Issue 75 Contributors
Cynthia Bargar is thrilled that Rogue Agent chose to publish two of her poems, one in Issue 74 and this one in Issue 75. Her poems have appeared in Book of Matches, LUMINA, Comstock Review, Driftwood Press, Stoneboat Literary Journal, Poems2Go, and other journals. Her debut collection, Sleeping in the Dead Girl's Room, is forthcoming from Lily Poetry Review Books in 2022. Cynthia lives and writes in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Adrienne Burris is a writer/teacher based in Greenville, SC. Her poetry appears or is forthcoming in Washington Square Review, Mum Poem Press, and Free Verse Revolution, among others.
Pamela Hobart Carter used to be a teacher who wrote on the side. Now she is a writer who teaches on the side. Her plays have been produced and read in Seattle (her home), Montreal (where she grew up), and Fort Worth (where she has only visited). Her chapbooks: Her Imaginary Museum (Kelsay Books, 2020) and Held Together with Tape and Glue (forthcoming from Finishing Line Press, 2021). Find out more about Carter at https://playwrightpam.wordpress.com/.
Terhi K. Cherry is a poet, writer, and research psychologist. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Literary Mama, the Un(mother) film and anthology, Cultural Weekly, Vox Viola Literary Magazine, and elsewhere. Terhi lives in Los Angeles and facilitates poetry for personal growth. Find her on the web at terhikcherry.com .
Kim Michalak is a Florida-based poet, mother, and optical stylist. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from Chatham University and serves as associate poetry editor at The Fourth River. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Literary Mama, Global Poemic, Briefly Zine, Brushing, and Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing.
Cameron Morse is Senior Reviews editor at Harbor Review, a poetry editor at Harbor Editions, and the author of six collections of poetry. His first, Fall Risk, won Glass Lyre Press’s 2018 Best Book Award. His latest is Far Other (Woodley Press, 2020). He holds and MFA from the University of Kansas City—Missouri and lives in Independence, Missouri, with his wife Lili and two children. For more information, check out his Facebook page or website.
Jessica Poli is the author of four chapbooks and co-editor of the collection More in Time: A Tribute to Ted Kooser (University of Nebraska Press, 2021). Her work has appeared in Best New Poets, Southern Indiana Review, The Adroit Journal, and Redivider, among other places. She is a PhD student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, founder and editor of Birdfeast, and Assistant Poetry Editor of Prairie Schooner.
Sara Quinn Rivara is the author of two collections, ANIMAL BRIDE (Tinderbox Editions, 2019) and LAKE EFFECT (Aldrich Press, 2013). Her work has appeared recently or is forthcoming in Mom Egg Review, Indianapolis Review, Colorado Review, West Trestle, Whale Road Review and elsewhere. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family.
Lannie Stabile (she/her) is the winner of OutWrite’s 2020 Chapbook Competition in Poetry; the winning chapbook, Strange Furniture, is out with Neon Hemlock Press. She is also a back-to-back finalist for the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 Glass Chapbook Series and back-to-back semifinalist for the Button Poetry 2018 and 2019 Chapbook Contests. Find her on Twitter @LannieStabile.
Chanika Svetvilas is an interdisciplinary artist who utilizes lived experience to create safe spaces, to disrupt stereotypes and to reflect on contemporary issues. She has presented her interdisciplinary work nationally in multiple spaces and contexts. Her work is also included in Studying Disability Arts and Culture: An Introduction by Petra Kuppers and NuyorAsian Anthology edited by Bino Realuyo. She holds a BS from Skidmore College and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College. She is a co-juror for the West Windsor Arts Council’s upcoming fall art exhibition, Well-Being Ourselves: Reflect, Reimagine, Connect. Find her on the web at chanikasvetvilas.com and on Instagram at @chanikasvetvilas.
Samuel Ugbechie has works published or forthcoming in Ruminate Magazine, Palette Poetry, Nottingham Review, and elsewhere. His poetry collection, Monologue of Fire, won the Many Voices Project Prize from the New Rivers Press. It will be published in book form in 2021. He’s the winner of the 2020 Aurora Poetry Winter Contest, the 2016 Frederick Holland Poetry Collection. His works have been recognized in awards like the Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize, the Into the Void Poetry Prize, and others. He tweets @sugbechie.