Alejandro Escudé’s first book of poems, My Earthbound Eye, was published in September 2013. He holds a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of California, Davis and teaches high school English. Originally from Argentina, Alejandro lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

Patricia Canright Smith is a writer and visual artist living in Seattle, Washington. Patricia came late to writing after a life of kids, psychotherapy practice, hobby farming, and art. Her short prose has appeared in Short Story America (awarded third prize), Shenandoah Literary Magazine, Quiddity Literary Journal, North Dakota Quarterly (Pushcart nomination), Mason’s Road Literary…

Emari DiGiorgio’s debut collection The Things a Body Might Become is forthcoming from ELJ Editions. She is the recipient of the 2016 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Honoring Jake Adam York and has received residencies from the Vermont Studio Center, Sundress Academy for the Arts, and Rivendell Writers’ Colony. She teaches at Stockton University, is a Geraldine R.…

D. A. Powell’s most recent collections are Repast (2014) and Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys (2012), both from Graywolf Press. A 2016 Civitella Ranieri Fellow, Powell lives and works in San Francisco. Photo credit—Matt Valentine

Michael Overa was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. After completing his MFA at Hollins University, Michael returned to Seattle where he currently works as a writing tutor. He is a writer-in-residence with Seattle’s Writers In The Schools Program. His work has appeared in the Portland Review, East Bay Review, Fiction Daily, Inlandia, and Across…

Aditi Chandra is a junior from Bhopal, India. Her work has been previously published in Textploit, ArtRefurbish, Cargo Literary, Alexandria Quarterly, Moledro, Teen Ink, and Blue Marble Review, among others. She also serves as the Art Editor of Inklette Magazine and Phosphene Literary journal.

Lindsey Crittenden is the author of The View From Below, a prize-winning collection of short stories, and The Water Will Hold You, a memoir. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, Glimmer Train, Best American Spiritual Writing, Arroyo Literary Review, Bellingham Review, Cimarron Review (forthcoming), and elsewhere. She lives in San Francisco,…

Philip Arnold’s photography has appeared in Cerise Press, The Meadowland Review, Birmingham Arts Journal, Mid-American Fiction & Photography, and Domus. His poetry and non-fiction have appeared in The Iowa Review, Rattle, Midwest Quarterly, Sou’wester, Southern Poetry Review, The Galway Review, and apt. He is the recipient of a 2016 Individual Excellence Award (Poetry) from the…