MIRA MASON-READER
FOUNDER &
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Mira Mason-Reader is the founder and editor-in-chief of Apricity Press. She has a B.A. in English, Creative Writing and Dance from Mills College and has an M.A. in Creative Writing from University College Cork in Ireland. Mira is currently based in Oregon.
Mira is a poet and a dancer whose writing has been published in a variety of publications including, The New York Quarterly, Shō Poetry Journal, Grand Little Things, Cordella Magazine, and ELKE "A Little Journal". As a dancer, Mira has performed both her own work and other choreographers' for over twenty years. Mira is a resident artist with Fermata Ballet Collective, whose ongoing mission is to diversify ballet and deviate from the many deeply held norms within dance.
Authors close to Mira's heart include e. e. cummings, Sally Rooney, Sandra Cisneros, Dorianne Laux, Ramona Ausubel, and Jeffrey Eugenides.
MARCELO KUNA
DANCE EDITOR
Marcelo Kuna is the dance editor for Apricity Press. Marcelo holds a Master of Arts in Cultural History and Theory from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication of the Arts of the Body from PUC-SP in Brazil, having studied with Brazilian contemporary dance pioneers such as Gaby Imparato, Vera Sala, Zélia Monteiro, among others.
A classically trained singer, Marcelo became an émigré in 2018, choosing Berlin as a creative home, in order to flee the unrepentant neofascism in Brazil. As a migrant in Europe, the interest has been especially in investigating and researching the fissures between western European modernity and the knowledge of the Epistemologies of the South, often times disregarded by hegemonic scholarship as “unscientific”, and sometimes even as “dangerous”.
The artist lives and works in Berlin as an occultural scholar, practicing esotericist and performing artist.
RAE MATAGORA
VISUAL ARTS EDITOR
Rae Matagora is the visual arts editor for Apricity Press. Rae is an illustrator and designer based in Eugene, Oregon. Specializing in screen printing and painting, Rae works across various mediums and canvas types. Rae’s vibrant, playful style offers a colorful escape from the everyday, blending bold shapes and delightful absurdity into each piece.
Just like with Apricity, Rae's work invites viewers into a world where creativity doesn’t just thrive—it refuses to take itself too seriously. To see more of Rae's work, visit her website.
Artists close to Rae's heart include Robert Crumb, Wayne White, Yahoo Kusama, Misaki Kawai, and Chris Van Allaburg.