EDITORIAL STAFF

SARAH CLARK | EIC, Poetry Editor | They/Them/Theirs

Sarah Clark is a mad crip genderfuck two-spirit enrolled Nanticoke editor, writer, and cultural consultant. They are Editor-in-Chief and Poetry Editor at ANMLY, EIC of beestung, EIC at ALOCASIA: a queer plant-based magazine, Co-Editor of The Queer Movement Anthology (Seagull Books, 2024) and the Bettering American Poetry series, and a member of the Board of Directors at Sundress Press. They have edited feature folios for publications, including GLITTERBRAIN and Indigenous & Decolonial Futures & Futurisms at ANMLY, as well as folios on Sound Art, “Desire & Interaction,” and a collection of global indigenous art and literature, First Peoples, Plural at Drunken Boat. At Apogee Journal, they were co-editor of #NoDAPL #Still Here and their series WE OUTLAST EMPIRE and Place[meant]. Sarah is a former Executive Board member at VIDA and former Editor-in-Chief of VIDA Review, where they curated a series of essays by writers outside of the binary, Body of a Poem and the interview series, Voices of Bettering American Poetry, and a former reader at The Atlas Review. Sarah freelances, and has worked with a number of literary and arts publications and organizations, including the Best of the Net anthology, contemptorary, #PoetsResist at Glass Poetry, Apogee Journal, Blackbird, the Paris Review, and elsewhere. In their spare time, Sarah has strong opinions and is very queer. They cannot pass a Turing test. @petitobjetb.

MIN STRAUSSMAN | Translation Editor | he/him/his and they/them/theirs

Min Straussman is a writer and translator living in Paris. His work has been published in in Road Dog, beestung, Impossible Worlds, and elsewhere. He has a book forthcoming on Walter Benjamin and the connections between the spiritual and the urban environment. He is fascinated by the fragmented, the esoteric, and all things related to his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. You can find his work at mintherose.com or on Twitter @mintherose.

NOUR KAMEL | Translation Assistant Editor | She/They

Nour Kamel writes, edits, and bakes things in Egypt. Their chapbook Noon is part of the New-Generation African Poets series and her writing appears in various places including Rusted Radishes, World Literature Today, The Shade Journal and Mizna. Kamel writes about identity, language, queerness, gender, oppression, family, and food.

NICK POTTER | Comics Editor | He/Him/His

Nick Francis Potter (he/him) is a writer and multi-media artist living in Columbia, MO. He is the author of Big Gorgeous Jazz Machine (Driftwood Press), Static Gifs (Greying Ghost), and New New Animals, which was reissued and expanded by Calamari Archive Press. @nickfpotter.

KATHRYN HENION | Fiction Co-Editor | She/Her/Hers

Kathryn Henion earned a Ph.D. in English from Binghamton University, where she was editor of the biannual literary magazine Harpur Palate. Her fiction has appeared in over twenty-five journals and was a finalist in recent contests by Fish Publishing, Scribes Valley Publishing, Beloit Fiction Journal and Sequestrum. Currently she lives and writes in Ithaca, New York, where she was artistic director of the Spring Writes Literary Festival, serves on the boards of the Community Arts Partnership and Story House Ithaca, and by day is a communications coordinator for Cornell University’s College of Engineering. kathrynhenion.com

ADDIE TSAI | Fiction Co-Editor, Features & Reviews Co-Editor | Any/All

Addie Tsai is a queer nonbinary artist and writer of color. They collaborated with Dominic Walsh Dance Theater on Victor Frankenstein and Camille Claudel, among others. Addie holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College and a PhD in Dance from Texas Woman’s University. She is the author of the queer Asian young adult novel Dear Twin. Unwieldy Creatures, their adult queer biracial retelling of Frankenstein, is forthcoming from Jaded Ibis Press in 2022. They are the Fiction Co-Editor at ANMLY, Staff Writer at Spectrum South, and Founding Editor & Editor in Chief at just femme & dandy.

