Editor-in-Chief : J. David (they/them)
J. David is from Cleveland, Ohio. They love Julien Baker.
Poetry Editor : Zackary Lavoie (he/him)
Zack Lavoie graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington and is the author of the chapbook UPHEAVALS (Pond Bench Press). He was awarded the 2017 Alice James Books Director's Chair Fellowship in Farmington, Maine, is the winner of the Franklin & Somerset County Poetry Competition and has been nominated for Best of the Net. He works as a copywriter and founded Northland Creative. He is also on the Poetry staff at The Maine Review and Flypaper Lit. His work has been featured in The Shallow Ends, Empty Mirror Magazine, OCCULUM Journal, Dirty Paws Poetry Review, Longleaf Review, FlyPaper, OXIDANT | ENGINE, and on the 'memoria' podcast. When he isn't writing he can be found wandering along the banks of a lake with his dog.
Prose Editor: Alex DiFrancesco (they/them)
Alex DiFrancesco is a multi-genre writer whose work has appeared in Tin House, The Washington Post, Brevity, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and more. They are the recipient of grants and fellowships from PEN America and Sundress Academy for the Arts. Their novel All City (Seven Stories Press) and their essay collection Psychopomps (CCM) were published in 2019.
Assistant Editor: Crystal Ignatowski (she/her)
Crystal Ignatowski is an Oregon writer whose poetry has been featured in Roanoke Review, Honey & Lime, Bullets Into Bells, and more. In her professional life, she is an adoption clinician for the oldest child welfare agency in Oregon. You can follow her on Twitter: @crysignatowski
Assistant Editor: Geoff Anderson (he/him)
Geoff Anderson is originally from Philadelphia. He teaches international students English and Americans Italian. He curated Columbus, OH's first poetry show dedicated to biracial writers, The Other Box, and its first show dedicated to translation in poetry and music, Lingua Franca. His first chapbook, Humming Dirges, won the Paper Nautilus Debut Series in 2018. He is a Callaloo fellow, was nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. He's also a husband and a cat person with a dog (the last two points may or may not have something to do with each other).
Contributing Editor: Matt Mitchell (he/him)
Matt Mitchell is an intersex poet, music essayist, and 1980s horror film aficionado from Warren, Ohio. His chapbook, you & me & the pink moon & these portraits was released by Ghost City Press.
Submission Reader: Edward Sambrano (he/him)
Edward Sambrano III is a recent graduate of the University of Rochester, where he studied creative writing as a Take Five Scholar. His poetry can be found in the journals Murmur and LOGOS, and elsewhere. He currently lives near Washington, D.C., where he works in biomedical research and is applying to graduate creative writing programs. He loves cats, rock climbing, and indie music. Follow him on twitter @ItBeAngstyEddie
Submission Reader: Ben Kline (he/him)
Hailing from west Appalachian farm country, Ben Kline lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, working in access services for the University of Cincinnati Libraries. In between writing poems and telling stories, he drinks more coffee than might seem wise. His work is forthcoming or has recently appeared in The Cortland Review, DIAGRAM, Okay Donkey, Theta Wave, Screen Door Review, Chelsea Station, Homology Lit, Pidgeonholes, Impossible Archetype, 8 Poems, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, and many more. You can read more at www.benkline.online.
On-Staff Book Reviewer: Julia Beach (she/her)
Julia Beach graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa. A southern girl living in Massachusetts, she works as a freelance graphic designer and content writer in the non-profit sector. Her poems have appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Occulum, Barren Magazine, and I-70 Review. She’s a devoted collector of weird facts and a firm believer in the Oxford comma.
J. David is from Cleveland, Ohio. They love Julien Baker.
Poetry Editor : Zackary Lavoie (he/him)
Zack Lavoie graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington and is the author of the chapbook UPHEAVALS (Pond Bench Press). He was awarded the 2017 Alice James Books Director's Chair Fellowship in Farmington, Maine, is the winner of the Franklin & Somerset County Poetry Competition and has been nominated for Best of the Net. He works as a copywriter and founded Northland Creative. He is also on the Poetry staff at The Maine Review and Flypaper Lit. His work has been featured in The Shallow Ends, Empty Mirror Magazine, OCCULUM Journal, Dirty Paws Poetry Review, Longleaf Review, FlyPaper, OXIDANT | ENGINE, and on the 'memoria' podcast. When he isn't writing he can be found wandering along the banks of a lake with his dog.
Prose Editor: Alex DiFrancesco (they/them)
Alex DiFrancesco is a multi-genre writer whose work has appeared in Tin House, The Washington Post, Brevity, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and more. They are the recipient of grants and fellowships from PEN America and Sundress Academy for the Arts. Their novel All City (Seven Stories Press) and their essay collection Psychopomps (CCM) were published in 2019.
Assistant Editor: Crystal Ignatowski (she/her)
Crystal Ignatowski is an Oregon writer whose poetry has been featured in Roanoke Review, Honey & Lime, Bullets Into Bells, and more. In her professional life, she is an adoption clinician for the oldest child welfare agency in Oregon. You can follow her on Twitter: @crysignatowski
Assistant Editor: Geoff Anderson (he/him)
Geoff Anderson is originally from Philadelphia. He teaches international students English and Americans Italian. He curated Columbus, OH's first poetry show dedicated to biracial writers, The Other Box, and its first show dedicated to translation in poetry and music, Lingua Franca. His first chapbook, Humming Dirges, won the Paper Nautilus Debut Series in 2018. He is a Callaloo fellow, was nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. He's also a husband and a cat person with a dog (the last two points may or may not have something to do with each other).
Contributing Editor: Matt Mitchell (he/him)
Matt Mitchell is an intersex poet, music essayist, and 1980s horror film aficionado from Warren, Ohio. His chapbook, you & me & the pink moon & these portraits was released by Ghost City Press.
Submission Reader: Edward Sambrano (he/him)
Edward Sambrano III is a recent graduate of the University of Rochester, where he studied creative writing as a Take Five Scholar. His poetry can be found in the journals Murmur and LOGOS, and elsewhere. He currently lives near Washington, D.C., where he works in biomedical research and is applying to graduate creative writing programs. He loves cats, rock climbing, and indie music. Follow him on twitter @ItBeAngstyEddie
Submission Reader: Ben Kline (he/him)
Hailing from west Appalachian farm country, Ben Kline lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, working in access services for the University of Cincinnati Libraries. In between writing poems and telling stories, he drinks more coffee than might seem wise. His work is forthcoming or has recently appeared in The Cortland Review, DIAGRAM, Okay Donkey, Theta Wave, Screen Door Review, Chelsea Station, Homology Lit, Pidgeonholes, Impossible Archetype, 8 Poems, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, and many more. You can read more at www.benkline.online.
On-Staff Book Reviewer: Julia Beach (she/her)
Julia Beach graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa. A southern girl living in Massachusetts, she works as a freelance graphic designer and content writer in the non-profit sector. Her poems have appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Occulum, Barren Magazine, and I-70 Review. She’s a devoted collector of weird facts and a firm believer in the Oxford comma.