Issue 79 Contributors
Richelle Buccilli’s work has appeared in Rattle, The Main Street Rag, Sweet Tree Review, Yes Poetry, and Rogue Agent, among others. She was a finalist in SWWIM's "SWWIM For-the-Fun-of-It" Contest for her poem, “Self-Portrait with Acorns.” She lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and son and is expecting her second child this Fall.
Sossity Chiricuzio is a fat femme outlaw poet, a working class crip storyteller. A Lambda Fellow, the CNF Editor for Gertrude Press, and half of the performance duo Sparkle & truth, they are the author of the memoir Honey & Vinegar: Recipe for an Outlaw, and are found in places like The Rumpus, Stirring, Salty, Pulp, Lunch Ticket, Rooted in Rights, Vox Viola, and Crab Fat. More info at: sossitywrites.com, and on social media @sossitywrites.
Abril Garcia-Linn is a proud Chicana from San Antonio, Texas. She is an artist, writer, performer, teacher and mother. She has worked teaching sewing classes and ESL to immigrants and refugees for the past 10 years. She is a founding member of the poetry/performance group Women of Ill Repute:Refute. Her poems are published in several anthologies. Her original play “The Altar” was showcased at the San Antonio Museum of Art in 2019.
Maurice Moore is currently a doctoral Performance Studies Candidate at the University of California-Davis. His creative work has appeared in Existere Journal, bozalta Collective, Harbor Review, Rigorous, Harpy Hybrid Review, Wicked Gay Ways, and Storm Cellar Journal. Lastly, he has exhibited at the Medford Arts Center in New Jersey, Memorial Union Gallery in Fargo North Dakota, the International House Davis (I-House) in Davis California, Christina Ray Gallery in Soho New York.
Heather Pease’s book of poetry is Out of the Weeds. Her poetry centers on mental health, feminism, self-acceptance, healing, and aims to make people think about subjects often stigmatized through society. Her work has appeared in various print anthologies and lit journals. She lives in Southern California.
Vismai Rao’s poems appear or are forthcoming in Salamander, Indianapolis Review, RHINO, Rust + Moth, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Pithead Chapel, Psaltery & Lyre, West Trestle Review, and elsewhere. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and the Orison Anthology. She serves as Poetry Editor for The Night Heron Barks.
Juanita Rey is a Dominican poet who has been in this country five years. Her work has been published in Pennsylvania English, Opiate Journal, Petrichor Machine, and Porter Gulch Review.
Federica Santini lives in Atlanta, GA, and teaches at Kennesaw State University. She holds an MA from the University of Siena, Italy, and a PhD from UCLA. Her work has been published widely in North America and Europe. She is a 2021 Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writing Fellow. Her chapbook, Unearthed, is forthcoming with Kelsay Books.
Eye Sinkhole Tabitha III was named after an egg. She has touched every item at Trader Joe's and she flosses her teeth regularly. You can send love letters to her at eyesinkholetabitha3@gmail.com.
Cassandra Whitaker (they/them) is a trans writer from Virginia. Their work is forthcoming or has been published in Conjunctions, Foglifter, Whale Road Review, Beestung, Evergreen Review, Hobart, and other places. They are a member of the National Book Critics Circle.