Issue 134 Contributors
Sean Cho A. is a writer living in the southern united states.
With 20th-century Pell Grant and Work-Study assistance, Kris Becker studied creative writing at Willamette University and Syracuse University. Her poems and translations have appeared in Rogue Agent, Collateral, Terrain.org, CALYX, Willow Springs, Two Lines, and elsewhere. She lives in Port Townsend, Washington.
Marvin Garbeh Davis, Sr. is a Liberian writer whose work explores memory, endurance, and the intersection of faith and the human condition. He writes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction rooted in African realities with global resonance. His work centers on labor, war, resilience, and the quiet dignity of ordinary lives. He lives in Monrovia with his wife, Angea.
Carol Dorf has received fellowships from the Hawthornden Foundation, Zoeglossia, and the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference. Their writing appears on the Poetry Foundation website, in several chapbooks, and in journals that include Pleiades, About Place, Cutthroat, Five South, and Cincinnati Review. Founding poetry editor of Talking Writing, they taught math and writing in Berkeley USD, as well as at museums and conferences.
Katrina Greco is a poet and educator in Oakland. Her work can be found in Villain Era Lit, Neologism, and elsewhere. Her debut collection, Everywhere Green and Scorch Marked is available from White Stag Publishing. She is on Instagram at kgreco_poet.
David Hornibrook is a Pushcart Prize recipient and the author of Night Manual (Wayne State University Press, 2019), winner of the Moveen Prize in Poetry. His work can also be found or is forthcoming in Split Rock Review, RHINO, Juked, Dream Pop, The Windsor Review, and elsewhere. He holds an MFA from the Helen Zell Writer's Program.
Jennifer Schomburg Kanke’s work appears in New Ohio Review, Massachusetts Review, Shenandoah and Salamander. Her poetry collection, The Swellest Wife Anyone Ever Had, is out now from Kelsay Books. Her poetry collection centered on her experiences with ovarian cancer, Little Stone, Little Stone, is forthcoming (Fall 2026) from Sheila-Na-Gig. She sporadically hosts the Meter Cute interview series on the Meter&Mayhem Substack and YouTube channel and serves as a member of the board for Anhinga Press.
Pratibha Kelapure has been the editor of The Literary Nest since 2015. Her poetry has appeared in Tab Journal, Vox Poetica, Lake Poetry, Ploughshares, and several other journals and anthologies. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
David Anson Lee writes poems about medicine, memory, and the interior life of the body. His work appears in Right Hand Pointing, Unbroken Journal, The Scarred Tree, Braided Way, Eunoia Review, Ink Sweat & Tears, and The Orchards. Born on the Pine Ridge Reservation, he now lives in Texas, where he practices medicine and writes about the fragile grace of being alive.
Anna Lux Petro (she/they) is a writer living on the Carolina coast, where she also works in childcare. Their poems appear or are forthcoming in The Charleston Anvil, Bowery Gothic, Marrow Magazine, and elsewhere. You can find more of her work and passion projects at annaluxpoetry.com.