelle polari”; “Casa di erba”; “Blue Branches”; “ A Blue Soul”.