Mel Coyle is from Chicago & other places where the corn grows. She is co-editor of the journal TENDERLOIN. You can see more work from her at elimae & forthcoming from >kill author. … More mel coyle

Emily Critchley holds a PhD in contemporary, American, women’s poetry and philosophy from the University of Cambridge.  She is the author of several poetry chapbooks, with Arehouse, bad press, dusie, Oystercatcher, Torque & Corrupt press, and her Selected Writing, _Love / All That / & OK_, was published by Penned in the Margins in 2011. … More emily critchley … More emily critchley

Danielle Pafunda poetry collections include Manhater (Dusie Press Books 2012), Iatrogenic: Their Testimonies (Noemi Press), and My Zorba (Bloof Books). She is an assistant professor of English and gender & women’s studies at the University of Wyoming. … More danielle pafunda

Catherine Wagner’s latest book is My New Job (Fence, 2009). City Lights will publish her fourth book, Nervous Device, in 2012. She lives in Oxford, Ohio and teaches at Miami University. Her work can be found at Archive of the Now & Penn Sound. … More cathy wagner

A native of France where she was trained as a dancer, Brigitte Byrd is the author of Song of a Living Room (Ahsahta, 2009), The Dazzling Land (Black Zinnias, 2008), and Fence above the Sea (Ahsahta, 2005). She currently lives in Atlanta and is an Associate Professor of English teaching Creative Writing at Clayton State … More brigitte byrd … More brigitte byrd

Andrew Terhune is originally from Memphis, Tennessee. He is the author of the chapbooks Helen Mirren Picks Out My Clothes (the greying ghost press, 2009) and Handle This Bludgeon and Run Me Through (Tilt Press, 2008). He lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma with his wife and two daughters. His work has recently appeared in Rabbit Catastrophe … More andrew terhune … More andrew terhune

Ashley Colley is completing her MFA at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her poetry has appeared in Catch-Up and as cover art for The Seneca Review. … More ashley colley

Peter Twal is an electrical engineer living and working in New Orleans. He regularly pretends to be a sailor — part of his profession– and he’s getting better at that. His work is forthcoming in plain china. … More peter twal

RC Miller lives in Metuchen, New Jersey. He is author of the chapbooks Windex We Can (Wheelchair Party), A Large Retailer (Ronin Press), GORE (Calliope Nerve Media), and blogs at WIGFUCKER. Gary J. Shipley is the author of Theoretical Animals (BlazeVOX). He has work that has appeared recently or is forthcoming in New Dead Families, … More rc miller & gary shipley … More rc miller & gary shipley