Poetry
Dastardly
Weston Richey is a writer and academic. Weston earned a BA in philosophy and English from New York University and an MFA in creative writing from Rutgers University—Newark, and is now a PhD student in English at The University of Texas at Austin. Weston’s work has appeared elsewhere in Pigeon Pages, Strange Horizons, and FreezeRay Poetry.
A Man of My Own Sex
Weston Richey is a writer and academic. Weston earned a BA in philosophy and English from New York University and an MFA in creative writing from Rutgers University—Newark, and is now a PhD student in English at The University of Texas at Austin. Weston’s work has appeared elsewhere in Pigeon Pages, Strange Horizons, and FreezeRay Poetry.
Sometimes I Am Too Impatient for Poetry and Also for Sex
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J. Bailey Hutchinson is a poet from Memphis, Tennessee. Her debut collection, Gut, won the 2022 Miller Williams Poetry Prize. She is an associate editor at Milkweed Editions, and her work can be found in Muzzle Magazine, Beloit Poetry Journal, Ninth Letter, and more. A complete list of her work can be found at jbaileyhutchinson.com
The Moonshine Economy
Jake Goldwasser is a poet and cartoonist based in Brooklyn. You can find his poetry in The Spectacle, The Meadow, and elsewhere. His cartoon work has appeared in The New Yorker, Weekly Humorist, and elsewhere. He is a New Jewish Culture Fellow for the 2020-2021 cycle, for which he is teaching a graphic memoir seminar. You can find him on Instagram at @jakegoldwasser.
The Weather in Brooklyn
Jake Goldwasser is a poet and cartoonist based in Brooklyn. You can find his poetry in The Spectacle, The Meadow, and elsewhere. His cartoon work has appeared in The New Yorker, Weekly Humorist, and elsewhere. He is a New Jewish Culture Fellow for the 2020-2021 cycle, for which he is teaching a graphic memoir seminar. You can find him on Instagram at @jakegoldwasser.
Alien Abduction Insurance
Corey Ginsberg’s prose and poetry have appeared in such publications as The Fiddlehead, Yemassee, Third Coast, and The Gettysburg Review. Corey enjoys eating spaghetti, spoiling her dachshunds, and listening to The Beatles.
GRIST POETRY
At First There Was Nothing
Joe Woodward lives and works in Claremont, California. He is the author of ALIVE INSIDE THE WRECK: A Biography of Nathanael West (O/R Books, New York) and a four-time finalist and two-time winner of a Los Angeles Press Club Award. His work is forthcoming or has appeared in Brick, Carve, The Chariton Review, Columbia Poetry Review, The Greensboro Review, New Ohio Review, Passages North and elsewhere. He received his MFA from Brooklyn College and is online at www.joewoodward.net.
Tilting
Joe Woodward lives and works in Claremont, California. He is the author of ALIVE INSIDE THE WRECK: A Biography of Nathanael West (O/R Books, New York) and a four-time finalist and two-time winner of a Los Angeles Press Club Award. His work is forthcoming or has appeared in Brick, Carve, The Chariton Review, Columbia Poetry Review, The Greensboro Review, New Ohio Review, Passages North and elsewhere. He received his MFA from Brooklyn College and is online at www.joewoodward.net.
Our Lady of the Fallow
Megan Neville (she/her) is a writer and educator based in Cleveland, Ohio. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Academy of American Poets (Poets.org), Cherry Tree, West Branch, Pleiades, Wildness, McSweeney’s, and elsewhere. Her full-length poetry collection The Fallow will be published by Trio House Press in 2022. She is an editorial assistant for Split Lip Magazine, and you can find her on Twitter @MegNev.
After All, I Promised to Read St. Augustine
Megan Neville (she/her) is a writer and educator based in Cleveland, Ohio. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Academy of American Poets (Poets.org), Cherry Tree, West Branch, Pleiades, Wildness, McSweeney’s, and elsewhere. Her full-length poetry collection The Fallow will be published by Trio House Press in 2022. She is an editorial assistant for Split Lip Magazine, and you can find her on Twitter @MegNev.
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