and morning fog rolling through low hills that burned off to dry afternoons. found himself in the arid rocks, sky, and people of arizona during adolescence. learned a path to walk while earning degrees in english literature and critical theory at cal poly and mills college where he taught literature and writing for a few years. these and uncounted experiences imbue his view on how he captures his experienced world. likes landscape, culture, memory, little people, moments locked, moments fluid, acceptance, and how they all go together to create the sublime.
Maisie Fullerton is an Oakland based artist who's work stems from a central investigation into control and archetypal sexual power dynamics. Using video, photography, and installation, she creates a raw and sticky platform to consider the grotesque, hypersexualization, the misogynist legacy, shame, and the alienating aspects of the female sexual experience.
Mark Baumer lives in Providence Rhode Island. He works in a library. His website is: thebaumer.com.
Matt Trease is an artist, poet and IT Administrator living in Seattle, WA. His poems have appeared in The Cordite Poetry Review, filling Station, Otoliths, small po(r)tions, Hotel Amerika, and Fact Simile, and other publications. He is the author of the chapbook, Later Heaven: Production Cycles (busylittle1way designs).
Megan Jacobs is a recent graduate from the English program at Mills College. She is originally from Utah, and is currently living in Oakland and loving it. She generally spends her time reading, taking walks through the neighborhood, writing little things down here and there, and lingering in cemeteries.
Peter Burzynski is a third-year PhD student in and Graduate Assistant Coordinator of Creative Writing-Poetry at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a M.F.A. in Poetry from The New School University, and a M.A. in Polish Literature from Columbia University. In between his studies, he has worked as a chef in New York City and Milwaukee. In addition, he works as a Teaching Assistant and an occasional adjunct. He is also an Assistant Editor for the cream city review. His poetry has appeared