Issue 110 Contributors
Laurel Benjamin holds an MFA from Mills College. She has work forthcoming or published in Lily Poetry Review, Pirene's Fountain, The Shore, Sheila-Na-Gig, Mom Egg Review. She is a reader for Common Ground Review and has featured in the Lily Poetry Salon. Her work has been nominated for Best of the Net and a Pushcart Prize and she was a finalist for the Cider Press Review Prize.
Juliet Cook poetry has appeared in many print and online publications. She's the author of numerous poetry chapbooks, recently including red flames burning out (Grey Book Press, 2023), Contorted Doom Conveyor (Gutter Snob Books, 2023), and Your Mouth is Moving Backwards (Ethel Zine & Micro Press, 2023). Another new poetry chapbook, REVOLTING, is forthcoming from Cul-de-sac of Blood in 2024. Her most recent full-length book, Malformed Confetti was published by Crisis Chronicles Press in 2018.
Erica Dawson is the author of three books of poetry, most recently, When Rap Spoke Straight to God (Tin House, 2018). Her poems have appeared in Best American Poetry, Nelle, Orion, The Believer, The Common, VQR, and other journals and anthologies. She lives in the Baltimore-D.C. area with her shih-tzu, Stella. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter at @ericadawsonpoet.
Melissa Eleftherion (she/they) is a writer, a librarian, and a visual artist. Born & raised in Brooklyn, they are the author of the full-length poetry collections, field guide to autobiography (The Operating System, 2018), & gutter rainbows (Querencia Press, 2024), as well as twelve chapbooks including abject sutures (forthcoming from above/ground press, 2024). Melissa now lives in Northern California where she manages the Ukiah Branch Library, curates the LOBA Reading Series, and serves as Poet Laureate Emeritus of the City of Ukiah. Recent work is available at www.apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com.
Elliott KB is a nonbinary writer and translator based in Paris. The recipient of the Gigantic Sequins Poetry Award of 2021 judged by Arisa White, and nominated for Best of the Net in fall 2022, their work has been published in ANOMALY, Asymptote, Jet Fuel Review, Indigo Literary, Rust + Moth, among others.
Diane LeBlanc is a writer, teacher, and book artist with roots in Vermont, Wyoming, and Minnesota. She is the author of The Feast Delayed (Terrapin Books, 2021) and four poetry chapbooks. Poems, essays, and reviews appear in Bellevue Literary Review, Cimarron Review, Mid-American Review, Southern Humanities Review, and Sweet Lit among others. Diane is a holistic life coach with emphasis in creativity practice. She is a professor and writer in residence at St. Olaf College. Read more at www.dianeleblancwriter.com .
Stephen C. Middleton is a writer working in London, England. He has had five books published, including A Brave Light (Stride) and Worlds of Pain / Shades of Grace (Poetry Salzburg). He has been in several anthologies, including Paging Doctor Jazz (Shoestring), & From Hepworth’s Garden Out (Shearsman, 2010) For several years he was editor of Ostinato, a magazine of jazz and jazz related poetry, and The Tenormen Press. He has been in magazines worldwide.
Maria Richardson is a bilingual writer and educator born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico, and currently living in Mexico City. She holds a BA in Humanities from Yale and an MFA in poetry from The New School. She’s an advocate for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and other complex chronic illnesses.
Dawn Stahura is a poet and artist from Salem, Massachusetts. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and appears in such journals as the Comstock Review and Rhino. She has written and published over 30 zines. She is currently pursuing a MA in English at Salem State University. Find her at www.dawnstahura.com.
Laura Grace Weldon lives in a township too tiny for traffic lights where she works as a book editor, teaches writing workshops, serves as Braided Way editor, and chronically maxes out her library card. Laura was Ohio’s 2019 Poet of the Year and is the author of four books.