MIZZY HUSSAIN | Nonfiction Co-Editor | She/Her/Hers

Lancastrian born and bred, Mizzy Hussain currently resides in Scotland. She holds an Msc. in Creative Writing (Distinction) from the University of Edinburgh, taught by Scottish fiction writers/ poets Dilys Rose and Robert Alan Jamieson. In a past life, she completed an early course on memoir/creative non-fiction  (Recording the Self: an autobiographical approach) at Birkbeck College, London, taught by renowned photographer/artist Rosy Martin and the late feminist writer Berta Freistadt. This resulted in her first published short story, “Return to England,” in How Maxine Learned to Love Her Legs, an anthology of coming of age stories (Aurora Metro Press, 1995). Her first publishing achievement (a feature interview with a Doric poet) was a result of an unsolicited query/pitch to the magazine Aberdeen Leopard. Since then she has had work published in both online literary journals and in print. She was awarded Poem of the Month by The Guardian (April 2021) and is now working on her next poem, when not distracted by cat pics and dreams of living alone in a castle with hundreds of kitties. 

SG HUERTA | Nonfiction Co-Editor | They/He

SG Huerta is a queer Xicanx writer from Dallas. They are the poetry editor of Abode Press and marketing co-director for Split Lip Magazine. SG is the author of two poetry chapbooks, The Things We Bring with Us (Headmistress Press 2021) and Last Stop (Defunkt Magazine 2023), and the nonfiction chapbook GOOD GRIEF (fifth wheel press 2025). Their work has appeared in Barrelhouse, Honey Literary, Bodega Magazine, The Offing, Infrarrealista Review, and elsewhere. Find them at sghuertawriting.com, or in Texas with their partner and two cats.

jonah wu | Assistant Fiction Editor | He/They

jonah wu is a queer and trans Chinese American writer whose politics are oriented against imperialism, colonialism, and genocide, and believes that Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea. They are a three-time Pushcart nominee and winner of Brave New Weird: The Best New Weird Horror of 2022. Find his work in Longleaf Review, beestung, Jellyfish Review, Bright Wall/Dark Room, The Seventh Wave, smoke and mold, and the Los Suelos anthology. In cyberspace, he is @rabblerouses.

J.L. MOULTRIE | Assistant Fiction Editor & Poetry Reader & Nonfiction Reader | He/Him/His

J.L. Moultrie is a Detroiter and multi-genre writer who communicates his craft through words. He hasn’t been the same since encountering Hart Crane, James Baldwin & Patti Smith. He considers himself a modern, abstract imagist. Find him on Twitter.

DINO de HAAS | Assistant Fiction Editor | They/Them/Theirs

Dino de Haas (they/them) is a queer artist based in the Netherlands who makes comics and games, or comics that are games. They also write poetry and short stories that are often comics or games, too, or might as well have been. In 2021, they earned a BA in Creative Writing from Artez University of Arts. They’re the author of the sci-fi comic View. You can find them on twitter @dinodehaas.

CARSON FAUST | Fiction Reader | He/Him/Esenv’

Carson Faust is two-spirit, and an enrolled member of the Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe of South Carolina. He is the recipient of artist fellowships from the McKnight Foundation and the Jerome Hill Foundation. His fiction has appeared here in ANMLY and has been anthologized in Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology (Vintage, 2023). His debut novel, When the Living Haunt the Dead, is forthcoming from Viking.

CAITLIN MCKIE | Fiction Reader | She/Her/Hers

Caitlin McKie is a graduate of MA (Hons) French and Scandinavian Studies from the University of Edinburgh, and of MA Literary Translation from the University of East Anglia. In October 2024, she was published as a translator for the first time, in an anthology from Egg Box Publishing. Beside her full-time job in something entirely unrelated, Caitlin reads, writes, and translates at home or in cafés. Working principally from Norwegian, she is a lover of Scandinavian fiction and is drawn to stories of dis/connection and vulnerability. She spends much of her free time playing with sounds, words, and sentences; trying her best to regenerate the skillful command of language she admires so much in her source texts.

