Issue 140 Contributors
Jonathan B. Aibel, a recovering software engineer, lives in Concord, MA. His poems have appeared in Barrelhouse, Chautauqua, Cider Press Review, and elsewhere. Jonathan's chapbook Echoes of Uruk was a semi-finalist for the Snowbound Prize. His collection, The Porcelain World is forthcoming from Lily Poetry Review Press (September, 2026). Find him online at http://www.jbaibelpoet.com.
Shanan Ballam is the author of three poetry chapbooks The Red Riding Hood Papers, My Paper Boat, and first poems after the stroke and two full-length poetry collections Pretty Marrow and Inside the Animal: The Collected Red Riding Hood Poems. Shanan survived a massive stroke in January 2022 at age 46 that paralyzed the entire right side of her body. http://shananballam.org.
Lauren Camp is the author of nine books, most recently Is Is Enough (Texas Review Press, 2026) and In Old Sky (Grand Canyon Conservancy, 2024), which grew out of her experience as Astronomer-in-Residence at Grand Canyon National Park. Other honors include an Academy of American Poets fellowship, a Dorset Prize, and finalist citations for the Arab American Book Award and Adrienne Rich Award. She served as the second New Mexico Poet Laureate. Find her online at www.laurencamp.com.
Stevie Edwards is an Assistant Professor at Clemson University and Poetry Editor of The South Carolina Review. Stevie’s poems have appeared in Poetry, American Poetry Review, TriQuarterly, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. She is the author of The Weather Inside (University of Arkansas Press, 2026), Quiet Armor (Northwestern University Press, 2023), Sadness Workshop (Button Poetry, 2018), Humanly (Small Doggies Press, 2015), and Good Grief (Write Bloody Publishing, 2012).
Jenny Huebner is a dyslexic poet and visual artist living in the American Midwest. She writes about longing, rupture and the obscure architecture of modern humanity. She is the author of Talk Topics Like Magic at Odd Hours and has been published in several literary magazines.
Ava Hyde is a queer, biracial emerging writer and undergraduate at the University of Notre Dame. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Re:Visions and The Jugger and she aspires to pursue an MFA in poetry.
Emily Murman is a poet & mortician. She holds an MFA in poetry & the author of me a thing to be dismembered forthcoming with Lost Penny Press August 2026. Emily lives in Chicago with her husband & two sphynx cats.
Pedram Navab is a neurologist, sleep medicine specialist, attorney, and writer, residing in Los Angeles. He has been educated at Brown and Stanford. His forthcoming book, The Alchemy of Sleep, explores the science, history, and mystery of sleep and will be published by Shambhala in Fall 2026. His work moves between medicine, literature, consciousness, and the stranger territories where they intersect.
Lisa Marie Oliver s the author of Birthroot (Glass Lyre Press.) Her poems are found in Harbor Review, Tupelo Quarterly and Tinderbox Poetry Journal. She lives with her son in Portland, Oregon. For more, find her online at lisamarieoliver.com.
Suzanne Manizza Roszak’s poetry has appeared in Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, New Letters, Poetry Northwest, and Verse Daily. Her poetry collection Sicilianas won the Lauria/Frasca Poetry Prize and was first finalist for the North American Poetry Book Award; her book of lyric essays and hybrid writing titled Brutal Noises is forthcoming from Veliz Books. Suzanne teaches creative writing at NYU Abu Dhabi and is the managing editor of Seneca Review.
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