raquel salas-rivera

“lo terciario” “the tertiary” / “[aguacero de] elementos evanescentes dentro del ciclo” “[downpour of] evanescent elements within the cycle” / “aquĆ­ no now ocupamos de cómo surge sea separación” / “here we don’t address the origins of that separation” … More raquel salas-rivera

angela veronica wong

AngelaĀ VeronicaĀ WongĀ is the author of the full-length poetry collectionĀ how to survive a hotel fireĀ (Coconut Books) and the chapbookĀ Dear Johnny, In Your Last Letter,Ā which won a Poetry Society of America New York Fellowship.Ā Her poetry has been anthologized inĀ The Best American PoetryĀ (with Amy Lawless) and is forthcoming inĀ Please Excuse This Poem.Ā Her fiction is forthcoming inĀ Denver Quarterly.Ā She is on … More angela veronica wong

isabel sobral campos

Originally from Portugal,Ā IsabelĀ SobralĀ CamposĀ now lives in Brooklyn where she writes poems and teaches literature. Her poems have appeared inĀ Gauss PDFĀ andĀ the gobbet.

alen hamza

Originally from Bosnia-Herzegovina,Ā Alen HamzaĀ immigrated to the United States when he was fifteen. He holds an MFA fromĀ theĀ Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Crazyhorse, Better, Fence, Narrative, Phantom Limb, and elsewhere. He is currently a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.

beth kleinpeter

Photographs from the Louisiana State Fair Beth Kleinpeter is a freelance photographer working in New York and Louisiana. Find more of her work at bethkleinpeter.com.

daniel grammer

Daniel GrammerĀ is an MFA candidate at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst, where he reads and writes, and works with theĀ Massachusetts Review. His work has appeared inĀ plain china,Ā If&When,Ā delta journal, and in the inaugural issue ofĀ smoking glue gun.

haley rene thompson

Haley Rene Thompson is a poet, an editor for Slope Editions, and an MFA candidate at UMass Amherst. Her work can be found or is forthcoming in notnostrums, iO: A Journal of New American Poetry, Everyday Genius, and Interrupture. Her chapbook, Coos & Ons, is forthcoming from Dikembe Press.

joshua r. helms

JoshuaĀ R.Ā HelmsĀ is Assistant Editor forĀ Corium MagazineĀ and a queer feminist. Their work has appeared in various online journals, includingĀ alice blue review,Ā DIAGRAM,Ā Ghost Ocean Magazine,Ā ILK Journal,Ā PANK, andĀ Word Riot, and various print journals, including Copper Nickel, Fairy Tale Review, Gertrude, New England Review, Phoebe, and Sonora Review. Machines Like Us, Josh’s first collection of poetry, was chosen by C. Dale … More joshua r. helms

katie hibner

Although she’s merely seventeen years old,Ā Katie HibnerĀ adores old people. She hails from Cincinnati, portrays a zombie in a low-budget film, and turns into a zombie after indulging in seven-hour marathons of ā€œDownton Abbey.ā€ Her poetry has been published inĀ Dead InkĀ andĀ Bone Bouquet. She has won a Scholastic Gold Key and third prize in Princeton University’s Leonard … More katie hibner

seth oelbaum

SethĀ OelbaumĀ was born in Clayton, Missouri and educated at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author ofĀ Scream Is RealĀ and the founder ofĀ Bambi Muse.

kristina marie darling

KristinaĀ MarieĀ DarlingĀ is the author of twenty books, which include Vow (BlazeVOX Books, 2013) and Scorched Altar: Selected Poems (BlazeVOX Books, 2014). Her awards include fellowships from Yaddo, the Ucross Foundation, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, and the Hawthornden Castle International Retreat for Writers, as well as grants from the Kittredge Fund and the Elizabeth George Foundation. She … More kristina marie darling

drew kalbach

DrewĀ KalbachĀ is from Philadelphia. He is the author of Spooky Plan (Gobbet Press 2014). Read more of his work at his website,Ā www.drewkalbach.com.

patrick dundon

PatrickĀ DundonĀ is currently an MFA candidate at Syracuse University and serves as an assistant poetry editor for Salt Hill. His work has appeared in Poor Claudia and Toad: The Journal.

lynn melnick

Lynn Melnick is author ofĀ If I Should Say I Have HopeĀ (YesYes Books, 2012) and co-editor, with Brett Fletcher Lauer, ofĀ Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next GenerationĀ (Viking, 2015). Ā She teaches at 92Y in NYC and is the social media & outreach director for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. Ā Her poems can be … More lynn melnick

kendra fortmeyer

  Kendra Fortmeyer received her MFA in fiction from the New Writer’s Project at UT Austin, where she completed her first novel. Ā She edits fiction forĀ Broad!Ā magazine. Ā Her work has appeared or is forthcoming inĀ PANK, NANO Fiction, apt, Juked, Fiddleblack, CoriumĀ and elsewhere.

joshua marie wilkinson

Joshua Marie Wilkinson‘s works includeĀ Swamp Isthmus,Ā The Courier’s Archive & Hymnal, andĀ Meadow SlasherĀ (all from Black Ocean and Sidebrow Books). He lives in Tucson, where he editsĀ The VoltaĀ and runs Letter Machine Editions.  

megan kaminski

from:Ā Fortuna   Megan KaminskiĀ is the author ofĀ Desiring MapĀ (Coconut, 2012) and seven chapbooks for poetry, most recentlyĀ Wintering Prairie. HerĀ forthcoming bookĀ Deep CityĀ (Coconut, 2015) explores the body and the city as architectures in crisis. She lives inĀ Lawrence, Kansas, where she teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Kansas andĀ curates the Taproom Poetry Series downtown. She can … More megan kaminski

chris emslie

            Chris Emslie is assistant editor atĀ ILKĀ journal. His poems have appeared / are forthcoming inĀ Salt Hill,Ā Anti-Ā andĀ Upstart, among others. He lives in Tuscaloosa, where he is an MFA candidate at the University of Alabama.

amy lawless

Amy Lawless is the author of two books of poems, most recentlyĀ My DeadĀ (Octopus Books 2013), and her next collectionĀ BROADAXĀ is forthcoming from Octopus Books in 2015. An audio chapbookĀ fromĀ BROADAXĀ is just out from Black Cake Records. Ā She lives in New York City.

ana maria caballero

            Ana Maria Caballero worked in finance, journalism, wine importation, and even for the Colombian government before recently becoming a mom.Ā  Now she focuses her efforts on writing poetry and book thoughts, which can be read atwww.thedrugstorenotebook.co. Ā Her work has appeared inĀ Big River Poetry Review, Elephant Journal, East Coast Ink, … More ana maria caballero

lily duffy

from: TACT         Lily Duffy is a poet from Maryland living in Colorado, where she studies poetry and teaches creative writing at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming inĀ ILK, Hot Metal Bridge, Cloud Rodeo, Bone Bouquet, NAP, inter|rupture, wicked alice, and Dusie, among others. With Rachel … More lily duffy