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Alisa Golden reads a paper newspaper at breakfast, walks her inner dog daily, and edits Star 82 Review while watching birds in Albany, CA. Her art and writing have been published in Triple #22 (Ravenna Press), Blink-Ink, One Sentence Poems, FRiGG, and others.
www.neverbook.com
www.star82review.com
Angela Townsend is the Development Director at Tabby’s Place: a Cat Sanctuary. She graduated from Princeton Seminary and Vassar College. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Arts & Letters, Chautauqua, CutBank, Lake Effect, Paris Lit Up, The Penn Review, Pleiades, The Razor, and Terrain.org, among others. Angie has lived with Type 1 diabetes for 33 years, laughs with her poet mother every morning, and loves life affectionately.
Ann N Pedone is a poet, non-fiction writer, and literary translator. She is the author of The Medea Notebooks (spring, 2023 Etruscan Press), and The Italian Professor’s Wife (2022, Press 53), as well as numerous chapbooks. Her work has appeared in The American Journal of Poetry, the Dialogist, Barrow Street, 2River, Tupelo Quarterly, and the Chicago Quarterly Review. Ann has been nominated for Best of the Net, and has appeared as Best American Poetry’s “Pick of the Week”. She graduated from Bard College and has a Master’s degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Berkeley.
Cecil Morris retired after 37 years of teaching high school English, and now he tries writing himself what he spent so many years teaching others to understand and (he hopes) to enjoy. He has poems appearing or forthcoming in The Ekphrastic Review, Hole in the Head Review, Rust + Moth, Sugar House Review, Wllawaw Journal, and other literary magazines.
Chang Zhang (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. and a current MFA candidate at Pratt Institute. They work with an array of sculptural media which encompasses, but is not limited to, wood, wax, felt, plaster, and textiles. Their works covered poignant experiences and emotions like grief, isolation and fear, transported through materiality and body empathy. Chang’s current practice has taken a special interest in textiles and soft sculpture to form a contrast between beauty and cruelty to expose and subvert systemic and social exploitation of women and their body autonomy.
Claudia Tong is an artist and quantitative researcher based in London, dedicated to storytelling and humanity. Her practice spans from landscape, architecture and illustrations to mixed media, visual computing and music. She graduated from Brown University in computer science, and has lived, worked and exhibited internationally.
https://linktr.ee/claudiaxt
Dahyun Kim (she/they) is a dancer, choreographer, and educator from Seoul, Republic of Korea currently based in NYC. She has received her B.A. in Dance and Kinesiology in Penn State University and recently received her M.F.A. In Dance at Tisch School of the Arts and and M.A. in Dance Education at Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development New York University. She has performed in works by renowned choreographers such as Ronald K. Brown, Jesse Obremski, Kaya Wolsey, Stephanie Saywell, Anna Caffarelli and Crimson Moeller, David Cartahena Lee, Yurie Ono, Guangmin Shen, Deborah G Damast, and more. She is currently a company member of Umami Playground Dance Company and Gotham Dance Theater. She highly values a culturally responsive and research based practice, and this is reflected in her own choreographies that honor her Korean heritage such as ‘수심가|Depth of Water’(2023), ‘일엽편주|Paperboat’(2023), and ‘흥|Joy’(2022). She also works with WADE Dance Inc as a Research Director aiming to contribute to positive change through her works. Dahyun’s artistry seeks harmony in this world by reaching her audience through a different lens and creating discussions on important issues in our society. She lives by the motto, ‘Our life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we should dance’.
Darren C. Demaree is the author of twenty-one poetry collections, most recently “in defense of the goat as it continues to wander towards the certain doom of the cliff”, (forthcoming from April Gloaming, February 2024). He is the recipient of a Greater Columbus Arts Council Grant, an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, the Louise Bogan Award from Trio House Press, and the Nancy Dew Taylor Award from Emrys Journal. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Best of the Net Anthology and the Managing Editor of Ovenbird Poetry. He is currently working in the Columbus Metropolitan Library system.
GJ Gillespie is a collage artist from Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island WA. A prolific artist with over 20 awards to his name, Gillespie's work has been exhibited in 63 shows and appeared in more than 130 publications. Beyond his studio practice, Gillespie channels his passion for art by running Leda Art Supply, a company specializing in premium sketchbooks. Whether conjuring vivid collage compositions or enabling other artists through exceptional tools, Gillespie remains dedicated to the transformative power of art.
