Caroline Plasket
Caroline Plasket’s poems have been published or are forthcoming in WomenArts Quarterly Journal, Rise Up Review, The Tishman Review, and The Hollins Critic, among others. She was a fall 2016 mentee in the AWP Writer to Writer Program. She lives in the Cincinnati area. Photo credit
Read MoreLaurinda Lind
Laurinda Lind keeps adding insulation in New York’s North Country in the U.S. In honor of Compose Journal, here are her publications/acceptances that start with C: Chautauqua, Chiron Review, Cokefish, Cold Mountain Review, Coldnoon, Communion, Comstock Review, Conclave, Constellations, The Cortland Review, and Corvus Review.
Read Morenicole v basta
nicole v basta is the co-founder of the Brooklyn-based art collective/performance night “Say Yes.” Her chapbook ‘V’ was the winner of The New School’s 2016 annual contest and will be published in the fall of 2017. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Compose, Forth, The Gravity of the Thing, Crosswinds Poetry Journal, Public Pool, Juked, Canary, and…
Read MoreIris Anixter
Iris Anixter is a former poet and photographer turned essayist, who hopes to soon be retired from the non-profit sector. Her non-fiction has appeared in Hippocampus. You can reach her at irisanixter@gmail.com.
Read MoreStephanie Dickinson
Stephanie Dickinson, an Iowa native, lives in New York City. Her novel Half Girl and novella Lust Series are published by Spuyten Duyvil, as is her Love Highway based on the 2006 Jennifer Moore murder. Her other books include Port Authority Orchids, Heat: An Interview with Jean Seberg, The Emily Fables (ELJ Publications), and Flashlight…
Read MoreWilliam C. Crawford
William C. Crawford is a writer & photographer based in Winston-Salem, NC. He was a combat photojournalist in Vietnam. He has published extensively in various formats including fiction, creative nonfiction, memoirs, book reviews, and essays. He had a parallel career as a social worker and community organizer. There, he wrote biting editorials on behalf of…
Read MoreJulie Paul
Julie Paul is the author of three books: two collections of short fiction, The Jealousy Bone (Emdash, 2008) and The Pull of the Moon (Brindle & Glass, 2014) and the poetry collection, The Rules of the Kingdom (MQUP, 2017). The Pull of the Moon was awarded both an IPPY award and the Victoria Book Prize…
Read MoreCathie Sandstrom
Cathie Sandstrom’s work has appeared in The Southern Review (and TSR Audio Gallery), Ploughshares, Ekphrasis, Cider Press Review, Comstock Review, and Lyric, among others, and is published by the Academy of American Poets on poets.org. Anthologies include Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond. A poem and essay appear in The Poetry Mystique. Her…
Read MoreLinda Ryma
Linda Ryma is a landscape photographer residing in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Accredited in Nature, Botanical, and Night Photography by the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC), Linda considers all of Northwestern Ontario and Northern Minnesota to be her canvas. In addition, she is the official photographer for James Boraski & MomentaryEvolution, a local blues band.
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