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T a m m y M e r c u r e is a photographer living in New

Orleans, LA. 
Rya n O s k i n is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY.

He is the co-founder of TGIF Gallery, an artist-run group showcasing emerging artists.
D. E r i c Pa r k i s o n was raised near Rochester, New York, in

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a small town on Lake Ontario. He received his MA in English at
the University of Rochester, where he studied literature and poetry.
His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Squaw Valley
Poetr y Review, the Midwest Q uarterly, The Low Valley
Review, and ZYZZYVA. He lives in Oakland, California, with his
wife and their dog.
T h o m a s P r io r is a Brooklyn-based photographer.  He

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was born in Los Angeles and raised in London and New Jersey.

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Ta l e n a S a n d e r s is an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker
documenting how people develop individual and collective senses
of identity. Currently based in Montana, always a proud Kentuckian.
Ki e r Coo k e S a n dv i k is a Norwegian artist with a passion

for horror, Twin Peaks, and haute couture fashion.
Ni c o l e S c h i l d e r is a photographer interested in creating
slightly unbalanced, anachronistic images with the use of old-school
developing processes. A graduate of Hamilton College’s art program, she lives in New York.
S a r a h V. S c h w e i g  is the author of the chapbook S (Danc-

ing Girl Press). Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The
Atlas Review, Black Warrior Review, BOMB Magazine, Boston
Review, Everyday Genius, Gulf Coast, HTML Giant, Maggy, Painted