Contributors’ Notes Review, Talisman, Vinyl, and elsewhere. She currently lives in Lexington, Virginia, where she teaches creative writing, studio art, and American literature. Mark Anthony Cayanan is from the Philippines, where they’ve published two poetry books: Narcissus and Except you enthrall me. They obtained their MFA from the University of Wisconsin Madison and are currently a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide. New work has appeared or is forthcoming in Miracle Monocle, Kritika Kultura, Cordite, Foglifter, and Lana Turner. A recipient of fellowships to Civitella Ranieri and Villa Sarkia, they teach literature and creative writing at the Ateneo de Manila University. Born in Oahu, Hawaii, Babette Cieskowski has lived in southern Florida, Kitzingen, Germany, and central Texas. She currently lives in Columbus, Ohio, where she earned her MFA in Poetry from The Ohio State University. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Compose, Qu, the minnesota review, Day One, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, The Laurel Review, Frontier Poetry, and others. Dana Curtis’s third full-length collection of poetry, Wave Particle Duality, was recently published by blazeVOX Books. Her second collection, Camera Stellata, was published by CW Books, and her first book, The Body’s Response to Famine, won the Pavement Saw Press Transcontinental Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in such publications as Hotel Amerika, Indiana Review, Colorado Review, and Prairie Schooner. She has received grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the McKnight Foundation. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Elixir Press and lives in Denver, Colorado. Susan de Sola’s “Buddy” won the 2018 Frost Farm Prize for Metrical Poetry. Her work has appeared in many publications and anthologies, including Best American Poetry 2018. She is a past recipient of the David Reid Poetry Translation Prize. She holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins University, and is the author of numerous critical essays. Her collection, Frozen Charlotte, is forthcoming this spring from Able Muse Press. Chelsea Dingman’s first book, Thaw, was chosen by Allison Joseph to win the National Poetry Series (University of Georgia Press). Her second poetry collection, Through a Small Ghost, won The Georgia Poetry Prize and is forthcoming from the University of Georgia Press (2020). She is also the author of the chapbook What Bodies Have I Moved (Madhouse Press) and has won prizes such as: The Southeast Review’s Gearhart Poetry Prize, Sycamore Review’s Wabash Prize, Water-stone Review’s Jane Kenyon Poetry
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