Yael Kiken is a teacher and translator. She studied literature at the University of Michigan and Georgetown University, and has taught with the Prison Creative Arts Project, the New English Literature Program, Bilingual Education for Central America in Cortés, Honduras, and Georgetown University’s Community Scholars program. She teaches writing and literature at Howard University and […]

Jason Gebhardt’s poems have appeared in The Southern Review, Poet Lore, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Gargoyle, Tar River Poetry and many other journals.  His chapbook Good Housekeeping won the 2016 Cathy Smith Bowers Prize. He is the recipient of multiple artist fellowships from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. He lives in Washington, DC […]

Samantha Neugebauer is a lecturer at NYU Washington, DC, and a senior editor at Painted Bride Quarterly. She holds an M.F.A. from Johns Hopkins, a M.S.Ed. from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. from NYU.  Originally from Philadelphia, she spent nearly a decade working abroad and now lives in Washington, DC. She is the […]

Emily Holland (they/she) is a genderqueer lesbian writer living in Baltimore, MD. Their work appears in publications including HAD, Shenandoah, DIALOGIST, Little Patuxent Review, and Black Warrior Review. She is the author of the chapbook Lineage (dancing girl press, 2019) and the recipient of multiple fellowships from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. […]

RUSH OF SHADOWS is a story of the epic greed and violence of the 1850’s and 60’s in the American West. A vividly imagined historical drama of racial tension on America’s last frontier….Newlywed Mellie Pickett…develops a friendship with a healer woman she calls Bahe…..Bell’s richly textured, well-researched narrative…captures the settlers’ varied attitudes toward Native Americans, […]

Ava Stern is a sophomore at American University studying Public Relations and Literature. She calls Honeoye Falls, New York home. Besides reading, Ava enjoys building legos and visiting the monuments with friends. She is a writer for Revolution, a fashion club at American University, and a general body member of Amlit, the literary magazine on campus.

Piérre Ramon Thomas is a native of the Washington, D.C.-metropolitan area. He has been writing creatively for about a decade and a half. In January of 2022, he published The Nomadic Poet: A Collection of Poetry & Prose. Thomas is currently working on a memoir.

Lindsay Forbes Brown is currently enrolled at American University’s MFA program where she serves as Editor-in-Chief for FOLIO and Assistant Editor for Grace and Gravity. She is a Kenyon Review workshop alumnus and has work featured in JMWW and forthcoming in Sonora Review and So to Speak.

Shiany Salazar is a junior at American University studying Literature and Education Studies with a concentration in Creative Writing. At the American University, Shiany is a Core Leader for a Creative Writing course within the Department of Literature where she leads student poetry, fiction, and nonfiction workshops and supports the development of student’s literary technical skills. […]

Alejandra Galdo is a recent graduate of Marymount University and a DMV native. Her work has been published in Marymount’s Magnificat, and has been part of the editorial board. She has presented research on media representation of adolescent Latina coming-of-age stories and topics related to mental health. She is interested in exploring careers within the humanities field.