Goodman Murphy-Smith is a poet and filmmaker living in Bloomington, IN, where he studies media production and folklore. His work has previously appeared in Apricity Press and the MoonPark Review.
Irina Tall (Novikova) is an artist, graphic artist, illustrator. She graduated from the State Academy of Slavic Cultures with a degree in art, and also has a bachelor's degree in design. Her first personal exhibition "My soul is like a wild hawk" (2002), was held in the museum of Maxim Bagdanovich. In her works, she raises themes of ecology, in 2005 she devoted a series of works to the Chernobyl disaster, draws on anti-war topics. The first big series she drew was The Red Book, dedicated to rare and endangered species of animals and birds. Writes fairy tales and poems, illustrates short stories. She draws various fantastic creatures: unicorns, animals with human faces, she especially likes the image of a man - a bird - Siren. In 2020, she took part in Poznań Art Week. Her work has been published in magazines: Gupsophila, Harpy Hybrid Review, Little Literary Living Room and others. In 2022, her short story was included in the collection "The 50 Best Short Stories", and her poem was published in the collection of poetry "The wonders of winter".
Jennifer Martelli is the author of The Queen of Queens and My Tarantella, both chosen as “Must Reads” by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, and elsewhere. Jennifer Martelli has twice received grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is co-poetry editor for MER.
www.jennmartelli.com
Jenny Severyn lives in Ohio with her husband. She holds a BA in English from Loyola University Chicago and an MLIS from Simmons University. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Litbreak, Eunoia Review, and Apricity Press.
Joshua Michael Stewart is the author of three poetry collections: Break Every String, The Bastard Children of Dharma Bums, and Love Something. His poems have appeared in the Massachusetts Review, Salamander, Plainsongs, Brilliant Corners, South Dakota Review, Permafrost, and many others. He lives in Ware, Massachusetts.
www.joshuamichaelstewart.com
Julieta Tetelbaum (Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a queer film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and sculptor based in London. Her artistic vision revolves around themes such as gender, feminism, childhood, violence, intimacy, functional diversity, and sexuality. Tetelbaum's short films have garnered recognition worldwide, among these: "The Misfortune of Femininity" (2020), "Wake Up! It's Yesterday" (2021), "Black Chalk" (2022), and "Joy" (2023). Her films are part of the esteemed collection of the Library of Congress of Argentina, have been showcased in prestigious museums, art galleries, urban spaces, and over 200 international film festivals worldwide. Tetelbaum supported Pedro Almodóvar at a special screening hosted at Argentina's Public Library of Congress, where her film "Joy" was presented alongside Almodóvar's "Pain and Glory." Additionally, she exhibited "Black Chalk" at renowned venues such as the British Film Institute in London, MALBA (The Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires), The Swedenborg Society, and various other art galleries and museums. She has also contributed to performances at Frieze New York and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. By challenging conventional storytelling and traditional cinematic norms, Tetelbaum's thought-provoking stories serve as a catalyst for introspection, reflection, empathy, and dialogue. Through her lens, she creates a platform for marginalised voices to be heard, actively confronting social norms, urging viewers to question preconceived notions and embrace a broader understanding of the human experience.
About the work: Joy
Julieta Tetelbaum, 2023
Short Film 35mm 4K - 11 minutes - Fiction - London
Joy is the sequel of the queer-feminist short film Wake Up! It's Yesterday filmed in New York in 2020. The film is a journey through the mind of a 65-year-old autistic lesbian who's addicted to sugar and can't stop thinking about her ex-girlfriend from youth. She lives with her partner—a mannequin that she's built to look like her ex. The tragicomic piece delves deep into moments of intimacy, loneliness, sexuality, joy, and the desperate longing to be loved. This short film is part of the collection of the Public Library of Congress of Argentina, has been exhibited in museums, art galleries, and international film festivals.
Kayla Simon is a poet and photographer currently based in Boston. She graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2023, where she majored in English with a concentration in creative writing and double minored in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Communication. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in New Square, Grub Street, Long River Review, Red Cedar Review, and The Avalon Literary Review. When she isn’t writing or reading, you can find her taking photos for her photography business or looking at the stars.
