Editor-in-Chief: J. David (they/them)
J. David is from Cleveland, Ohio. They love Julien Baker.
Poetry Editor: Taylor Byas (she/her)
Taylor Byas is a Black poet and essayist from Chicago. She now lives in Cincinnati, OH where she is a second year PhD student and Yates scholar at the University of Cincinnati. She is a reader for both the Cincinnati Review and The Rumpus. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in New Ohio Review, Borderlands Texas Poetry Review, Hobart, Pidgeonholes, Empty Mirror, Jellyfish Review, and others. You can find her on Twitter @TaylorByas3.
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
Submission Reader: 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).
Submission Reader: Edward Sambrano III (he/him)
Edward Sambrano III is from San Antonio, Texas. An MFA candidate at the University of Florida, his recent poems appear or are forthcoming in Salamander Magazine, DIAGRAM, and Pidgeonholes, among other publications. He loves cats and concerts. Follow him on Twitter: @SambranoPoet
Submission Reader: Ben Kline (he/him)
Ben Kline lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, writing poems, telling stories, drinking more coffee than might seem wise. His chapbook SAGITTARIUS A* will be published in 2020 by Sibling Rivalry Press. He is a poetry reader for The Adroit Journal and Flypaper Lit. His other work is forthcoming or has recently appeared in The Cortland Review, DIAGRAM, Hobart, Juked, Vagabond City, A&U Magazine, Bending Genres Journal and many more. You can read more at https://benklineonline.wordpress.com/
Submission Reader: Zack 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.
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: Taylor Byas (she/her)
Taylor Byas is a Black poet and essayist from Chicago. She now lives in Cincinnati, OH where she is a second year PhD student and Yates scholar at the University of Cincinnati. She is a reader for both the Cincinnati Review and The Rumpus. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in New Ohio Review, Borderlands Texas Poetry Review, Hobart, Pidgeonholes, Empty Mirror, Jellyfish Review, and others. You can find her on Twitter @TaylorByas3.
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
Submission Reader: 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).
Submission Reader: Edward Sambrano III (he/him)
Edward Sambrano III is from San Antonio, Texas. An MFA candidate at the University of Florida, his recent poems appear or are forthcoming in Salamander Magazine, DIAGRAM, and Pidgeonholes, among other publications. He loves cats and concerts. Follow him on Twitter: @SambranoPoet
Submission Reader: Ben Kline (he/him)
Ben Kline lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, writing poems, telling stories, drinking more coffee than might seem wise. His chapbook SAGITTARIUS A* will be published in 2020 by Sibling Rivalry Press. He is a poetry reader for The Adroit Journal and Flypaper Lit. His other work is forthcoming or has recently appeared in The Cortland Review, DIAGRAM, Hobart, Juked, Vagabond City, A&U Magazine, Bending Genres Journal and many more. You can read more at https://benklineonline.wordpress.com/
Submission Reader: Zack 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.
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.