POETRY

TAYLOR GRAHAM

Taylor Graham is a volunteer search-and-rescue dog handler and served as El Dorado County’s inaugural Poet Laureate (2016-18). Her poems...

SHILO NIZIOLEK

Shilo Niziolek's (she/her) creative nonfiction book, FEVER, is out from Querencia Press. Her chapbook, A Thousand Winters In Me, is...

DAVID A. PORTER

David A. Porter was a co-founder and the managing editor of 20 Pounds of Headlights, a literary annual published in San Francisco in...

ASMA AL-MASYABI

Asma Al-Masyabi is a poet, writer, artist, and student born and raised in Colorado. She is a Scholastic Silver Medal Poetry winner with...

LINDA NEAL

Linda Neal has published several chapbooks and two full collections, Dodge & Burn (Bambaz Press, 2014) and Not About Dinosaurs (Bambaz...

MAGGIE YANG

Maggie Yang is a poet and artist from Vancouver, Canada. She is a Foyle Young Poet of the Year, and her work has been recognized by the...

STEVE EVANS

Steve Evans has written or edited 20 books including Easy Money and Other Stories (2019) and Unearthly Pleasures (2021). Animal Instincts...

ZAMA MADINANA

Zama Madinana is a South African poet, based in Johannesburg. His work has appeared in The Shallow Tales Review,,East Jasmine Review,...

OTEEYHO IRO

Oteeyho Iro is from the Northern part of Nigeria. She sees poetry as a passage to healing with ears that never get tired of listening to...

Issue 8 Poetry Template

Brianna Flavin is a poet from Saint Paul, Minnesota. She is a Loft Mentor Series fellow, an aspiring master gardener, and a volunteer...

S.E. REED

Reed (she/they) is a poet and essayist who received a Master of Arts degree in Religion & Literature from Yale Divinity School. Her poems...

JAMILLA VANDYKE-BAILEY

jamilla vandyke-bailey is a 29-year-old, pro-black feminist who uses her writing to provide a voice for silent traumas, and hopefully...

D.S. MAOLALAI

D.S. Maolalai has received nine nominations for Best of the Net and seven for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in three...

MERCURY-MARVIN SUNDERLAND

Mercury-Marvin Sunderland (he/him) is a transgender autistic gay man with borderline personality disorder. He's been published by...

BRIANNA FLAVIN 2

Brianna Flavin is a poet from Saint Paul, Minnesota. She is a Loft Mentor Series fellow, an aspiring master gardener, and a volunteer...

BRIANNA FLAVIN

Brianna Flavin is a poet from Saint Paul, Minnesota. She is a Loft Mentor Series fellow, an aspiring master gardener, and a volunteer...

MEGHAN STERLING

Meghan Sterling’s work is forthcoming in The Los Angeles Review, Rhino Poetry, Nelle, Colorado Review, Poetry South, and many others, and...

MOSHKUR AJIKOBI

Moshkur Ajikobi (fondly called P-Seven) is a Nigerian poet, writer, and an advocate of Islamic literature. His work appears or...

ALICIA REBECCA MYERS

Alicia Rebecca Myers is a poet and essayist who received her MFA in Creative Writing from New York University. Most recently, her poem...

ARTEMISIO ROMERO Y CARVER

Artemisio Romero y Carver (she/her/hers)—a Miller Scholar, YoungArts Merit Award Winner for Spoken Word, and Santa Fe’s 2020 Youth Poet...

BENJAMIN FARO

Benjamin Faro is a green-thumbed writer and educator living in Asunción, Paraguay, on stolen Guaraní lands. He is currently pursuing his...

ROBBIE Q. TELFER

Robbie Q. Telfer has performed and taught in hundreds of venues and institutions around the world. A co-founder of the Encyclopedia Show,...

AUDREY GIDMAN

Audrey Gidman is a queer poet living in Maine. Her poems can be found or are forthcoming in The Night Heron Barks, Luna Luna, Birdcoat...

BYUNG A. FALLGREN

Tarek Ghaddar grew up in Beirut, Lebanon. He attended the University of Miami for degrees in Biochemistry and English. He continued with...

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