Contributor Bios
Jess A is a poet, writer and human rights activist from South Texas. Her work focuses on themes of Mexican and Arab American culture, experience, and social justice. She and more of her work can be found on Instagram: @jessandprose
Kali Abel is a writer, political ecologist, and professor at the University of Portland where she studies climate change adaptation. She calls both Portland, Oregon, and Jardin, Colombia, home. They both have excellent coffee and even better people. Website: kaliabel.substack.com / Instagram: @kali_abel
Solape Adetutu Adeyemi is a professional with a Bachelor's degree in Microbiology and a Master's in Environmental Management. She is a researcher, a consultant, a passionate environmental sustainability enthusiast and a talented award winning creative writer, with her works published in esteemed journals, anthologies and magazines, including The New York Times, The Guardian, The Kalahari Review, and The Indiana Review among others. Facebook: solape.adeyemi.2025
Sharisa Aidukaitis is a writer and college educator in upstate New York. Her poems have appeared in dozens of print and online journals, including Trampoline, Moss Piglet, The Quarter(ly), Metphrastics, Ivo Review, and others. Bluesky: @drsharisa.bsky.social
Olúwatúnmise Otolórìn Akìgbógun writes in English and Yorùbá. He is a graduate of German Studies from the University of Ibadan. He is currently on the threshing floor, braiding stories for a collection. He admires Toni Morrison, Nawal El Saadawi, Ben Okri and bell hooks. His writings have been published in Efiko Magazine and Afrocritik. He’s a 2025 Idembeka Writing Fellow. Instagram: @oluwatunmisesavesthenight
Jean Akintoye is a UK-based performance poet, writer, visual artist, and multidisciplinary layabout. They studied the International Baccalaureate at UWC Atlantic College, survived a bachelor's degree in English Literature, and are now undertaking an MA in Creative Writing at UEA. Some of their work can be found in The Nouse, Pen to Print's Write On! Showcases, Scribbled, and The Poetry Lighthouse. Instagram: @arbitrary__human
David Anderson lives in Washington, DC, with his wife. Before retiring, he edited the main research dissemination vehicles for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and wrote on public health and medicine for many national and international publications and organizations.
Marcher Arrant is an all-out walker who wanders in the margins, leaving marks of his poetry wherever passing. After studying art and philosophy in Colorado, USA, he began his life's work: walking the earth, searching, and never finding. Website: themarcherarrant.com / Instagram: @marcherarrant
Paul atten Ash is the pseudonym of Bristol UK-based writer Paul Nash. Paul's work has been published by 6 Music, Acid Bath, Broken Sleep, Butcher's Dog, Dark Mountain, Magma, PBLJ, Poetry Scotland, Shooter, Under the Radar among others. Searchlight Seasons, his debut pamphlet, was published by Atomic Bohemian (2024). Paul is curating a multi-contributor ecopoetry project, We Dream in Green. Website: campsite.bio/northseanavigator / Instagram: @north_sea_navigator / Bluesky: @northseanavigator.bsky.social
Tom Barlow is an American writer of novels, short stories, and poetry, whose work has appeared in many journals including One Art, Ekphrastic Review, Voicemail Poetry, Hobart, Tenemos, Redivider, The New York Quarterly, The Modern Poetry Quarterly, and many more. He was recently selected for an Individual Excellence Award by the Ohio Arts Council. Website: tombarlowauthor.com / Bluesky: @tombarlow.bsky.social
Christian Barragan is a graduate of CSU Northridge. Raised in Riverside, CA, he aims to become a novelist or editor. He is currently an MFA candidate at Hollins University. His work has appeared in the Raven Review, Takahē Magazine, and Open: Journal of Arts & Letters among others. Instagram: @the_most_crumpled_bundle
Sarah Belli is a poet from Sarasota, FL. She is currently an MFA candidate at Florida Atlantic University, concentrating in poetry. She finds herself inspired by lucrative entanglements of death, generational gender roles, and the early modern witch hunt. She also loves the beach. Instagram: @sarahrbelli