Leigh Ann Gann is a New York-based choreographer whose work has appeared at the 14th Street Playhouse in Atlanta, GA, Hatch Presenting Series at Jennifer Muller/The Works, WAXworks at Triskelion Arts, Spark Theatre Festival, 30 30 30 at Dixon Place, and the Dances at MuCCC Festival in Rochester, NY. Her evening-length work Dimensional premiered in November 2017 in Brooklyn, NY.
Louise Robertson counts among her many publications, awards, and honors two jars of homemade pickles she received for running a monthly workshop. Her poems have appeared in SWWIM, New Ohio Review, Southern Florida Poetry Journal, and many other journals. She has earned a couple Pushcart nominations and several Best of the Net nominations.
Marina Brown is a Ukrainian-American poet and Managing Editor of Bicoastal Review. She holds an MFA in Poetry from SDSU and BAs in International Relations and Russian from UC Davis, where she was editor in chief of Her Campus Magazine. Find her writing in Zone 3, The Shore, EcoTheo, L.A. Times, Poetry International Online, California’s Best Emerging Poets, Unleash Lit, and more. She lives by the sea with her two cats.
Olivia Torres (she/her) is a queer, ex-fundamentalist, biracial fangirl who hails from a small town in western Massachusetts where the potholes in the roads are so large they have now developed sentience. She received her bachelor's in English from and now works at Westfield State University, as a copywriter. Her work has appeared in journals such as the Merrimack Review, Dandelion Review, and SWIMM, among others. In her spare time, she enjoys gaming, avoiding vegetables, and playing eye-tag with the moon.
Patrick McEvoy has had stories included in various anthologies. Illustrated stories have appeared on Slippery Elm's website, Murder Park After Dark Vol. 3 and in New Plains Review. In addition, short plays he wrote were chosen to be performed at the Players Theatre as part of their various festivals in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019. And he wrote and directed short plays for Emerging Artists Theatre's New Works series in 2021 and 2022. He recently wrote and directed Coordinates, which appeared in Chain Theatre's 2023 Winter Festival. Photography has also been most recently exhibited with Exhibizone: Scenic and HMVC.
Paul Rabinowitz is an author, screenwriter, photographer and founder of ARTS By The People. He is the author of 5 books including Confluence; The Clay Urn; truth, love and the lines in between; Limited Light and Grand Street, Revisited. Rabinowitz’s photography, prose and poetry appear in magazines and journals including The Sun Magazine, New World Writing, Arcturus-Chicago Review Of Books, The Montreal Review and elsewhere. Rabinowitz was a featured artist in Nailed Magazine in 2020, Mud Season Review in 2022 and Apricity Press in 2023. His photo series Limited Light was nominated for Best of the Net in 2021. Rabinowitz’s poems and fiction are the inspiration for 8 award winning experimental films, including Best Experimental Short at Cannes, Venice Independent Film Festival, Oregon Short Film Festival, Florence Indie Film Festival and Paris Film Festival. Rabinowitz photographs with his Nikon D7000 using only natural light. His desire is to capture the raw essence and emotion of his subjects.
www.paulrabinowitz.com
Rashad Ali Muhammad is an interdisciplinary artist celebrated for his profound ability to craft vibrant and mesmerizing creations that mirror the intricate tapestry of human existence. As a queer individual navigating the complex landscape of gender identity within the African diaspora, Muhammad's art serves as a powerful tool for dismantling societal binaries and fostering liberation.
Muhammad is a resident artist at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA. His art has been exhibited extensively throughout the Washington Metropolitan region (DC, Maryland, Virginia), with other national and international exposure. He is a 2023 Art and Peacebuilding Fellow with the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at GMU. His artwork has appeared broadly in print and digital media, including the Washington Post, Kolaj Magazine, Create! Magazine, and British GQ.
Rishona Michael is a grad student at Sarah Lawrence College and the winner of the 2023 John B. Santoianni Award for Excellence in Poetry. She has been published by Vitni Review, Salamander, Sand Hills, Arrowsmith Press and more. She and her German Shepherd live in Brooklyn where they love enjoying long walks, good food, and playing truth or dare with friends.
