Issue 71 Contributors
Rosa Caines is based in London. She is a queer femme, a feminist and a frequent crier. She has been writing poetry since she could scribble, in notebooks, on receipts, bus tickets, her arm. She is new to sharing her work. Her poem “London” was broadcast on BBC Radio London to celebrate national poetry day and a selection of her work will be published in Sunday Mornings at the River’s spring anthology later this year. Find her on Instagram @rosa_caines.
Beth Gordon is a poet, mother and grandmother currently living in Asheville, NC. She is the author of two chapbooks: Morning Walk with Dead Possum, Breakfast and Parallel Universe (Animal Heart Press) and Particularly Dangerous Situation (Clare Songbird Publishing). Her full length poetry collection, This Small Machine of Prayer, is forthcoming from Kelsay Books in 2021. She is Managing Editor of Feral, and Assistant Editor of Animal Heart Press.
Trivarna Hariharan is a writer and pianist based in India. She has studied English Literature at Delhi University, and the University of Cambridge. A Pushcart-prize and Orison Anthology nominee - her recent poems have been published in Duende, Entropy, Stirring, Atticus Review, Front Porch, The Shore, Noble/Gas Quarterly, and others. She has authored two collections of poetry - Letters Never Sent (Writers Workshop Kolkata, 2017) and There Was Once A River Here (Les Editions du Zaporogue, 2018). Besides writing - she has received certificates of distinction in Electronic Keyboard from Trinity College, London. You can read more of her work at trivarnahariharan.com.
Stephanie Heit is a poet, dancer, and teacher of somatic writing and contemplative movement practices. She is a Zoeglossia Fellow, bipolar, and a member of the Olimpias, an international disability performance collective. Her poetry collection, The Color She Gave Gravity (The Operating System), explores the seams of language, movement and mental health difference. She lives on Three Fires Confederacy territory in Ypsilanti, Michigan where she codirects Turtle Disco, a somatic writing space. Find her on the internet at www.stephanieheitpoetry.wordpress.com.
Katie Darby Mullins teaches creative writing at the University of Evansville. She’s been published or has work forthcoming in journals like Barrelhouse, The Rumpus, Iron Horse, Harpur Palate, and Prime Number. She helped found and is the executive writer for Underwater Sunshine Fest, a music festival in NYC. Her first book, Neuro, Typical: Chemical Reactions & Trauma Bonds came out on Summer Camp Press in late 2020.
Alison Palmer is the author of the poetry chapbook, The Need for Hiding (Dancing Girl Press, 2018). To read an interview visit www.thepoetsbillow.org. Alison’s work appears or is forthcoming in FIELD, The Cincinnati Review, River Styx, Columbia Review, Cimarron Review, The Journal, Ovenbird Poetry and elsewhere. She received her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis and currently writes outside Washington, D.C. Find Alison on the web at alisonpalmer.org.
Esteban Rodríguez is the author of the collections Dusk & Dust, Crash Course, In Bloom, (Dis)placement, and The Valley. He is the Interviews Editor at the EcoTheo Review, an Assistant Poetry Editor at AGNI, and a regular reviews contributor to [PANK] and Heavy Feather Review. He lives with his family in Austin, Texas.
Sherry Shahan lives in a laid-back beach town in California where she grows carrot tops in ice cube trays for pesto. Her photos and collage have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, december, Fourth River, Moon Shadow Press, Inlandia, Closed Eye Open and forthcoming from Gargoyle, Montana Mouthful, Literary Mama, Junk Drawer Magazine, Querty, Red Rover Magazine, and The Family Room. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Debasis Tripathy works for an IT company in Bangalore. He also writes—poems and short fiction. His recent work features in Mad Swirl, Squawk Back, Eunoia Review, Collidescope, Turnpike, Adelaide Magazine, Kitaab , Punch Magazine & elsewhere. Occasionally, he tweets at @d_basis.
Sage Tyrtle is a professional storyteller. Her stories have been featured on NPR, CBC, and PBS. She is a Moth StorySLAM and GrandSLAM winner. She's also one of those Americans who swanned around saying, "If this gets any worse, I'm moving to CANADA," but then she really did. More: tyrtle.com.
Susanna Wood is an author of poetry, memoir, and short fiction, who cites sociology, folklore, and the supernatural as inspiration for her work. Wood was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she resides with her husband and two regal cats. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in All the Sins, Under the Gum Tree, and other journals. She can be found on Instagram @ohiowildflower and Twitter @suzyjeanpoems.