THE EXHIBITION
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THE EXHIBITION •
‘Coffee Talk’
Marlene Wood’s iammarlenewoods@gmail.com poetry was published during the pandemic and one poem was recently accepted for the WILDsound Writing Festival. Additional work can be found at www.marlawoods.com and on social media @marlaswordplay.
‘MALORY, TWO BLOCKS AWAY’
Andrew Sarewitz has published several short stories (website: www.andrewsarewitz.com. Substack access is @asarewitz) as well as having penned scripts for various media. Mr. Sarewitz is a recipient of the 2021 City Artists Corp Grant for Writing.
‘Churros y Lucha Libre, Pan Dulce y Juegos’ & ‘Un Deseo’
Alexander Antonio Cortez is a Chicano poet, mosh pit enthusiast, and tamale lover from Sacramento, California. He is a member of GTFO Poetry and host of the Profiles in Poetry Podcast. His work has appeared in Fleas On The Dog Magazine, and Tule Review. @corteiscortez2.0 on Instagram and gtfopoetry.com
‘Forgive Me’, ‘Ashes’ & ‘Painted Turtles’
Randi Schalet
‘The First Floor Spider’, ‘The Problem With Asking For Help’ & ‘Resentments’
Maura Aradia Furtado, a New Jersey native, became enamored with poetry at a very young age and hasn’t slowed down since. She is a new writer with no prior publication history, but her passion and dedication to the art is unwavering.
‘WE KISS ATOP A MOUNTAIN’, ‘KNOTTED MESS’ & ‘PEACE IS A SONG I HUM TO MYSELF’
Jade Silva was born and raised in Hawai’i. She will soon graduate with her B.A. in English from the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, with certificates in Creative Writing and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
‘6.15.24’ & Collected Works
Ariana Eftimiu is a student at Barnard College, Columbia University, in New York City. When not writing, she is making a several-hour-long playlist on Spotify or on a long walk accompanied by a coffee and her loved ones. She has published work in the National Poetry Quarterly, Not Very Quiet, and the Columbia Daily Spectator, among other places. Follow her co-run online music and arts magazine at pottedpurple.com or catch up with her @arianadrinkingcoffee.
‘Eaters’, ‘St. Stephen's Green as a Lavender Field’ & ‘Venison’
Sarah Mengel (she/her) is a sapphic poet and English grad student from PA. Her work has been published with The Ekphrastic Review and others.
‘Creek Onions’ & ‘Damp Woodland Earth’
Frank Weber is a freelance writer from Erie, Pennsylvania. He is a published author, featured in several magazines, anthologies, books and advertising campaigns as both writer and model and is a Staff Writer for Bare Back Magazine. Frank draws inspiration from the Kerouac-Bukowski-Thompson vein, and his work encompasses a simple honesty in written word and enough of a raw edge to make people feel what they read.
‘Superman Is Dead, Long Live Superman’
Robert Eugene Rubino has published prose and poetry in various online and print journals. He's old enough to remember the Cuban Missile Crisis and smart enough to solve The New York Times crossword puzzle on Mondays (other days not so much).
‘The Oedipus Myopus Mystery’
Riley Willsey is a 23-year-old writer and musician from Upstate New York. His short stories can be found on both Half and One’s and Wordsfaire’s websites. Sporadic posts and bursts of creativity can be found on his instagram page, @notrileycreative.
‘A Surgical Poem’, ‘Black Hole’ & ‘Stay’
Marceline Campbell-Ogbunezu is a 21 year old who lives at the crossroads of multiple intersections. She is a plus-sized transgender Nigerian woman who is currently living in Middletown, Connecticut. She has been published in many journals including The Periphery, Havik Poetry, and the Adirondack Center for Writing. She also served as a guest editor for the Inlandia Magazine 2019 Teen Issue. She dreams to one day be one of the great American poets and is hell-bent on making her mark.
‘A Dog’s Wish’
John Guchemand is an MFA candidate in University of Baltimore's Creative Writing & Publishing Arts program. You may find him furiously writing and reading stories against life's sundry deadlines, while attempting to balance family and work.
‘Sand and Strawberries’
Gerald Lynch was born on a farm at Lough Egish in Co. Monaghan Ireland and grew up in Canada. His latest novel, Plaguing Jake, was published in June 2024 by At Bay Press. The Dying Detective (2020) was the concluding novel of a trilogy comprising Omphalos and Missing Children. These novels were preceded by Troutstream, Exotic Dancers, and two books of short stories, Kisbey and One’s Company. He has published numerous short stories, essays, and reviews, as well as having edited a number of books. He has also authored two books of non-fiction, Stephen Leacock: Humour and Humanity and The One and the Many: Canadian Short Story Cycles. The recipient of a few awards, including the gold award for short fiction in Canada’s National Magazine Awards, he lives in Ottawa. Website: http://geraldlynch.weebly.com/
‘Diagnosis’
Dana Johnson is an aspiring author whose writing focuses primarily on short fiction and humorous essays. Johnson is a native Kansan and a graduate of both the Emporia State Teachers’ College and the Johns Hopkins Creative Writing Program. She has spent the last decade teaching English and coaching competitive speech and debate; this has provided her the opportunity to generate much writing material and ponder the absurdities of humanity. Her other passions include cooking well, gardening poorly, and wrangling a house full of rescue animals. You can find her on Instagram and Threads @writebyaccident.
‘Accelerant’, ‘Thrum’, ‘A Simplification’ & ‘Us’
K Weber (she/her) is an Ohio writer with 11 online books of poetry. She obtained her Creative Writing BA in 1999 from Miami University. K writes independently and collaboratively, having created poems from words (& more!) donated by more than 300 people since 2018.