Issue 78 Contributors
Michelle Askin’s poetry and short fiction have appeared in 34th Parallel Magazine, GNU Journal, Raleigh Review, Pif Magazine, Penmen Review, Whimsical Poet: A Journal Of Contemporary Poetry, and elsewhere. Her work has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She lives in Northern Virginia.
Jeffrey Bean is Professor of English/Creative Writing at Central Michigan University. His poems have appeared in the journals The Southern Review, The Antioch Review, The Missouri Review, River Styx, The Laurel Review, and Willow Springs, among others, and online at Poets.org and Verse Daily. He is author of two chapbooks and the poetry collections Diminished Fifth (2009) and Woman Putting on Pearls (2017), which won the 2016 Red Mountain Poetry Prize. www.jeffreybeanpoet.com
Votey Cheav poetry has appeared in Postscript Magazine, Montana Mouthful, and Floresta Magazine. She is a Cambodian-American daughter of refugees who survived the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge. She is a trained lawyer and lover of the human condition and is interested in the collective consciousness, in the moments and memories that evoke awakening in each of us.
Caitlin Cowan’s poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in The Rumpus, New Ohio Review, Missouri Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, Rappahannock Review, and elsewhere. She holds a PhD in English and has taught writing at the University of North Texas, Texas Woman’s University, and Interlochen Center for the Arts. She is an Associate Poetry Editor for Pleiades and serves as the Chair of Creative Writing at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Caitlin writes regularly at PopPoetry.
Kyleigh Graham is an emerging writer from Bryn Mawr, PA. She is a May 2020 graduate of Penn State University, where she studied advertising, public relations, and Spanish. Currently, she works as a supply chain associate in the financial services industry. Kyleigh has been writing poetry throughout her life and is thrilled to finally share her work.
Judy Kaber is the current Poet Laureate of Belfast, Maine, as well as the author of three chapbooks: Renaming the Seasons, In Sleep We Are All the Same, and A Pandemic Alphabet. Her poems have previously appeared in Rogue Agent and as well as other noteworthy publications.
Kara Lewis is a poet, writer, and editor based in Kansas City, Missouri. Her poems have appeared in SWWIM, Pithead Chapel, Stirring, and elsewhere. She is a weekly contributor to the Read Poetry vertical, as well as a poetry reader for Longleaf Review.
Lisa Marie Oliver’s poems are featured or forthcoming in Book of Matches, Windfall, FERAL, and Literary Mama. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Dion O’Reilly has spent most of her life on a small farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Her debut book, Ghost Dogs, (Terrapin Books 2020) was runner up in the Catamaran Poetry Prize and has since won several prizes. Her work appears in American Journal of Poetry, Cincinnati Review, Narrative, The New Ohio Review, The Massachusetts Review, New Letters, Rattle, The Sun, and other literary journals and anthologies. She is a member of The Hive Poetry Collective, which produces podcasts, radio shows, and events. These days, she facilitates ongoing Zoom workshops with small groups of poets from all over the United States and Canada. (dionoreilly.wordpress.com)
Leigh Camacho Rourks is a Cuban-American author from South Louisiana, who is an Assistant Professor at Beacon College in Central Florida. She won the St. Lawrence Book Award for her debut story collection, Moon Trees and Other Orphans. She is also the recipient of the Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award and the Robert Watson Literary Review Prize. Her fiction, poems, and essays have appeared in a number of journals, including Booth, Prairie Schooner, and TriQuarterly.