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Board of Directors

Photo of a white woman with freckles and brown hair in front of a floor to ceiling bookshelf.

Erin Elizabeth Smith

Rita Mookerjee

Darren C. Demaree

Mirror selfie of a tattooed, bespectacled blonde woman in a teal dress with white polka dots.

Evelyn stands on a bridge in a public park. She is wearing a green headband and large cloth earrings shaped like strawberries. She is looking off to the left of the camera.

A black and white photo of a non-binary person with dark hair and dark eyes, looking up, framed by a brick wall in the background and the night sky.

Editorial Team

Photo of a white woman with freckles and brown hair in front of a floor to ceiling bookshelf.

Erin Elizabeth Smith

Mirror selfie of a tattooed, bespectacled blonde woman in a teal dress with white polka dots.

Danielle Hanson

Danielle Hanson

Ashley Elizabeth

an author photo for Samantha Edmonds, which shows her leaning against a brick wall and smiling in a green dress.

Samantha Edmonds

Sarah Harshbarger

Sarah Harshbarger

Sherrel McLafferty

Rita Mookerjee

A photo-portrait of Ada Wofford with a star and moon patterned backdrop.

Dr. Kelsey L. Smoot (Kelz) is a Black transmasculine person with locs, wearing a maroon hat, a white button-down shirt with a dark orange tie. He is smiling, with his hands tucked into his pockets, standing in front of a multicolored art installation with dangling fixtures above his head.

Kelsey L. Smoot

Livia is a white woman with dark brown hair. She is wearing comfortable walking clothes and is standing in front of fishing boats, a small rock wall, and Mount Vesuvius.

Jillian A. Fantin

Jillian A. Fantin

white-skinned, dark-haired person smiling. They are wearing a black tank top and silver chain necklace. In the background is a bookshelf.

Isabeau J. Belisle Dempsey

Editorial Board

Brendon Blair

A black and white photo of a non-binary person with dark hair and dark eyes, looking up, framed by a brick wall in the background and the night sky.

Darren C. Demaree

Tattooed middle-aged white woman with strawberry blonde hair and fair skin smiling while wearing a navy blue sleeveless dress, holding a tubby grey pitbull, and sitting on a couch.

Kathleen Gullion

Ashley Hajimirsadeghi

Ashley Hajimirsadeghi

Photo of Angel Leyba, a non-binary person wearing a lavender scarf tied over their head into a bow under their chin and a dark brown puffer coat.

Saba Syed Razvi

Reader Board

Photo of a south asian woman, Maya, in her room smiling . She is wearing a light pink turtleneck with purple flowers and gold hoop earrings.

Maya Chandrakasan

A black person sitting in front of a field of tulips, smiling widely. They have an afro and wear mint-colored glasses with a navy sweater and gray jeans.

Close-up of femme-ish presenting middle-aged woman with asymmetrical, short dark hair, nose piercings, and intense eyebrows in front of hanging plant. She is smiling slightly.

Adriana Rambay Fernández

Black and White photo of Em Fullenwider taken by photographer Elysia Perkins

A light-skinned person with shoulder-length, straight, dark brown hair, facial piercings, and tattoos is wearing a partially sheer, floor-length black dress, black boots, and an assortment of jewelry. They are sitting on a patch of grass in the sand with their chin tilted up, their knees drawn up to their chest, and their arms crossed over their knees. A thicket of trees is on the horizon behind them.

Kyla-Yến Huỳnh Giffin

A white woman sits on a rocky surface with snow-capped mountains in the distance. She has windswept blonde hair in a ponytail and is smiling. She is wearing a yellow tie dye t-shirt, shorts, and hiking boots.

Jen Gayda Gupta

A black-and-white photo of Ghazal, wearing glasses and looking to the left with a thoughtful, pensive expression. Her hand is curled and her first knuckle is just touching her mouth.

Ghazal Faridi Haftkhani

A Polaroid of Annalisa, a person with short dark brown hair, wearing a blue gingham shirt reading a book outside, smiling.

Annalisa Hansford

Close up photo of a blonde haired woman with tattoos in a black dress.

Ariadne Alexis Macquarie reads from a selection of her poems at an open mic event.

Ariadne Alexis Macquarie

Megan sits in front of a paneled wall, tilting her head to the side and smiling at the camera.

A black-and-white photo of Binx, a brunette, looking into the camera, one arm resting over their head. Photo credit to to Mary Stathos, 2023.