SOLANGE NEEMA | Fiction Reader | They/She

Solange Neema is a writer, performer, doula, and organizer living with their dog and dreams on Lenni Lenape land aka West Philadelphia.

ADA ONOBU | Fiction Reader | She/Her

Ada Onobu is a neurodivergent fiction writer based in Abuja, Nigeria. Her writings have appeared or are forthcoming in Isele Magazine, Paragraph Planet, and Pencilmarks Scribbles. Alongside her somewhat dreary job as a production assistant, Ada passionately explores her interests on social media. You can find her as @lafemmeidoma on Twitter and Instagram.

AISLING WALSH | Fiction Reader | She/Her/Hers

Aisling Walsh (she/her) a queer and neurodivergent writer based between Ireland and Guatemala, with work featuring in Electric Literature, Literary Hub, Phoebe, Púca, and elsewhere. You can find her on twitter @AxliWrites, Instagram @aisling_writes & exploring neurodivergence through film at autcasts.substack.com. 

CLAIRE WYSZYNSKI | Fiction Reader | She/Her/Hers

Claire Wyszynski is a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) based in South Korea, her mother’s homeland. She is a graduate of the College of William & Mary, where she studied history and international relations. Her research focuses on immigration law and its intersections with gender, public health, and the Asian American diaspora. Outside the classroom, she enjoys sharing her favorite APIA literature on her personal blog, clairefy.

FRED BANKS | Nonfiction Reader | He/Him

Fred is a writer, house husband, and dog dad. When not managing treat distribution and meeting tummy scratch quotas, he enjoys playing video games, reading, and furthering the Trans Agenda. All of his writing is compiled on fredbanks.com.

JOEFEL BOLO | Nonfiction Reader | They/Them

Joefel Bolo is a queer writer from the Philippines. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Harvard Advocate, ALOCASIA, fifth wheel press, beestung, and elsewhere.

JIE VENUS COHEN | Nonfiction Reader | They/Them/Theirs

Jie Venus Cohen is a mixed, intersex writer whose work has been recognized in or is forthcoming in the Ex-Puritan, The Minnesota Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Strange Horizons, The Foundationalist, Nat-Brut, Singapore Unbound, POETS.org, and others. Their poem THE FUTURE received a Best of the Net award in 2023, and their poem “FAIRY-CHERRY” was selected as the winner of the 10th Singapore Poetry Contest. They currently live and teach secondary ELA in Central Asia.

SIDDHARTH DIVAKARUNI | Nonfiction & Poetry Reader | He/They

Siddharth recently studied anthropology and continues to be fascinated by how the words we use form and shape categories of lived experience. Perennially lost, they are still discovering how they want to write and/or otherwise convey their experiences with queerness, settler colonialism, casteism, and human relationships that currently exists as an unverbalized jumble of thoughts. (But really, it’s simple to think about when considering the role of power.)

AMAX JIMMY | Nonfiction Reader | He/Him

Amax Jimmy holds a B.A. in English and Literary Studies from Niger Delta University and has worked as a poetry reader with West Trade Review Literary Magazine in North Carolina, USA. He currently reads CNF at Akpata Magazine, affiliated with the University of Benin, Nigeria, and poetry at Fahmidan Journal, London, UK. He also serves as Communications Specialist at the STEMHub Foundation, Ontario, Canada. Jimmy is passionate about making a difference and uses his free time for reading, writing, volunteering, and especially listening to his intuition in deep silence. He posts @AmaxKuroJimmy on Facebook, Instagram, and X.

