Jarred Mercer
Menu Current Volume Archive About Us Submit Categories Jarred Mercer Jarred Mercer (he/him) is a poet living in Massachusetts. He holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford, UK, and a masters from the University of St. Andrews, UK, and has published extensively in his academic field of religious studies. Jarred is an episcopal priest and the president of The Resettlement Partnership, a non-profit organization creating a new system of affordable housing for refugees. Having grown up in Florida, Jarred lived most of his adult life in Europe before finding a new home on the North Shore of Boston. How to Lament on a Tuesday at a Coffee Shop at 16:23 PST
Dante Novario
Menu Current Volume Archive About Us Submit Categories Dante Novario Dante Novario is a writer living in Louisville, KY. A Pushcart, Rhysling and Best-of-the-Net nominee, his poetry has previously appeared or is upcoming in Notre Dame Review, Nimrod International Journal, The Pinch, Midway Journal, KAIROS, Burningword Literary Journal, and Vagabond City. His poem “I Drink Rivers” was selected as a finalist for the 2024 Prime Number Magazine Award for Poetry. Find more of his writing on instagram @dante_novario. Instagram: @dante_novario Missing You
Rebecca O’Bern
Menu Current Volume Archive About Us Submit Categories Rebecca O’Bern Rebecca O’Bern is a writer published in Notre Dame Review, Whale Road Review, Barely South Review, Buddhist Poetry Review, Storm Cellar, Connecticut Review, and elsewhere. A recipient of the Leslie Leeds Poetry Prize, she’s also received honors from UCONN and The Arts Cafe Mystic. Find her on Twitter @rebeccaobern. Twitter: @rebeccaobern Impermanence
Angela Williamson
Menu Current Volume Archive About Us Submit Categories Angela Williamson Angela Williamson Emmert’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Cimarron Review, About Place Journal, Medicus, Prime Number Magazine, Mid-American Review, Sky Island Journal, and other places. She has been awarded the Lorine Niedecker Poetry Award and the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize and serves as poetry editor for Lit Fox Books. A middle school English teacher and former university instructor, she lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband and sons. She can be reached at awilliamsonemmert@gmail.com. Droughtgrief
Jacklin Farley
Menu Current Volume Archive About Us Submit Categories Jacklin Farley Jacklin Farley (@svvanhilda on Instagram / BlueSky) holds an MFA in Poetry from Florida State University and a BA from the University of Arizona, where they served as a reader for the Sonora Review and Online Editor for the Southeast Review. Their work has most recently appeared / is forthcoming in Gulf Stream, The McNeese Review, Aquifer: The Florida Review Online, Diode Poetry Journal, Moon City Review, and other places. They are working on their first full-length poetry collection. I’ve Lived So Long as a Dream Girl-old I’ve Lived So Long as a Dream Girl Picture of Us
James Engelhardt
Menu Current Volume Archive About Us Submit Categories James Engelhardt James Engelhardt’s poems have appeared in the North American Review, Black Fox Literary Magazine, Sheila-Na-Gig, Another Chicago Magazine, Terrain.org, Qu, The Fourth River, and many others. His ecopoetry manifesto is “The Language Habitat,” and his book, Bone Willows, is available from Boreal Books, an imprint of Red Hen Press. He lives in the South Carolina Upstate and is a lecturer in the English Department at Furman University. nsboro. A former military brat, she’s lived all over the U.S. but currently lives in North Carolina with her husband. Transfiguration
Joshua Kulseth
Menu Current Volume Archive About Us Submit Categories Joshua Kulseth Joshua Kulseth earned his B.A. in English from Clemson University, his M.F.A. in poetry from Hunter College, and his Ph.D. in poetry from Texas Tech University. His poems have appeared and are forthcoming in Tar River Poetry, The Emerson Review, Potomac Review, The Windhover, The South Carolina Review and others. His full-length poetry manuscript, Leaving Troy, was shortlisted for the Cider Press Review Publication Competition and is currently under contract with Finishing Line Press. He is an Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Picture of Us
Erica Reid
Menu Current Volume Archive About Us Submit Categories Erica Reid Erica Reid is the author of Ghost Man on Second, winner of the Donald Justice Poetry Prize (Autumn House Press, 2024). Erica’s poems appear in Rattle, Cherry Tree, Colorado Review, and more. Website: ericareidpoet.com Polishing
Ashley Hoiland
Menu Current Volume Archive About Us Submit Categories Ashley Hoiland Ashley Mae Hoiland has published two books of essays and has published poems in Potomac Review, Dialogue, Plants and Poetry, and BODY, among others. Her essay was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Mom Egg Review in 2022. She is the PTA President at the local elementary school. She is a painter when she’s not writing. She uses oils and is interested in color and texture, almost to create a small poem on the panel. Her most recent solo show was at Sundance, Utah. She received a BFA in Studio Art and an MFA in Poetry. Falling
Ashley Espinoza
Menu Current Volume Archive About Us Submit Categories Ashley Espinoza Ashley Espinoza is a writer living in rural Colorado. She received her MFA from the University of Nebraska. Her work has been published in Assay, The Forge Literary Magazine, JMWW, Reckon Review among other places. She is a nonfiction editor at The Good Life Review. She is writing a memoir about growing up with a teen mom and about becoming a single mother. Her work can be found at ashleyespinoza.com. Website: ashleyespinoza.com. Example_Poem_v16 Example_Poem_v16_resp Biological Speculation The More We Go The More We Don’t Know a Thing