THE EXHIBITION
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THE EXHIBITION •
‘(All I know is) Resilience’
Hayden Winston is a multilingual, bisexual, Caribbean writer and activist. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in organizational leadership at UNC Chapel Hill. His work draws on his experiences growing up in Los Angeles as the queer son of West Indian immigrants. His poetry has featured in The Caribbean Writer, In Parentheses, and Terror House Press.
‘Summertime Madness’
Siyan Sienna Chen is a student writer with a focus on poetry and fiction. She serves as president of her school’s Poetry Club and has published work in school and university-affiliated journals, including translations of Louise Glück. She is also involved in literary editing and dramatic writing, with an interest in the relationship between language, performance, and emotional experience.
‘Sweep’
Camdyn Bass is currently an MFA candidate at New Mexico State University where she serves as the Poetry Editor for the graduate led literary magazine, Puerto Del Sol. She is the recipient of the Ruth Scott Poetry Award and Harris Kunz Poetry Thesis Prize. Her piece, "Put Down Your Weapons", can be found online at Poets.org.
‘Two White Lines (Closer to You)’
Saru Potturi is an Indian-American poet based in California. They received their B.A. in English from Pomona College. Saru's work has appeared in publications such as Wilderness House Literary Review and Agave Review, and draws heavily from their lived experience as a queer racialized minority.
‘SICK OF WINTER’
Zack Andresen writes fiction and poetry from his home in the Hudson Valley, NY.
‘Of Troy’
Kayleigh Tabor is a student at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she studies English literature and creative writing. Her interests include writing sappy poetry, reading fantasy novels and drinking copious amounts of caffeine. Her previously published work can be found in BarBar Poetry's "Simulacra", and Product Magazine.
‘Redacted Pages from Melinda Gates’ “Moment of Lift”’
Stephanie Segarra graduated from Fairfield University in 2014 with a BA in English with a concentration of English with all the intention of making a career out of writing. Instead, she is currently a Director of Marketing at a small consulting company. Stephanie currently resides in Peekskill, NY with her husband, two daughters, and furry son. Though her poems have yet to be published, you can listen to her lifestyle podcast, which she co-hosts with her husband, called "Sipping with the Segarras".
‘Move Me In’
Lucia Restrepo Bralley is an undergraduate student studying Creative Writing at Louisiana State University. She lives in Baton Rouge with her writing partner/cat Barnie.
‘Morning Hawk’
Sandra Hosking is a Pushcart-nominated poet, playwright, and photographer based in the Pacific Northwest. Her debut chapbook, Forces of Nature, was recently published by Dancing Girl Press. Her work has appeared in The Ana, Red Ogre Review, The Elevation Review, Havik, Black Lion Review, and more. She holds M.F.A. degrees in theatre and creative writing.
‘Drugstores’
Z. R. Jones is a father and business manager who has written poems between coffee breaks for the last decade. He believes in the power of quiet words, the hum of everyday life. This is one of his first submissions to a literary journal.
‘The Devil Is a Man With WiFi’
Rachel Koren is a writer from Michigan, currently living in Tennessee with her husband and dog. Her work traces survival, tenderness, and the strange humor of growing up in the wreckage. She writes about leaving home, learning softness after chaos, and finding beauty in what remains.
‘Arijah Wings’
Lori Zybala is a poet and writer based in Southern Ontario. She works in the world of academia, although thrives in the mystery of imagination. Her work has been published in Literary Revelations, Free Verse Revolution, Kelp Literary Adventure Journal, Wingless Dreamer, and others. You can find her at: @ecopoet77
‘Skin to Skin’
Sonia Bhojani is an NYU film student who enjoys writing in all its forms. She has written one dramatic short and one feature length satirical horror script, as well as many poems and academic papers. She hopes to become a successful author someday and is currently working on her first novel, an LGBTQ horror romance told from an unreliable, obsessive narrator. She has a poem and a paper getting published in the next year and cannot wait for her first small successes!
‘In the sharpened shadows of stained glass’
Dora Rollins teaches creative writing in an Arizona prison. She serves as an Associate Editor for the 50+-year-old incarceration-focused Rain Shadow Review literary magazine.
‘Face to Face’
Tirna Iqbal is a new poet from Connecticut, currently based in Boston, Massachusetts. Her work has not been published before.
‘a gilded view’
Chanchito Massoni lives in a garden on the moon with all Chancho's cat friends, and a couple of humans thrown in there to do Chancho's bidding. One of these days, Chancho may land on Earth. Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/sunflower_chancho