SHRANUP TANDUKAR | Nonfiction & Poetry Reader | He/Him/His

Shranup Tandukar is a poet, writer, and researcher based in Lalitpur, Nepal. His works have appeared in the Salamander magazine, Lucky Jefferson, Riverstone Literary Journal and ASAP Art among others. Currently, he’s working on his first poetry manuscript.

leena aboutaleb | Nonfiction & Poetry Reader | She/Her/Hers

leena aboutaleb is an Egyptian and Palestinian writer, who is asking you to commit to material and tangible solidarity with the liberation of Palestine, from every fracture and ability you possess.

STEPHANIE KAYLOR | Nonfiction & Poetry Reader | They/She

Stephanie Kaylor is a Brooklyn-based writer completing their PhD in Feminist Studies at UC Santa Barbara. She holds a MA in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies from the University at Albany, and her work can be found in publications including Raleigh Review, Salamander Magazine, and elsewhere. Their forthcoming poetry book will be out with CLASH Books in 2024.

noam keim | Nonfiction Reader | They/Them/Their

noam keim is a trauma worker, medicine maker, and flâneur freak currently based on stolen Lenni-Lenape land known as Philadelphia. noam was born a settler of Occupied Palestine in an Arab Jewish family hailing from Morocco, before moving to France as a young child. They are a Lambda Literary ’22 Fellow, an RWW ’23 Fellow, a Tin House ’23 Fellow, and a Periplus ’23 Fellow, mentored by Grace Talusan. Their debut essay collection The Land is Holy won the 2022 Megaphone Prize judged by Hanif Abdurraqib, and is expected to be published by Radix Media in 2024. Connect on IG thelandisholy or thelandisholy.com.

Ìjàpá O | Nonfiction Reader | They/Them/Theirs

Ìjàpá O is a genderqueer fiction and essay writer living in and working out of Ibadan, Nigeria. They are interested in the culture and politics of queerness in the contemporary world, as well as in the tensions that occur between the young and the old. Their works have appeared or are forthcoming in the Republic journal, Yabaleft Review, and The Interpreter’s House.

GILLIAN JOSEPH | Folio Co-Editor | They/Them/Theirs

Gillian Joseph is a queer, 2-Spirit Ihaŋktoŋwaŋ Dakota storyteller and aspiring decolonial narrative therapist who grew up as a guest on Waxhaw & Catawba lands. They currently live in Berlin, and enjoy spending time near mní (water) + trying to figure out what their dreams mean.

LIP MANEGIO | Folio Co-Editor | they/he

Lip Manegio is a Pushcart & Best of the Net nominated poet, organizer, designer, & dyke. Their work has appeared in Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Puerto del Sol, the minnesota review, Tin House, and elsewhere. They hold a BFA in creative writing from Emerson College, serve as editor in chief/jack-of-all-trades at Ginger Bug Press, & are the author of We’ve All Seen Helena (Game Over Books, 2019). Find them at lipmanegio.com.

SONIA BEAUCHAMP | Assistant Poetry Editor | She/Her/Hers

Sonia Beauchamp is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant. She is a healing artist, teaching assistant, and mother of two. Her writing examines multiracial, feminist, queer identity and appears in Hawai‘i Pacific Review, Wussy Mag, Typehouse Literary Magazine, and elsewhere. You can find her surrounded by feral chickens on the North Shore of O‘ahu and at soniakb.com.

WILLOW JAMES CLAIRE | Assistant Poetry Editor | They/Them/Theirs

Willow James Claire is a trans poet from Arizona. Their work has been nominated for both the Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize anthologies, and has appeared or is forthcoming in Frontier, Protean, The Indianapolis Review, and Foglifter. Willow holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College.

ALLISON THUNG | Assistant Poetry Editor | She/Her/Hers

Allison Thung is a Singaporean poet and project manager. She is the author of Reacquaint (kith books, 2024), Molar (kith books, 2024), and Things I can only say in poems about/to an unspecified ‘you’ (Hem Press, 2025). Her poetry has been published in ANMLY, Heavy Feather Review, Cease, Cows, and elsewhere, and nominated for Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, and Best Small Fictions. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @poetrybyallison, or at allisonthung.com.