Rosella Birgy is a poet who still manages to surprise herself sometimes. She loves old texts (in both senses--actual ancient literature and also whatever iMessages live in the archive of her phone), asking questions, and dancing when nobody is watching. Her work can be found in Overheard Literary Magazine, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Juke Joint Magazine, and more.
www.neverbook.com
www.star82review.com
Angela Townsend is the Development Director at Tabby’s Place: a Cat Sanctuary. She graduated from Princeton Seminary and Vassar College. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Arts & Letters, Chautauqua, CutBank, Lake Effect, Paris Lit Up, The Penn Review, Pleiades, The Razor, and Terrain.org, among others. Angie has lived with Type 1 diabetes for 33 years, laughs with her poet mother every morning, and loves life affectionately.
Ann N Pedone is a poet, non-fiction writer, and literary translator. She is the author of The Medea Notebooks (spring, 2023 Etruscan Press), and The Italian Professor’s Wife (2022, Press 53), as well as numerous chapbooks. Her work has appeared in The American Journal of Poetry, the Dialogist, Barrow Street, 2River, Tupelo Quarterly, and the Chicago Quarterly Review. Ann has been nominated for Best of the Net, and has appeared as Best American Poetry’s “Pick of the Week”. She graduated from Bard College and has a Master’s degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Berkeley.
Cecil Morris retired after 37 years of teaching high school English, and now he tries writing himself what he spent so many years teaching others to understand and (he hopes) to enjoy. He has poems appearing or forthcoming in The Ekphrastic Review, Hole in the Head Review, Rust + Moth, Sugar House Review, Wllawaw Journal, and other literary magazines.
Chang Zhang (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. and a current MFA candidate at Pratt Institute. They work with an array of sculptural media which encompasses, but is not limited to, wood, wax, felt, plaster, and textiles. Their works covered poignant experiences and emotions like grief, isolation and fear, transported through materiality and body empathy. Chang’s current practice has taken a special interest in textiles and soft sculpture to form a contrast between beauty and cruelty to expose and subvert systemic and social exploitation of women and their body autonomy.
Claudia Tong is an artist and quantitative researcher based in London, dedicated to storytelling and humanity. Her practice spans from landscape, architecture and illustrations to mixed media, visual computing and music. She graduated from Brown University in computer science, and has lived, worked and exhibited internationally.
https://linktr.ee/claudiaxt
Dahyun Kim (she/they) is a dancer, choreographer, and educator from Seoul, Republic of Korea currently based in NYC. She has received her B.A. in Dance and Kinesiology in Penn State University and recently received her M.F.A. In Dance at Tisch School of the Arts and and M.A. in Dance Education at Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development New York University. She has performed in works by renowned choreographers such as Ronald K. Brown, Jesse Obremski, Kaya Wolsey, Stephanie Saywell, Anna Caffarelli and Crimson Moeller, David Cartahena Lee, Yurie Ono, Guangmin Shen, Deborah G Damast, and more. She is currently a company member of Umami Playground Dance Company and Gotham Dance Theater. She highly values a culturally responsive and research based practice, and this is reflected in her own choreographies that honor her Korean heritage such as ‘수심가|Depth of Water’(2023), ‘일엽편주|Paperboat’(2023), and ‘흥|Joy’(2022). She also works with WADE Dance Inc as a Research Director aiming to contribute to positive change through her works. Dahyun’s artistry seeks harmony in this world by reaching her audience through a different lens and creating discussions on important issues in our society. She lives by the motto, ‘Our life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we should dance’.
Darren C. Demaree is the author of twenty-one poetry collections, most recently “in defense of the goat as it continues to wander towards the certain doom of the cliff”, (forthcoming from April Gloaming, February 2024). He is the recipient of a Greater Columbus Arts Council Grant, an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, the Louise Bogan Award from Trio House Press, and the Nancy Dew Taylor Award from Emrys Journal. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Best of the Net Anthology and the Managing Editor of Ovenbird Poetry. He is currently working in the Columbus Metropolitan Library system.
GJ Gillespie is a collage artist from Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island WA. A prolific artist with over 20 awards to his name, Gillespie's work has been exhibited in 63 shows and appeared in more than 130 publications. Beyond his studio practice, Gillespie channels his passion for art by running Leda Art Supply, a company specializing in premium sketchbooks. Whether conjuring vivid collage compositions or enabling other artists through exceptional tools, Gillespie remains dedicated to the transformative power of art.
