Leonard Gontarek’s books of poems include, He Looked Beyond My Faults and Saw My Needs, Déjà vu Diner, and Zen For Beginners. His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Field, Verse, Fence, Handsome, The Awl, and The Best American Poetry. He was the 2011 Philadelphia Literary Death Match Champion. He is a foremost translator […]
Contributors
Casey Fagan
Casey Fagan is a recent graduate of the MFA program in poetry at the University of Alabama. She lives in Birmingham.
Amy Eisner
Amy Eisner teaches creative writing and literature at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. Her poems have recently appeared in The Alembic, Hiram Poetry Review, New Delta Review, Permafrost, Poet Lore, and other good reads.
Ben Drinen
Ben Drinen is from Wickenburg, Arizona. He spent his youth hitching rides on ships and in cars, sleeping under benches, and working odd jobs across the country and down in the Caribbean. Now he works a job by day and writes novels and short stories. When he can, he also does a story slam or […]
Christine Chiosi
Retiring early from the practice of medicine, Christine Chiosi now spends her time writing poetry and short fiction. She recently returned from South America where she taught English and completed a collection of bilingual poems. Her poetry appears in Carpe Articulum, Cloudbank, Sierra Nevada Review, and was featured on-air by National Public Radio. Dr. Chiosi’s […]
Elizabeth Bodi
Elizabeth Bodi is a poetry MFA student and Graduate Teaching Assistant at George Mason University and currently lives in Fairfax, VA. Her work can be seen in Booth and is forthcoming in Sou’Wester and Cobalt.