EBONY E. CHINN | Editor-at-Large | She/Her/Hers

Ebony E. Chinn is from New Jersey. She has received support from the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, The Watering Hole, AWP’s Writer to Writer Mentorship Program, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. She holds an MFA from the University of Alabama. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Obsidian, DIAGRAM, Lolwe, Frontier Poetry, Narrative, and Callaloo.

CHING-IN CHEN | Associate Poetry Editor | They/Them/Theirs

Ching-In Chen is the author of The Heart’s Traffic (Arktoi Books) and recombinant (Kelsey Street Press) and co-editor of The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities. A Kundiman, Lambda, Watering Hole and Callaloo Fellow, they are part of the Macondo and Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation writing communities. They have also been awarded fellowships from Can Serrat, Millay Colony for the Arts, the Norman Mailer Center and Imagining America. Their work has appeared in The Best American Experimental Writing, The &NOW Awards 3: The Best Innovative Writing, and Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics. They are a senior editor of The Conversant and serve on the Executive Board of Thinking Its Presence: Race, Advocacy, Solidarity in the Arts.

IYANUOLUWA ADENLE | Poetry Reader | She/Her/Hers

Iyanuoluwa Adenle is an essayist and poet based in Lagos. She is curious about how memory, time and place work, and how we navigate life with language as a witness. Her works make a conscious attempt to explore the human conditions based on grief, loss, and love. Her writings have appeared or are forthcoming in Agbowo, Banshee Lit, Maroko, Peppercoast Lit, Blue Earth Review, 20.35 Africa, Olongo, Kissing Dynamite, Lolwe, Empty Mirror, and elsewhere. 

AYLLI CORTEZ | Poetry Reader | He/They

Aylli Cortez is a transmasc Filipino poet and creative writing graduate of Ateneo de Manila University, where he received a DALISAYAN Award in the Arts for Poetry. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in HEIGHTS, VERDANT Journal, en*gendered lit, Wasteland Review, BULLSHIT LIT, and hex literary. He is based in Metro Manila, Philippines. Find him on Twitter and Instagram @1159cowboy or at ayllicortez.wordpress.com.

TRIPP J CROUSE | Poetry Reader | They/Them/Theirs

tripp j crouse is niizh manidoowag (Two-Spirit) Ojibwe, an enrolled member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. tripp serves as a poetry reader for ANMLY, and has poetry published or forthcoming in The Yellow Medicine Review, oddball magazine, Zygote in My Coffee, Grassroots, Words & Whispers, beestung, Barzakh Magazine, Tidal Echoes, and Rising Phoenix Review. Their first poetry chapbook, For Every Dead Buffalo, was published by Bottlecap Press (2024). They are currently working on a poetry collection titled Marginalia. Originally from the Midwest, tripp now calls Dzantik’i Heeni (Juneau, Alaska) home.

I ECHO | Poetry Reader | He/Him/His

I Echo is the pen name of Ghanaian-Nigerian writer Chris Baah who writes predominantly from Accra, Ghana. His works mostly revolve around masculinity, love, and connections. Dreaming of exploring the world, new cultures and new conversations, he hopes he can save the world by saving himself. He’s on X as @AyeEcho

EROS LIVIERATOS | Poetry Reader | He/They

Eros Livieratos is a Greek-Belizean writer & artist whose work focuses on the intersection of identity, aesthetics, and capital in the Anthropocene. Eros has published poetry, fiction, non-fiction, comics, photography, and film score work. They can usually be found making harsh noise & screaming in your local basement under the moniker, EROSLOVESYOU.

ASHISH KUMAR SINGH | Poetry Reader | He/Him/His

Ashish Kumar Singh is a queer poet from India with a Master’s degree in English Literature. Previously, his works have appeared. or are forthcoming in, Chestnut Review, 14poems, Bombay Literary Review, Mason Jar Press, Banshee, Tab Journal, and elsewhere. He serves as a poetry editor at Indigo Literary Review and has recently joined the editorial team at Visual Verse. You can find him on Twitter @Ashish_stJude and Instagram @ashish_the_reader.

