Meet the Team
Fiction & Poetry Readers
Michael Isham, a later life writer, resides in Georgia with his husband and three needy canines. Following an environmental engineering career, Michael completed undergraduate courses in creative writing at Clayton State University. Michael views his published stories as his life's legacy.
Annie Powell Stone (she/her) is a fan of peanut butter toast. Her poetry has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She lives on the ancestral land of the Piscataway and Susquehannock people with her husband and two kiddos in Baltimore City, MD. <anniepowellstone.com>
Hana Wisnuardi is a writer from Dallas, Texas pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas. Her creative work has been published in Literary Veganism, the tiny journal, and Terrain.org. She has a cat named Squid, a Giant Microbe collection, and a yearning to go tidepooling.
Kathie-Louise Clarke lives in Oakland, California. Her work interrogates and illuminates the human condition, with a focus on love, loss and the beauty of the natural world. Her poetry appears, or is forthcoming in various journals including, Seaside Gothic; Tiny Seed; The Orchards Poetry Journal and The Orange & Bee.
Ella Stott is a senior at Utah State University studying creative writing. She is an editor for The Utah Statesman and the National Collegiate Honors Council undergraduate journal and an avid writer of creative nonfiction. When not reading or writing, she can be found participating in undergraduate research and dancing.
Parker Hall is a queer writer from Hamilton, Ontario. She attended Brock University for Creative Writing. She teaches writing and reads for The Word’s Faire magazine and Lit Fox Books. Her work is in Phylum Press and Brock University anthologies. She also makes content on TikTok and youtube (@parkerhallwriting).
Sara Tausendfreund is a copy editor and writer with an MA degree in English from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She volunteers for multiple creative journals, including The Word's Faire, Identity Theory, and Wild Roof Journal. Her work has been published by Every Day Fiction and Full House Literary.
Laone J. Mangwa (Also, LJ Mangwa) is a Motswana creative writer, author, spoken word poet and copy and line editor fascinated with how life mimics art and vice versa. Some of his works appear in the Kalahari Review, IBUA Journal, and Petlwana Journal of Creative Literature and the Arts.
Adam Southers is a writer and educator from Dayton, Ohio, currently working as an Academic Advisor for the University of Cincinnati. Adam loves to write nonfiction, especially pieces that deal with the state of public education. You can find his essays on Medium and read his fiction in several collections from The Word's Faire, including That's Absurd, The Garden Variety Grimoire, and Grey Matter.
Angeliqua S is a published poet and student of science. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, she often finds herself surrounded by a rich and diverse culture that has influenced her abilities in her practice. She aims to connect her desire to create with her passion for the stars.
