Issue 131 Contributors
Casey Zella Andrews (she/hers) is a queer poet and teacher who lives in West Medford, Massachusetts, with her partner and young child. Andrews has a BA from Hampshire College, earned a MAT from Simmons College to become a high school English language arts teacher in Boston, and earned an MA in Critical and Creative Thinking from the University of Massachusetts - Boston. Her poetry has most recently been published in Aprosexia Lit and Shift.
Abraham Aondoana is a writer, poet and novelist. His works have been published in Kalahari Review, Prosetrics Magazine, Rough Diamond Poetry, The Cat Poetry Anthology, IHTOV, The Literary Nest, Ink Sweat and Tears (UK), Interwoven Anthology (Renard Press), Speculative Insights and elsewhere.
Olivia Baldacci (she/they) is a mixed-media artist based in New York City. She recently graduated from Hunter College and has had her work published in Feral, Brawl, The Amazine, and The Olivetree Review. She designed the official Sign 4 ERA logo, commissioned by former Representative Carolyn B. Maloney’s office. The logo has been used nationally to promote the campaign, including being displayed on the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. Visit their website and Instagram.
LeeAnn Bartolini, Ph.D is a psychologist, end of life doula, and poet. She has worked as a psychology professor at Dominican University of California and in private practice for forty years. In her free time she parents, grandparents and partners, while enjoying all things creative and growing. bartolini@dominican.edu
Olivia Baldacci (she/they) is a mixed-media artist based in New York City. She recently graduated from Hunter College and has had her work published in Feral, Brawl, The Amazine, and The Olivetree Review. She designed the official Sign 4 ERA logo, commissioned by former Representative Carolyn B. Maloney’s office. The logo has been used nationally to promote the campaign, including being displayed on the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. Visit their website and Instagram.
Georgie Contreras (she/her) is a Latine writer raised and residing in the Boston area. Her poetry has been published with The Ana, Loud Coffee Press, Querencia Press, and Rappahannock Review. Her work has received support from GrubStreet’s Boston Writers of Color and the Fine Arts Work Center. Whether she's journaling or reading a book from the library, you'll usually find an indie wrestling match from the mid-2000's playing in the background. Instagram: @gxcons
David R. DiSarro is currently an Associate Professor of English at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. His work has previously appeared in The Rye Whiskey Review, Neologism Poetry Journal, Bending Genres, The Rome Review, The Hawaii Pacific Review, among others. David's first chapbook, I Used to Play in Bands, was published by Finishing Line Press, with a second chapbook, The Overnight Shift, forthcoming in August 2026.
Kara Knickerbocker is the author of the chapbooks The Shedding Before the Swell & Next to Everything that is Breakable. Her poetry & essays have appeared in or are forthcoming from: Poet Lore, HOBART, SWWIM, Portland Review, and the anthologies Pennsylvania’s Best Emerging Poets, Crack the Spine, and more. A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee originally from Pennsylvania, she writes with the Madwomen in the Attic at Carlow University. Find her at www.karaknickerbocker.com.
Marilyn McCabe’s collections of poems include Being Many Seeds, Glass Factory, Perpetual Motion and Rugged Means of Grace. Videopoems have appeared in festivals/galleries. She talks about writing at Owrite: marilynonaroll.wordpress.com and the podcast Whirled Through a Poem's Eye.
Kashiana Singh lives her TEDx theme, Work as Worship. Author of five poetry collections, she makes a home in North Carolina, she serves as Managing Editor of Poets Reading the News and President of the North Carolina Poetry Society. When she is not writing, she is practicing presence, purpose, and pause that shapes her work and world.
Amanda Adrienne Smith is a single mother and one-time indie horror actress now working in the aerospace industry. Her poetry has appeared in Ghost City Review, MEMEZINE, and Two Cardinals Literary to name a few. You can find her on social media @amandaadrienne.
Ruiyan Zhu is a high school senior from Saratoga, California who currently serves as the editor-in-chief of her school newspaper and literary magazine. Her work has been recognized by JUST POETRY!!!I and the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.