SAM MOE | Translation Assistant Editor | She/Her/Hers

Sam Moe is the first-place winner of Invisible City’s Blurred Genres contest in 2022, and the 2021 recipient of an Author Fellowship from Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. Her first chapbook, “Heart Weeds,” is out from Alien Buddha Press and her second chapbook, “Grief Birds,” is forthcoming from Bullshit Lit in April 2023. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram as @SamAnneMoe.

MAXINE SAVAGE | Translation Assistant Editor | They/Them/Their

Maxine Savage is a translator and doctoral candidate in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. Their scholarly and creative work has appeared in TSQ, Periskop, PARSE Journal, Ós – The Journal, Seedings, and elsewhere. Supported by the AAUW, the Fulbright Commission, and the American-Scandinavian Foundation, they have collaborated with Kino Lorber, the Northwest Film Forum, Poetry Brothel Reykjavík, Seattle Queer Film Festival, and Taste of Iceland.

ALYSSANDRA TOBIN | DIS/CONNECT Column Co-Editor | She/They

Alyssandra Tobin (she/they) was grown on Boston’s North Shore. She is the author of the chapbook, Put Eyes on Me Not Like a Curse,  published by Quarterly West in 2022. Her poems and essays appear in Poetry Northwest, Gigantic Sequins, Grist, Puerto del Sol, The Pinch, and elsewhere. She is a PhD student in English at Oklahoma State University. 

RAYE HENDRIX | DIS/CONNECT Column Co-Editor | She/They

Raye Hendrix is a writer and photographer from Alabama. Raye is the author of the poetry chapbooks Every Journal is a Plague Journal (Bottlecap Press) and Fire Sermons (Ghost City Press). She is the winner of the 2019 Keene Prize for Literature and Southern Indiana Review’s 2018 Patricia Aakhus Award. Their work has been or will soon be featured in Poetry Daily, American Poetry Review, 32 Poems, Shenandoah, Poet Lore, Cimarron Review, Poetry Northwest, The Adroit Journal, and elsewhere. Raye is the Poetry Editor of Press Pause Press and a PhD candidate at the University of Oregon working in English and Disability Studies. You can find Raye on social media or at rayehendrix.com.

Mrityunjay Mithran Mohan | DIS/CONNECT Column Co-Editor | He/Him/His

Mrityunjay Mithran Mohan is a queer, trans, disabled writer of color. Mrityunjay’s work has been published or is forthcoming in The Michigan Quarterly Review, The Indianapolis Review, Oyster River Pages, The Masters Review, and elsewhere. He’s been awarded scholarships by Sundance, GrubStreet, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, The Common, Frontier Poetry, among others. He was a semi-finalist for the Copper Canyon Press Publishing Fellowship. He has worked as a guest editor, a reader, and an intern at various literary journals. Currently, he’s a reader for the Harvard Review and The Masters Review.

CHLOE N. CLARK | From The Fridge to The Frying Pan Column Editor | She/Her/Hers

Chloe N. Clark is the author of Collective Gravities, Patterns of Orbit, Escaping the Body, Your Stranger Fortune, and more. Find her on Twitter @PintsNCupcakes

OLIVIA MUENZ | Music Column Editor | She/Her/Hers

Olivia Muenz is a disabled writer from New York. She is author of poetry collection I Feel Fine (Switchback Books, forthcoming 2023), winner of the 2022 Gatewood Prize, and chapbook Where Was I Again (Essay Press, 2022). She holds a BA from New York University and an MFA in creative writing from Louisiana State University, where she received the Robert Penn Warren Thesis Award in prose and served as an editor for New Delta Review. A ‘22 Tin House Summer Workshop participant, her work has appeared or is forthcoming in New England Review, The Missouri Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Gulf Coast, Black Warrior Review, Pleaides, Massachusetts Review, Denver Quarterly, and elsewhere. She lives in the Hudson Valley. Find her online at oliviamuenz.com.

