Contributor Bios
Bruce McRae, a Canadian musician, is a multiple Pushcart nominee with poems published in hundreds of magazines such as Poetry, Rattle, and the North American Review. The winner of the 2020 Libretto prize and author of four poetry collections and seven chapbooks, his next book, Boxing In The Bone Orchard, came out in the Spring of 2025 via Frontenac House.
Elinor Nauen’s books include American Guys, So Late into the Night, Snowbound, My Marriage A to Z, CARS (forthcoming 2025), and several others. Her poetry has been widely published in magazines and anthologies. She grew up in South Dakota and currently lives in Manhattan’s East Village. Website: ElinorNauen.com
Martina Reisz Newberry has been writing poetry for 50-plus years. Her most recent book is Sadie: Queen of the Swollen Nose Saloon (Alien Buddha Press 4/15/25). She is also the author of Beyond Temples (Deerbrook Edition, 5/24) and several other poetry collections.
Per Olvmyr is a writer of fiction, prose, and poetry. He lives in Malmö, Sweden, and has been published by literary magazines such as Poetry Wales, Bombay Literary Magazine, Gone lawn, Glänta, Takahē and Propagule magazine. He can often be found in parks engaged in long conversations with basset hounds. Website: substack.com/@perolvmyr
Magdalen Papa is a Queens-based, self-taught artist and teacher. Her work ranges from doodles to community murals and scenic painting. Her oil paintings were recently displayed at the Warwick Center for the Arts.
Larry Parker is a soul centered poet residing in Manhattan (Lenape Territory). He began writing in the late ’70s and has recited at multiple venues in NYC, including the African Poetry Theatre, New York Writer’s Circle, and Mary O’s. He has also recited on several WHCR FM radio broadcasts. Larry’s poetry centers on spiritual resistance, sacred memory, and liberation. Instagram: @larryparker690
Marie-Louise Plum is an artist, writer and poet, b.1981, living in London. Her work focuses on the natural world, unusual landscapes, belonging, identity, and the space between reality and dreams. Instagram: @marielouiseplum
David Preizler’s fiction has appeared in Santa Monica Review, The Madison Review, Faultline, and elsewhere. Originally from the Midwest, he lives in California.
David Salner has worked as iron ore miner, steelworker, baseball usher, librarian and in many other trades. His latest poetry collections are The Green Vault Heist and Summer Words: New and Selected Poems. His prize-winning novel is A Place to Hide. More of his poetry appears in magazines such as Muleskinner Review, North American Review, Ploughshares, and Hamilton Stone Review. Website: dsalner.wixsite.com/salner
Neal Allen Shipley (he/him) is a poet in Colorado with an unhinged collection of plants. His writing can be found in The Talon Review, SCAB Magazine, South Broadway Ghost Society, and others. Instagram: @nealio9
Mark Simpson’s work has appeared in a number of magazines. He is the author of Fat Chance (Finishing Line) and The Quieting (Pine Row Press). He has a Ph.D. in rhetoric and writing and currently tends several acres of forest, fruit, and vegetables. Current residence: Whidbey Island, Washington.
Abhishek Kumar Singh is a multilingual poet and writer from India working in English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, and Magahi. His lyrical, abstract work explores identity, memory, and the human experience. His poetry has appeared in Friday Night Library, Poetry Nation, Life in a Limbo, Suburban Witchcraft, Maudlin House, and Epiphany Anthology. Instagram: @abhishek_singh_678