Issue 95 Contributors
Peggy Heitmann has published poems in Words & Whispers, The Curator, and Snapdragon: A Journal of Healing, among others. She considers herself both word & visual artist. Before she retired, Peggy worked in the human services field with mental health clients, homeless men, and adults with autism. Peggy lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and their two cats.
M.A. Hoak is a neurodiverse, chronically-ill, domestic violence survivor. She has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her poetry can be found in Saw Palm, The Rumpus, Blanket Sea and Culturework Magazine.
Rogan Kelly is the author of the chapbook Demolition in the Tropics (Seven Kitchens Press, 2019). His work has appeared in New Orleans Review, The Penn Review, Plume, RHINO, and elsewhere. He is the editor of The Night Heron Barks and Ran Off With the Star Bassoon.
Kristin LaFollette is a writer, artist, and photographer and serves as the Art Editor at Mud Season Review. She is the author of Hematology (winner of the 2021 Harbor Editions Laureate Prize) and Body Parts (winner of the 2017 GFT Press Chapbook Contest). She received her Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University and is a professor at the University of Southern Indiana. Learn more about her work at kristinlafollette.com.
Erin Mizrahi (she/they) is a writer, collaborator, artist and co-founder of Cobra Milk, a multimedia literary and arts journal. A Pushcart nominee and recipient of fellowships from Asylum Arts and the Institute for Jewish Creativity, they hold a PhD in Comparative Literature, Media and Culture. Their writing has appeared in Maudlin House, Ginger Zine, GASHER Journal and elsewhere. twitter @erinmizrahi // instagram @wildsojourn
Nweke Benard Okechukwu (he/him) is a Nigerian poet from Ebonyi State. He's the award winner of the 2022 Neptune Prime poetry prize. A Mass Communication student at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. His works have appeared and or are forthcoming in West Trade Review, Querencia Press LLC 2022 anthology, Ballast Journal, Mad Swirl, Threposs 2022 anthology, Kalahari Review, World Voices Magazine, Eboquils, & elsewhere. Twitter: @romeobenokechukwu.
Catherine Rockwood is a poet and independent scholar based in Massachusetts. Poems in or forthcoming from The Ilanot Review, Moist Poetry Journal, Contrary Magazine, Reckoning Magazine, Scoundrel Time, and elsewhere. Her chapbook, Endeavors to Obtain Perpetual Motion, is available from the Ethel Zine Press.
Angel Rosen (she/her) is a queer, neurodivergent poet who spends her free time reading, writing and watching documentaries. She is the author of two poetry collections, Aurelia and Blake. Angel's writing tends to focus on the themes of otherness and taking up space. Find more of Angel's work at angelrosen.com.
Mitali Khanna Sharma (she/her) is a Punjabi-American interdisciplinary writer and editor, multi-media artist, and sporadic agroecologist. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Peach Mag, Five:2:One, Wordgathering, Cc: Zine, Cobra Milk, A Velvet Giant, and elsewhere. She is currently editing Şerābi, a zine-anthology on religion, culture, and nationalism in South/west Asia and advising a student journal at the University of Michigan. Explore more of her practice at mitalikhannasharma.com or on Instagram, @mitalikhannasharma.
Richelle Slota (formerly Richard) is a transgender woman who writes novels, non-fiction, plays and poetry. Her novel, Stray Son, and a non-fiction book, Captive Market: Commercial Kidnapping Stories from Nigeria, were published recently. She lives in San Francisco. Her short play, We All Walk in Shoes Too Small was produced at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London.
Janell Turley (she/her) is a lesbian ex mormon interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. Moving through figure drawing, sculpture, painting, photography, and printmaking, Janell's work often explores bodies, queer identity, and creation as connection to self.