TONY PATTERSON | Get Your (Gra)fixes and (Co)mixes Editor | He/Him/His

Tony Patterson is an interdisciplinary artist who loves all things comics! Patterson’s own art practice includes nonfiction comics, graphic memoirs, and a healthy dose of surrealism. At Goddard College, Patterson studied art, music, and the humanities, receiving a BFA in Socially Engaged Art in 2021 and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art in 2023.  

jojo LAZAR | Poetic Conversations Column Editor | She/Her/Hers

jojo Lazar is a Massachusetts-based artist-writer and “Art Enabler” interested in sharing creative writing resources with all ages and communities. She holds a BA from Brandeis University, an MFA in Creative Writing, Poetry from Lesley University, and teaches writing, zine-making/collage, and ukulele around Greater Boston and online. She is a contributor of book reviews to The Somerville Times, and has been a visiting lecturer at Endicott College and Lesley University. She presented at the MassPoetry Festival (2013) on poetry and performance art, and contributed the cover painting and poetry to ‘Faggot Dinosaur;’ a celebratory collection edited by Ali Liebegott that was given a National Queer Arts Festival (2012) award. She has published collage poetry in Angelical Ravings, Zen Monster, For Sale, as well as poetry in Broad Magazine, Connotation Press, Delirious Hem, A Bad Penny Review, Internet Friends (zine), as well as her own zines (‘Niblet’) since 2005, and others. She was also the first “blogterview” writer and social media person for VIDA (2010-2011). She performs in bands: Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys (since 2008) and her own duo, Death And The Poetess. She is writing a very vaudevillian “party archivist femmoir.” @poetessS across social media – jojoLazar.com

heidi andrea restrepo rhodes | Neurodivergent & Neuroqueer Poetics Column Editor | they/them

heidi andrea restrepo rhodes are a queer, disabled, brown/Colombian, writer, scholar, educator, and cultural worker. Their poetry collection, The Inheritance of Haunting (University of Notre Dame Press, 2019) won the 2018 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. Their chapbook, Ephemeral, is the 2022 winner of the Lorca Latinx Poetry Prize and is forthcoming with EcoTheo Collective. They are a 2023 recipient of the Creative Capital Award, a VONA Alum,  and have received poetry fellowships from Zoeglossia, CantoMundo, Radar, and Yale’s Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration. Their poetry and creative non-fiction have been published in American Poetry Review, The Normal School, Poetry, and Waxwing, among other places. They currently live in California. IG: @vessels.we.are

ERICA MENA | Editor & Executive Director, Anomalous Press | They/Them/Theirs

Erica Mena is a Puerto Rican poet, translator, and book artist. Their book Featherbone (Ricochet Editions, 2015) won a 2016 Hoffer First Horizons Award. Their translation of the classic Argentine sci-fi graphic novel The Eternaut (Fantagraphics, 2015) won a 2016 Eisner Award. They holds an MFA in Poetry from Brown University, an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Iowa, and an M.Phil in Culture and Criticism from the University of Cambridge. They are a visiting lecturer in poetry and book arts at Brown University. Follow them on Instagram, Tumblr, or at acyborgkitty.com.

GENEVIEVE PFEIFFER | Assistant Director | They/Them/Theirs

Genevieve Pfeiffer is curating a folio on reproductive justice and its intersections (they urge you to submit). They are a writer and poet, and facilitate workshops with survivors of sexual assault and harassment. Their work is forthcoming or has been published in Erase the Patriarchy, Juked, So to Speak, Stone Canoe, and more. They oscillate between NYC and the mountains, and you can find them where there are trees. Genevieve blogs about outdoor wanderings and herbal birth control’s intersections with witches, colonization, and personal and bioregional health at: medium.com/@GenevieveJeanne.