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Board of Directors

Erin Elizabeth Smith

Erin Elizabeth Smith

Tennison Black

Tennison Black

A headshot of Darren C. Demaree smiling in a park during fall with a black t-shirt on that reads "Love Will".

Darren C. Demaree

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

Krista Cox

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.

Sarah Clark

jason b. crawford

jason b. crawford

Jill Khoury has short pink hair and pale skin with pink lipstick. In front of a blue background, she gazes thoughtfully at the camera.

Jill Khoury

Rita Mookerjee

Rita Mookerjee

Editorial Board

Erin Elizabeth Smith

Erin Elizabeth Smith

Tennison Black

Tennison Black

Kanika Lawton

Tierney Bailey

Samantha Edmonds

A brown, widely-smiling face with thick, black rimmed glasses and burgundy lipstick leans into the frame, a hand supporting the chin.

Ashley Elizabeth

Sherrel McLafferty

Ada Wofford playing guitar in a basement.

Ada Wofford

Danielle Hanson

Danielle Hanson

Lee Anderson

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.

Sarah Clark

A headshot of Darren C. Demaree smiling in a park during fall with a black t-shirt on that reads "Love Will".

Darren C. Demaree

Kathleen Gullion

Ashley Hajimirsadeghi

Ashley Hajimirsadeghi

Sarah Harshbarger

Sarah Harshbarger

Brynn Martin

Rita Mookerjee

Rita Mookerjee

Elisha Mykelti

Saba Syed Razvi

Sundress Academy for the Arts

Erin Elizabeth Smith

Erin Elizabeth Smith

Marah Hoffman

Marah Hoffman

Z Eihausen

Z Eihausen

Alexa White

Alexa White

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

Shlagha is wearing a dark blue t-shirt and is standing next to some houseplants. In the background, there is a plain cream wall and a blurred image of a religious deity. She is smiling.

Shlagha Borah

One person posed for a selfie. They have green hair and sunglasses on with a mask under their chin.

Emory Night

Photograph of Caroline Webster standing in front of a brick building

Caroline Webster

Nicole Arocho Hernández

Nicole Arocho Hernández

A long-haired, bearded caucasian person wearing fingerless black gloves, black tights, black shoes with silver lion buckles, and a sleeveless blue dress is speaking into a cordless microphone on a wooden stage. The dress has white stars all over it and depictions of the phases of the moon vertically down its front. Behind them are two blue lights, and a stage curtain illuminated in bisexual lighting.

Joey Gould

Joseph Minarick

Gregory Warren

Best of the Net

A headshot of Darren C. Demaree smiling in a park during fall with a black t-shirt on that reads "Love Will".

Darren C. Demaree

Tennison Black

Tennison S. Black

Sarah A. Chavez

Headshot of Shipra Agarwal wearing a black dress and purple glasses, resting her chin on her hand and holding a pen.

Shipra Agarwal

An Asian American person wearing a dark shirt stands in front of a brick wall and smiles.

Ching-In Chen

Amber Alexander, a feminine presenting person, poses for a photo wearing a red blazer and top with a black skirt. They have a medium length blonde hair and are looking thoughtfully into the distance.

Amber Alexander

Jillian A. Fantin

Jillian A. Fantin

Craft Chaps

Hannah Olsson

Hannah Olsson

Meg Cass

Meg Cass

Rita Mookerjee

Rita Mookerjee

Danielle Hanson

Danielle Hanson

The Wardrobe & Sundress Reads

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

Krista Cox

Livia Meneghin

Livia Meneghin

Doubleback Books

Danielle Hanson

Danielle Hanson

Rebecca Youé

Bayleigh Kasper

Robin Gow

Bethany Milholland

Bethany Milholland

Poets in Pajamas

Aslan Gossett

Aslan Gossett

An image of co-curator Gardner Dorton sitting at table inside of a queer bar.

Gardner Dorton

Journals

Luci Brown

Sarah Clark

Krista Cox

Jill Khoury

Jill Khoury

Blog & Social Media Contributors

Ryleigh Wann

Ryleigh Wann

Marah Hoffman

Marah Hoffman

Nicole Bethune Winters

Nicole Bethune Winters

Design Staff

Kristen Camille Ton

Lori Tennant

Interns

Izzy Astuto stands with crossed arms against a wooden beam.

Izzy Astuto

Heather Domenicis speaks into a microphone at Niagara Bar. She has brown hair, is wearing a blue denim dress with white sneakers, and is holding a sheet of paper.

Heather Domenicis

Pema Donnelly

Pema Donnelly

A white woman with long, dirty blonde hair stands before a blurred background of trees. She wears a black turtleneck shirt and gazes into the camera.

Ken Doss

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

amelia Heins is pictured wearing a blue long-sleeve blouse smiling in front of a tan background.

Camelia Heins

A white non-binary person with short spiked brown hair is mid-sentence holding a microphone, arms and legs crossed. They have tattoos on their arms and legs, piercings on their face, many rings on their fingers, and a watch on their right wrist. They’re wearing black lipstick and a black and floral party dress with bedazzled fishnets. They are sitting on an orange barstool with their arms and legs crossed holding a microphone in mid-sentence. There is one empty orange barstool to their right and one to their left. There is a large wall of books behind them and a door to the right of the frame.

Halsey Hyer

Annie Fay Meitchik

Annie Fay Meitchik

A black and white photo of a Black bi-racial femme presenting person with curly black hair looking off to the side of the camera. They have a nose ring and sunglasses atop their head. They are wearing an ornate, Versace-esque patterned high collar shirt underneath a teddy coat with a thin chain peaking out underneath a black strapped bag that is slung across their chest.

Zora Satchell

K. Slade

Kyle J Wente near his home in Friendsville, TN.

Kyle J. Wente