About Us

Our mission is to showcase poetry by emerging, mid-career, and established writers. We publish one poet, and only one poet, a week. We welcome both traditional and highly experimental forms.

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[Editor] Angelo Mao is the author of Abattoir (2021), winner of the Burnside Review Press Book Award. His poetry has appeared in Poetry, The Georgia Review, AGNI, Denver Quarterly, Lana Turner, and elsewhere. His poetry reviews have been published in Adroit Journal, Full Stop, and The Lost Angeles Review.

[Editor] Timothy Ashley Leo's work appears in Annulet, The Cincinnati Review, Lana Turner, Nat. Brut, Narrative Magazine, and elsewhere. The Dog’s Letter, a chapbook, is forthcoming from Ugly Duckling Presse.

[Social media manager] Claire Zhou currently resides in Suzhou, China. Her poetry has appeared in Gulf Coast, Chestnut Review, Puerto del Sol, and Tinderbox Poetry Journal, among others. 

Past Staff

Ryan Boyd, Reviews Editor (Vol. III, Issue I–Vol. V, Issue I)
Robert Campbell, Poetry Editor, Reviews Editor (Vol. I, Issue II–Vol. III, Issue II)
Brandon Courtney, Poetry Editor (Vol. I, Issues I–III)
Jonas Criscoe, Art Editor (Various)
Dante Di Stefano, Poetry Editor (2016-2022)
Emily Grise, Reviews Editor (Vol. I, Issues III & IV)
Jeff Handy, Poetry Editor (Vol. I, Issue IV–Vol. III, Issue IV)
Ashley Kolka, Art Editor  (Vol. I, Issue III–Vol. III, Issue I)
Michael Loruss, Founder/Editor Emeritus
Jennifer Palmer, Art & Interviews Editor (Various)
Daniel Pecchenino, Reviews Editor (Vol. II, Issue I–Vol. III, Issue IV)
Ludmila Polyakova, Social Media Manager (Interim: Vol. III, Issue II)
Jessica Rooney, Poetry Editor (Vol. I, Issues I–III)
Lia Snyderman, Website Manager (Vol. I, Issues I & II)
Brittany Stigler, Social Media Manager  (Interim: Vol. I, Issue III)
Anna B. Sutton, Poetry Editor (Vol. I, Issue IV–Vol. III, Issue IV)
Allison Valiquette, Art Editor (Vol. I, Issue IV–Vol. III, Issue II)
Rachel Lin Weaver, Art Editor (Vol. I, Issues I–IV)

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