Binx River Perino

A white woman in a black dress and glasses looking at the camera.

Robin LaMer Rahija

Delaney S. Saul

Heather Takenaga smiling and reading a book in the shade.

Heather Takenaga

Photo of a young Asian woman with copper hair in a white dress standing under the arch of a large tree. She is looking up at the plant roots and leaves hanging above her head.

Sundress Academy for the Arts

Photo of a white woman with freckles and brown hair in front of a floor to ceiling bookshelf.

Erin Elizabeth Smith

a brown skinned woman with chin length hair stands in front of an indigo colored wall. She is framed in photo from the chest up, smiling for a selfie.

A light-brown skinned woman is wearing a black, faux-leather off the shoulder dress with matching circular gold earrings and a choker necklace. Her locs are styled in an up-do and she is smiling directly into the camera wearing glasses with a black and white frame and a full face of makeup including light pink lipstick.

Denise R. Ervin

Bleah Patterson

Photograph of Caroline Webster standing in front of a brick building

Caroline Webster

Cavar, a genderless white person with short, dark-blonde hair, glasses, and several visible facial piercings, smiles at the camera. They are wearing an orange shirt beneath a green, black, and white patterned jacket, and are standing in a thicket of deep green leaves.

Joseph Minarick

Craft Chaps

Hannah Olsson

A photograph of a woman with dark hair wearing a grey jacket standing next to a brick wall.

Danielle Hanson

Danielle Hanson

Rita Mookerjee

Doubleback Books

Danielle Hanson

Danielle Hanson

Bayleigh Kasper

Bethany Milholland

Bethany Milholland

Poets in Pajamas

A person with long, voluminous curls takes a black-and-white selfie on a train. They wear a light-colored puffer jacket and have nose jewelry. Reflections from the train window and blurred motion of the outside world are visible in the background.

Evelyn stands on a bridge in a public park. She is wearing a green headband and large cloth earrings shaped like strawberries. She is looking off to the left of the camera.

Aslan sits in a wooden chair and plays an acoustic guitar in front of a tapestry.

Journals

Mirror selfie of a tattooed, bespectacled blonde woman in a teal dress with white polka dots.

Jill Khoury

Social Media Editors and Blog Contributors

A picture of a light-skinned person with shoulder-length brown hair and large glasses sitting in a park wearing a patterned turquoise outfit and seashell necklace.

Femme-presenting middle-aged woman with short blonde hair, large light blue glasses, and floral arm tattoo looks wistfully at the camera

Livia is a white woman with dark brown hair. She is wearing comfortable walking clothes and is standing in front of fishing boats, a small rock wall, and Mount Vesuvius.

Marah Hoffman

Design Staff

Kristen Camille Ton

Interns

Tassneem Abdulwahab

A white woman wearing a blue denim dress smiles at the camera in a "selfie" format. She has brown hair and blue eyes, while a hazy sky and a body of water appear behind her.

Elizabeth “Lizzy” DiGrande

Emma in Lake Arrowhead, California, where she enjoys hiking and paddle boarding in the summer!

A white woman with blonde hair and clear glasses sitting on a couch outside with several trees and plants in the background. She is wearing jeans and a blue-and-white striped button down shirt.

A close-up of an Asian woman with long brown hair and front bangs smiling at the camera. She is wearing a light tan cardigan and a cream-colored collar shirt with a navy blue and red ribbon tied in the front. An empty street with two parked cars is behind her and she is standing in front of a pink curtain and green hedge.

A white person in a black button-down shirt and black Oakland A's baseball cap, wearing rings on both hands, sits at a table and leans their chin on their right hand. They smile softly at the camera.

A white woman looks over her right shoulder and into the camera while standing on an empty parking garage rooftop. Her hands are clasped together as she rests on a ledge in front of her. She has short red hair with bangs. She wears a maroon wide brim hat, large silver hoop earrings, deep red lipstick, a short sleeve black shirt, and black trousers with thin white stripes.

A portrait photo of Ana Mourant, a young woman, smiling, with light skin and blond hair, wearing a purple dress, outside with trees in the background.

A young white woman with wavy brown hair sits on the grass, smiling at the camera. She is wearing a white sleeveless top with tie straps and layered gold necklaces, including one with a pink butterfly charm. The background is softly blurred with green trees and warm sunlight.

Girl with dress sitting in a car.

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