Issue 81 Contributors
Azure Arther is a native of Flint, MI, who resides with her family in Dallas, TX. Although she is obsessed with literature, she has found that her passions are evenly distributed between writing, teaching, and parenting. Her work has appeared in Burningword Literary Journal, Miracle Monocle, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Aurealis, Alternating Current Press, and others.
Ronda Piszk Broatch is the author of Lake of Fallen Constellations, (MoonPath Press). Broatch’s current manuscript was a finalist with the Charles B. Wheeler Prize and Four Way Books Levis Prize. She is the recipient of an Artist Trust GAP Grant. Broatch’s journal publications include Blackbird, 2River, Sycamore Review, Missouri Review, Palette Poetry, and Public Radio KUOW’s All Things Considered.
Jeannine Hall Gailey is a poet with MS who served as Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington. She's the author of six books of poetry, including Field Guide to the End of the World, winner of the Moon City Press Book Prize and the SFPA's Elgin Award, and Fireproof, upcoming from Alternating Current Press in spring 2022. Her work appeared in journals like The American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, and Poetry. Her web site is www.webbish6.com. Twitter and Instagram: @webbish6.
Nicole Hur is a Korean-American writer currently based in Seoul, South Korea. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Hanok Review, a literary magazine devoted to Korean poets and poetry. You can find her on Twitter @nhurwords.
Lenna Jawdat is a poet, yoga teacher and psychotherapist. Her work is published or forthcoming in FreezeRay Poetry, Stone of Madness, Passenger Journal and Sledgehammer Lit. She's a Leo, Pisces moon, Scorpio rising, who loves bubble tea and growing herbs. She lives in Washington, DC (Piscataway/Nacostan land) with her partner, two cats, and a rotating cast of foster kittens.
Jen Karetnick’s fourth full-length book is The Burning Where Breath Used to Be (David Robert Books, September 2020), an Eric Hoffer Poetry Category Finalist and a Kops-Fetherling Honorable Mention. Co-founder and managing editor of SWWIM Every Day, she has work appearing recently in Barrow Street, The Comstock Review, december, Michigan Quarterly Review, Terrain.org, and elsewhere. See jkaretnick.com.
Merie Kirby earned her M.F.A. from the University of Minnesota. She lives in Grand Forks, ND and teaches at the University of North Dakota. She is the author of The Dog Runs On and The Thumbelina Poems. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Quartet Journal, Sheila-na-gig Online, West Trade Review and Mom Egg Review, and other journals. You can find her online at meriekirby.com.
Ayrton Lopez is a Mexican-Ecuadorian writer who lives and works in San Francisco. He was formerly the host of the spoken word poetry show "The Red Wheelbarrow" on KZSU 90.1 FM. His poems have recently appeared in Tupelo Quarterly and Leland Quarterly. Much of his work explores his experiences as a childhood cancer survivor.
Lisa Richter is the author of Closer to Where We Began (Tightrope Books, 2017) and Nautilus and Bone (Frontenac House, 2020), winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Poetry, the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry and the Robert Kroetsch Award. Her poems have appeared in The New Quarterly, The Literary Review of Canada, Crab Creek Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Toronto.
Francine Rubin is the author of the poetry chapbooks If You're Talking to Me: Commuter Poems (dancing girl press), City Songs (Blue Lyra Press), and Geometries (Finishing Line Press). She is online at francinerubin.tumblr.com.
Tamizh worked as an International Baccalaureate educator in an International school for 7 years and is currently pursuing her M.Tech, PhD integrated course in Data Science. Tamizh's expertise lies in Tech integration, Professional Development Training and Curriculum development. Tamizh spends most of her free time painting, reading, writing articles, stories and poems, playing keyboard and watching documentaries/movies.
Emily Unwin (she/her) is a queer writer living in Athens, Georgia. She’s the co-founder of Finley Light Factory and tacky! Magazine. She has published in Polyester Magazine, Salty Magazine, The Magnolia Review, and Crack the Spine and was a writer in residence at Mudhouse. She is forthcoming in Gigantic Sequins (finalist for the 2021 flash fiction prize) and the Made in Appalachia chapbook. Emily is represented by Joanna Volpe and Jordan Hill at New Leaf Literary.