George Abraham (they/he) is a Palestinian-American Poet, Activist, and Engineering PhD Candidate at Harvard University. He is a recipient of the Lois Morrell Poetry Prize, the Favianna Rodriguez Award for Artistic Activism, and the honor of “Best Poet” at the 2017 College Union Poetry Slam Invitational. His chapbook, al youm: for yesterday & her inherited traumas, was a winner of the Atlas Review’s 2016 chapbook contest. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Vinyl, Apogee, Anomalous Press (FKA Drunken Boat), Kweli, Hawai’i Review, and anthologies such as Bettering American Poetry 2016, Nepantla, and the Ghassan Kanafani Palestinian Literature Anthology. You can reach them at http://gabrahampoet.wixsite.com/gabrahampoet.

 

 

Jasmine An comes from the Midwest. Her first chapbook, Naming the No-Name Woman, won the 2015 Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize. Her work can be found in HEArt, Stirring: A Literary Collection, Heavy Feather Review, and Southern Humanities Review, among others. She is an editor for Agape Editions. Currently, she lives in Chiang Mai, continuing her study of the Thai language and urban resilience to climate change.

 

 

John Chavers enjoys working as a writer, artist, photographer, and general creator. Most recently, his writing and artwork have been accepted at The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library - So It Goes 2016 Annual Literary Journal, Cream City Review, Blueline Magazine, The William and Mary Review, Camas Magazine, and The Ogham Stone, among others. He has a fascination for the diminutive, works of art on paper, and the desert. This September, he will be the artist in residence at Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas.

 

Meriwether Clarke is a poet, educator, and editor living in Los Angeles. She holds degrees in poetry from Northwestern University and UC Irvine's Programs in Writing. Her poems have recently been seen in The Journal, Juked, Prelude, Memorious, The Superstition Review, and elsewhere.

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Reno Evangelista lives in Manila, in the Philippines. He has work in or incoming to Esquire Philippines, Rose Red Review, and Outlook Springs, among others.

 

 

 

Hazem Fahmy is a poet and critic from Cairo. He is currently pursuing a degree in Humanities and Film Studies from Wesleyan University. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Apogee, HEArt, Mizna, and The Offing. His performances have been featured on Button Poetry and Write About Now. His debut chapbook, Red//Jild//Prayer, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press this fall. In his spare time, Hazem writes about the Middle East and tries to come up with creative ways to mock Classicism. He makes videos occasionally.

 

 

Malcolm Friend is a poet originally from the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. He received his BA from Vanderbilt University and his MFA from the University of Pittsburgh. He has received awards and fellowships from organizations including CantoMundo, VONA/Voices of Our Nation, and Backbone Press. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in publications including La Respuesta magazine, Vinyl, Word Riot, The Acentos Review, and Pretty Owl Poetry.

 

 

John Humphries is originally from Texas. Pausing briefly on the Ozark Plateau and along the Puget Sound, John Humphries feels the Miami Valley is a location for locking in roots. Having completed degrees in Architecture and Fine Arts in Design, he is now Professor of Architecture and Interior Design at Miami University, following a brief foray as a saucier.

 

 

Timothy Johnson is a graduate of Emerson College and a resident of the Pioneer Valley in Western Massachusetts. His works on paper have previously appeared in The Adirondack Review and The Tishman Review.

 

 

Yallie Kamara is a Sierra Leonean-American and native of Oakland, California. In addition to being the author of the chapbook When The Living Sing (Ledge Mule Press, 2017), her work has appeared in Vinyl Poetry, Prose, Pop-Up Magazine, and Amazon: Day One. She is a Callaloo Fellow and was a 2017 Brunel International African Poetry Prize finalist. She is earning an MFA (Poetry) at Indiana University. For more information about Yalie, please visit: www.yaylala.com

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Joy KMT is a poet, healer, ritual artist, and cultural commentator. She is a MacDowell Fellow and a 2016 Callaloo Fellow. She is published in multiple journals, anthologies, and magazines, including Black Quantum Futurism Volume 1 and 2, Black Girl Dangerous, The Feminist Wire, Nepantla, Adrienne, Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture, Blackberry, a magazine, Backbone Press, Fledgling Rag, Sugared Water, and others.

 

Angie Sijun Lou is a Chinese writer from Seattle. She was nominated for the 2016 Bettering American Poetry anthology and the Pushcart Prize. This fall, she will begin a PhD program in Asian American Literature at UC Santa Cruz.

 

 

 

 

Sarah Melton is a writer and radio producer from Edmonton, Canada. She studied creative writing at Brown University and has spent the last year making sounds and stories for the radio across the US.

 

 

 

 

Belal Mobarak currently works for Higher Education in NYC and is pursuing his masters in Corporate Communication at Weissman School of Arts and Sciences. As a middle child, writing is how he learned to finish his stories and poetry is how he learned to tell them with the least amount of words. You can find his work published in Columbia Poetry Review and Newtown Literary and forthcoming work in Apogee Journal.

 

 

Victoria Maung is a high school photographer from New Jersey. She is a part of her school’s yearbook and takes pictures for her school newspaper. She has received a gold key award from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and has won awards from the Ocean County Camera Club and the Ringwood Manor Art Show. She enjoys taking portraits of her friends in her free time and playing around with the softness of pink in daily life on her Instagram @victoriamaung.

 

 

Davíd Rodriguez was attracted to the art world from an early age, but his love for photography didn´t start until 2013— the year he bought his first reflex camera. Shortly afterwards, he began to train himself through several courses. While studying, he discovered new photographers, including Guy Bourdin, and a photo that fascinated him enormously. In the picture, there was a girl under the water with her eyes and mouth open. David was enthralled with this image instantly and used it as inspiration for his “Fresh” series. He did the shooting for “Fresh” taking advantage of a summer day in which the sun was at its peak.

 

Suiyi Tang lives in the scopophilic corridor. she is on haitus from her comparative literature degree from williams college, opting for an untwisted bildungsroman and an archive of ballpoint pens and lingerie.

 

 

Malcolm Tariq is a Cave Canem fellow from Savannah, Georgia. A graduate of Emory University, he is currently a PhD candidate in English at the University of Michigan. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in CURA: A Literary Magazine of Art and Action, Vinyl, HEArt Online, Nepantla, Winter Tangerine, and Tinderbox. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Brandon Thurman is a behavior analyst and poet living in Fayetteville, Arkansas with his husband and son. His poetry can be found or is forthcoming in PANK, Zone 3, Ninth Letter, Glass, DIALOGIST, Noble/Gas Qtrly, and Storyscape. He tweets @bthurman87.

 

 

 

Bianca Zhou is currently writing in the east bay is a sixteen year old artist who enjoys poetry and short story fiction. She has attended the California State Summer School for the Arts as well as the Sarah Lawrence Writers Village in New York. She is a recognized California Arts Scholar, Grand Champion of the Walt Whitman Poetry Contest of 2016, and a recipient of five Gold Keys from the Scholastic Art and Writing Contest. One of her Gold Key winning works, "The Golden Ratio," can be found in TRACK//FOUR.

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Joyce Zhou is a student at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois. Her work has been nationally recognized by the Hippocrates Poetry and Medicine Awards, The New York Times, Princeton University, National Poetry Quarterly, Penguin Random House, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, The Adroit Journal, and Rookie, among others.