OTHER CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE:
Bill Garten
is the author of “Asphalt Heart”- a finalist in The Comstock Review’s 2017 Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Contest and he is the winner of The Emerson Prize for Poetry and the Margaret Ward Martin Prize for Creative Writing. He has published poetry in Rattle, Asheville Poetry Review, Hawaii Review, Portland Review and others. He is a graduate student in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Ashland University. He also has been anthologized in Wild Sweet Notes; And Now The Magpie; and What The Mountains Yield.
Abraheem Dittu
is a Pakistani-American poet from Los Angeles. He’s previously been published in The Blue Door Quarterly, The Squawk Back, The Song of the San Joaquin, Ascent Aspirations, Bluepepper, Rigorous Magazine, Holy Shit Journal and the Oxford Summer Academy Review.
Donny Winter
is a LGBTQ rights activist and poet from West Branch, Michigan. He received his MA in English from University of Central Missouri in May 2016 and currently teaches at Delta College in University Center, MI. He currently has publications in the Central Review and Diversity Rules Magazine.
Sergio A. Ortiz
is a two-time Pushcart nominee, a six-time Best of the Web nominee, and 2016/17 Best of the Net nominee. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Valparaiso Poetry Review, Loch Raven Review, Drunk Monkeys, Algebra Of Owls, Free State Review, and The Paragon Journal. His Chapbook “An Animal Resembling Desire” will be published by Finishing Line Press.
Alex Ewing
lives in Central Ohio. Her poems have appeared in Poetry Superhighway, Star 82 Review, Dying Dahlia and more.
Mayuri Singh
is an Indian-American and Jacksonville native who lives in Saint Augustine, Florida. She currently is pursuing her undergraduate degree in Finance at the University of North Florida. Mayuri is a lover of Hindu traditions, an amateur bird enthusiast, and an artist.
Keith Mark Gaboury
earned his M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College. His poems have appeared in such publications as Eclectica Magazine, Five:2:One Magazine, and New Millennium Writings. After spending his days as a preschool teacher, Keith spends his nights writing poetry in San Francisco, California.