Goodman Murphy-Smith is a poet and filmmaker living in Bloomington, IN, where he studies media production and folklore. His work has previously appeared in Apricity Press and the MoonPark Review.
Irina Tall (Novikova) is an artist, graphic artist, illustrator. She graduated from the State Academy of Slavic Cultures with a degree in art, and also has a bachelor's degree in design. Her first personal exhibition "My soul is like a wild hawk" (2002), was held in the museum of Maxim Bagdanovich. In her works, she raises themes of ecology, in 2005 she devoted a series of works to the Chernobyl disaster, draws on anti-war topics. The first big series she drew was The Red Book, dedicated to rare and endangered species of animals and birds. Writes fairy tales and poems, illustrates short stories. She draws various fantastic creatures: unicorns, animals with human faces, she especially likes the image of a man - a bird - Siren. In 2020, she took part in Poznań Art Week. Her work has been published in magazines: Gupsophila, Harpy Hybrid Review, Little Literary Living Room and others. In 2022, her short story was included in the collection "The 50 Best Short Stories", and her poem was published in the collection of poetry "The wonders of winter".
Jennifer Martelli is the author of The Queen of Queens and My Tarantella, both chosen as “Must Reads” by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, and elsewhere. Jennifer Martelli has twice received grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is co-poetry editor for MER.
www.jennmartelli.com
Jenny Severyn lives in Ohio with her husband. She holds a BA in English from Loyola University Chicago and an MLIS from Simmons University. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Litbreak, Eunoia Review, and Apricity Press.
Joshua Michael Stewart is the author of three poetry collections: Break Every String, The Bastard Children of Dharma Bums, and Love Something. His poems have appeared in the Massachusetts Review, Salamander, Plainsongs, Brilliant Corners, South Dakota Review, Permafrost, and many others. He lives in Ware, Massachusetts.
www.joshuamichaelstewart.com
Julieta Tetelbaum (Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a queer film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and sculptor based in London. Her artistic vision revolves around themes such as gender, feminism, childhood, violence, intimacy, functional diversity, and sexuality. Tetelbaum's short films have garnered recognition worldwide, among these: "The Misfortune of Femininity" (2020), "Wake Up! It's Yesterday" (2021), "Black Chalk" (2022), and "Joy" (2023). Her films are part of the esteemed collection of the Library of Congress of Argentina, have been showcased in prestigious museums, art galleries, urban spaces, and over 200 international film festivals worldwide. Tetelbaum supported Pedro Almodóvar at a special screening hosted at Argentina's Public Library of Congress, where her film "Joy" was presented alongside Almodóvar's "Pain and Glory." Additionally, she exhibited "Black Chalk" at renowned venues such as the British Film Institute in London, MALBA (The Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires), The Swedenborg Society, and various other art galleries and museums. She has also contributed to performances at Frieze New York and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. By challenging conventional storytelling and traditional cinematic norms, Tetelbaum's thought-provoking stories serve as a catalyst for introspection, reflection, empathy, and dialogue. Through her lens, she creates a platform for marginalised voices to be heard, actively confronting social norms, urging viewers to question preconceived notions and embrace a broader understanding of the human experience.
About the work: Joy
Julieta Tetelbaum, 2023
Short Film 35mm 4K - 11 minutes - Fiction - London
Joy is the sequel of the queer-feminist short film Wake Up! It's Yesterday filmed in New York in 2020. The film is a journey through the mind of a 65-year-old autistic lesbian who's addicted to sugar and can't stop thinking about her ex-girlfriend from youth. She lives with her partner—a mannequin that she's built to look like her ex. The tragicomic piece delves deep into moments of intimacy, loneliness, sexuality, joy, and the desperate longing to be loved. This short film is part of the collection of the Public Library of Congress of Argentina, has been exhibited in museums, art galleries, and international film festivals.
Kayla Simon is a poet and photographer currently based in Boston. She graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2023, where she majored in English with a concentration in creative writing and double minored in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Communication. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in New Square, Grub Street, Long River Review, Red Cedar Review, and The Avalon Literary Review. When she isn’t writing or reading, you can find her taking photos for her photography business or looking at the stars.
