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Poem: “Secret Satan”
Poet: Sarah Ziman (Web, X/Twitter, Bluesky, IG)
Bio: Sarah Ziman is a poet from the South Wales valleys, now living in Hertfordshire. Her poems for adults can be found in pamphlets by Candlestick Press, and her first collection for children will be published by Troika Books in February 2024. 

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Poems: “WE-GENICS,” “Cross Section”
Poet: Jacob R. Moses (Web, IG, FB)
Bio: Jacob R. Moses is a poet and spoken word artist from Staten Island, NY. Publications featuring his work span 18 countries. He is the author of the full length poetry book, Grimoire (iiPublishing, 2021).

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Poems: “The Library of Water,” “Exile”
Poet: Terry Ann Wright (Web, X/Twitter)
Bio: Terry Ann Wright’s poem “Juniper Tree” was longlisted for the 2022 Sappho Prize and appears in her 2023 chapbook Mädchen, from dancing girl press. Recent poems appear in Bear Flag Review, a moon of one’s own, The Hyacinth Review, Ghost Girls, and The Shore; previously in anthologies by Cadence Collective, Sadie Girl Press, and Picture Show Press; and chapbooks mad honey (2018) by dancing girl press and Nature Studies (2015) by Sadie Girl Press, whose title poem was her third Pushcart Prize nomination.

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Poems: “Furious Cleaning,”* “Middle School Science Class,”**
Poet: Dustin Brookshire (Web, X/Twitter)
Bio: Dustin Brookshire (he/him) is the author of the chapbooks Never Picked First For Playtime (Harbor Editions, March 2023), Love Most Of You Too (Harbor Editions, 2021) and To The One Who Raped Me (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2012). He is a co-editor of Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology (Madville Publishing, 2023).  Visit him online to learn more about Limp Wrist and the Wild & Precious Life Series.

* Previously published in print by Mollyhouse and in Love Most of You Too
** Previously published in print by Oni Magazine

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Poems: “In the Mental Moors is Where I Found You,” “A Philosophy of Memory”
Poet: Andrew Buckner (X/Twitter)
Bio: Andrew Buckner is a multi award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter. A noted poet, critic, author, actor, and experimental musician, he runs and writes for the review site AWordofDreams.com.

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Poem: “Septicity”
Poet: Leslie Cairns (X/Twitter)
Bio: Leslie Cairns (she/her) is a writer in Denver, Colorado. She enjoys writing about mental health. Her prose poem book about eating disorders is found at BottleCap Press, titled The Food is the Fodder.

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Poems: “Pleading the Blood,” “In Velvet”
Poet: J Carraher (Web, X/Twitter)
Bio: J Carraher is a San Francisco Bay Area writer. Her work appears in such venues as The Open Window, Severance Magazine, Milvia Street and others.  She was recently awarded the Sunspot Lit 2023 Rigel best of essay and Goldilocks Zone best of poetry.  She studied folklore at UC Berkeley and holds a Master’s of Science from UC San Francisco.  She works in forensics.

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Poem: “Stirring Mushrooms”
Poet: Tamarah Rockwood (X/Twitter, IG, FB)
Bio: Tamarah Rockwood obtained her degree in Creative Writing and Literature from Harvard University and is the Founder and CEO of Bainbridge Island Press, an independent poetry publishing house. Tamarah has become a leader in Washington’s Kitsap County organizing several local poetry events and communities, including Ars Poetica which brings poets and artists together, and Poetry Corners, an annual celebration of poetry and poets on Bainbridge Island. She is the current President of ANHW, the Alumnae/i Network of Harvard Women through the Harvard Club of Seattle. She lives on Bainbridge Island, WA, with her husband and five children.

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Poem: “Ella Sings the Herbal Cookbook”***
Poet: James Penha (X/Twitter)
Bio: Expat New Yorker James Penha  (he/him) has lived for the past three decades in Indonesia. Nominated for Pushcart Prizes in fiction and poetry, his work is widely published in journals and anthologies. His newest chapbook of poems, American Daguerreotypes, is available for Kindle. Penha edits The New Verse News, an online journal of current-events poetry.

***Previously published by Silver Birch Press

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