The Round, Spring 2017: Issue XVI

C o n t r ibutor s Shira Abramovich is very happy with her first name.

Abby Caplin’s poems have appeared in Adanna, The Binnacle, Burningword, Common Ground Review, Crack the Spine, The Healing Muse, OxMag, Poetica, The Southampton Review, Third Wednesday, Tikkun, and Willow Review. She was a finalist for the 2015 Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Award and an award recipient of SF Poets Eleven 2016. Visit her online at http://abbycaplin.com.

Haemaru Chung, a violinist, write, and athlete, is currently a sophomore at Trinity School in New York City. He is a recipient of many writing and visual arts awards, including several Gold Keys from the NYC Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards. His works have been published in such national anthologies and magazines as Cicada and Skipping Stones.

Maddie Critz is a freshman studying Neuroscience at Brown University. She’s a little bumpkin who hails from the northernmost town in California. Her poetry and prose have appeared in local literary collections and have also been featured as best-of-show in her county fair. Her little sister is her ultimate muse.

Darren Demaree is the author of six poetry collections, most recently Many Full Hands Applauding Inelegantly (2016, 8th House Publishing). He is the Managing Editor of the Best of the Net Anthology and Ovenbird Poetry. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife and children.

Isabelle Doyle is studying writing. She has like ten hearts in her mouth.