Leigh Ann Gann is a New York-based choreographer whose work has appeared at the 14th Street Playhouse in Atlanta, GA, Hatch Presenting Series at Jennifer Muller/The Works, WAXworks at Triskelion Arts, Spark Theatre Festival, 30 30 30 at Dixon Place, and the Dances at MuCCC Festival in Rochester, NY. Her evening-length work Dimensional premiered in November 2017 in Brooklyn, NY.
Louise Robertson counts among her many publications, awards, and honors two jars of homemade pickles she received for running a monthly workshop. Her poems have appeared in SWWIM, New Ohio Review, Southern Florida Poetry Journal, and many other journals. She has earned a couple Pushcart nominations and several Best of the Net nominations.
Marina Brown is a Ukrainian-American poet and Managing Editor of Bicoastal Review. She holds an MFA in Poetry from SDSU and BAs in International Relations and Russian from UC Davis, where she was editor in chief of Her Campus Magazine. Find her writing in Zone 3, The Shore, EcoTheo, L.A. Times, Poetry International Online, California’s Best Emerging Poets, Unleash Lit, and more. She lives by the sea with her two cats.
Olivia Torres (she/her) is a queer, ex-fundamentalist, biracial fangirl who hails from a small town in western Massachusetts where the potholes in the roads are so large they have now developed sentience. She received her bachelor's in English from and now works at Westfield State University, as a copywriter. Her work has appeared in journals such as the Merrimack Review, Dandelion Review, and SWIMM, among others. In her spare time, she enjoys gaming, avoiding vegetables, and playing eye-tag with the moon.
Patrick McEvoy has had stories included in various anthologies. Illustrated stories have appeared on Slippery Elm's website, Murder Park After Dark Vol. 3 and in New Plains Review. In addition, short plays he wrote were chosen to be performed at the Players Theatre as part of their various festivals in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019. And he wrote and directed short plays for Emerging Artists Theatre's New Works series in 2021 and 2022. He recently wrote and directed Coordinates, which appeared in Chain Theatre's 2023 Winter Festival. Photography has also been most recently exhibited with Exhibizone: Scenic and HMVC.
Paul Rabinowitz is an author, screenwriter, photographer and founder of ARTS By The People. He is the author of 5 books including Confluence; The Clay Urn; truth, love and the lines in between; Limited Light and Grand Street, Revisited. Rabinowitz’s photography, prose and poetry appear in magazines and journals including The Sun Magazine, New World Writing, Arcturus-Chicago Review Of Books, The Montreal Review and elsewhere. Rabinowitz was a featured artist in Nailed Magazine in 2020, Mud Season Review in 2022 and Apricity Press in 2023. His photo series Limited Light was nominated for Best of the Net in 2021. Rabinowitz’s poems and fiction are the inspiration for 8 award winning experimental films, including Best Experimental Short at Cannes, Venice Independent Film Festival, Oregon Short Film Festival, Florence Indie Film Festival and Paris Film Festival. Rabinowitz photographs with his Nikon D7000 using only natural light. His desire is to capture the raw essence and emotion of his subjects.
www.paulrabinowitz.com
Rashad Ali Muhammad is an interdisciplinary artist celebrated for his profound ability to craft vibrant and mesmerizing creations that mirror the intricate tapestry of human existence. As a queer individual navigating the complex landscape of gender identity within the African diaspora, Muhammad's art serves as a powerful tool for dismantling societal binaries and fostering liberation.
Muhammad is a resident artist at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA. His art has been exhibited extensively throughout the Washington Metropolitan region (DC, Maryland, Virginia), with other national and international exposure. He is a 2023 Art and Peacebuilding Fellow with the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at GMU. His artwork has appeared broadly in print and digital media, including the Washington Post, Kolaj Magazine, Create! Magazine, and British GQ.
Rishona Michael is a grad student at Sarah Lawrence College and the winner of the 2023 John B. Santoianni Award for Excellence in Poetry. She has been published by Vitni Review, Salamander, Sand Hills, Arrowsmith Press and more. She and her German Shepherd live in Brooklyn where they love enjoying long walks, good food, and playing truth or dare with friends.
Rosella Birgy is a poet who still manages to surprise herself sometimes. She loves old texts (in both senses--actual ancient literature and also whatever iMessages live in the archive of her phone), asking questions, and dancing when nobody is watching. Her work can be found in Overheard Literary Magazine, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, Juke Joint Magazine, and more.