Christine Barkley is an Irish-American writer based in the Pacific Northwest. Her poems and personal essays have appeared in Manhattan Review, The Journal, Massachusetts Review, Grain, The Indianapolis Review, Hole In The Head Review, Salamander, The Shore, Rust & Moth, Little Patuxent Review, and The Pinch, among others. She is a poetry reader for TriQuarterly and The Maine Review. christinebarkley.wordpress.com

Retired Anthropology Professor Elizabeth Bird published many academic articles and seven books before turning to creative writing, and now writes creative nonfiction. Her work appears in Under the Sun (winner, Readers' Choice Award 2022), Tangled Locks, Biostories, Streetlight, Dorothy Parker's Ashes, HerStry, The Guardian, Mutha Magazine, 3Elements Review, Heimat Review, Witcraft, and elsewhere. Her essay, "Interlude: 1941," was named a Notable in Best American Essays 2023. www.lizbirdwrites.com

Sara Burge is the author of Apocalypse Ranch (C&R Press), and her poetry has appeared in or is forthcoming from Virginia Quarterly Review, Willow Springs, Prairie Schooner, Phoebe, The South Carolina Review, CALYX Journal, The Louisville Review, River Styx, and elsewhere. She received her MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and is the Poetry Editor of Moon City Review. www.saraburge.com

Jim Daniels' latest fiction book, The Luck of the Fall, was published by Michigan State University Press. His most recent poetry collections include The Human Engine at Dawn (Wolfson Press), Gun/Shy (Wayne State University Press), and Comment Card (Carnegie Mellon University Press). His first book of nonfiction, Ignorance of Trees, is forthcoming from Cornerstone Press. A native of Detroit, he currently lives in Pittsburgh and teaches in the Alma College low-residency MFA program. jrdetroit56@gmail.com

Julianne Di Nenna is the author of Girl in Tulips (Fernwood Press). Her poems, essays, and short stories have appeared in: Literary Mama, Rattle, Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, Rise Up Review, and elsewhere. juliannedinenna.wordpress.com

Meredith Davies Hadaway is the author of four poetry collections, most recently Small Craft Warning, a collaborative volume with artist Marcy Dunn Ramsey. The poem in this issue is the title poem of her fifth collection, [Among the many disappearing things], forthcoming in fall 2024 from Grayson Books. Poetry Editor Emerita of The Summerset Review, she is currently the Sophie Kerr Poet-in-Residence at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. mhadaway2@washcoll.edu

Ben Leib has a Master's degree in literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a teaching credential in English. His work has been published in over three dozen literary magazines, the most recent being Emrys and Little Patuxent Review. He also has a Bachelor's degree in Marine Transportation, and happily works at sea five weeks out of every ten. benleib.com/about/

Ellie Rose Mattoon (she/her) grew up in Austin, Texas and is a medical student at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Her work has previously been published in JSTOR Daily, The Xylom, and proto.life, and her writing has received support from the Journal of Adolescent Health, the Louis Azrael Scholarship, and the Meg Walsh Fellowship. She still listens to Don Edwards when she feels homesick. Twitter/X: @ermattoon

John A. Nieves has poems forthcoming or recently published in Hopkins Review, Iowa Review, American Poetry Review, 32 Poems, and Southern Review. He won the Indiana Review Poetry Contest, and his first book, Curio, won the Elixir Press Annual Poetry Award Judge's Prize. He is associate professor of English at Salisbury University and an editor of The Shore Poetry. john.a.nieves@gmail.com

Annie Stenzel (she/her) is a lesbian poet whose poems have appeared in Atlanta Review, Gargoyle, Kestrel, On the Seawall, Rust + Moth, SWWIM, and elsewhere. She is the author of Don’t misplace the moon (Kelsay Books) and a poetry editor for West Trestle Review. She lives on unceded Ohlone land within walking distance of the San Francisco Bay. www.anniestenzel.com