EDITOR’S NOTE
THOKOZANI MBWANA

Conyer Clayton is an Ottawa-based writer, musician, editor, and gymnastics coach. She has 7 chapbooks, 2 albums, and won The Capilano Review's 2019 Robin Blaser Poetry Prize. Her debut full-length collection is We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite (2020, Guernica Editions). Stay updated on her endeavors at conyerclayton.com. Twitter, IG and FB @conyerclayton

Ismim Putera (he/him) is a poet and writer from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. His works has appeared in Fahmidan Journal, Anak Sastra, Ghost Heart Literary, River Bird Magazine, Prismatica and elsewhere. Twitter: @ismimputera

Natasha King is a Vietnamese American writer and nature enthusiast who spends her spare time writing, prowling, and thinking about the ocean. Her poetry has appeared in Okay Donkey, Constellate Magazine, Oyster River Pages, and others. She can be found on Twitter as @pelagic_natasha.

Shayna Hodkin is a writer from New York. It took her a long time to learn how to read, but it was worth the wait. She has two dogs and hopes to adopt more.

Claire Rabkin is a visual artist who uses text and other storytelling elements in her work. She has performed poetic text in backyards, amphitheaters, and in front of city hall. She has an MFA from Mills College in Oakland, and she teaches sculpture at CSU East Bay

milena bee is a chicane poet and mythologist. they live, work, garden, and sleep in sunny california. they're also the co-editor in chief of all guts no glory.

Zoa Coudret is a nonbinary fiction writer and poet. Their work has appeared in New South, Richmond Magazine, and elsewhere. They are currently working on a novel and pursuing an MFA in fiction at Northern Michigan University. Follow them on Instagram @zoaxvx or Twitter @ZoaCoudret.

Dipe Jola is a poet from Lagos, currently she's writing on police brutality and blxck bodies, she can be reached on Twitter via @Jola_ng

Kevin A. Risner recently published mixtape poetry collection, Five Seconds Could Last Five Years. He also has work re-homed by Variant Literature in The Second Chance Anthology and other poems published or forthcoming in Glass, Lines+Stars, Mineral Lit Mag, Ocean State Review, Perhappened Mag, and elsewhere. His Twitter handle is @mr_december; his Instagram account is @kevinarisner.

Emily Liu is a poet from the Chicago area. Their work has been recognized by the International Hippocrates Young Poets Prize, Pfeiffer University, Poetry Society, and Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, among others. Emily's poetry most recently appears in Feral: A Journal of Poetry and Art, The Phoenix, Sooth Swarm Journal, and DePaul's Blue Book: Best of Illinois High School Writing 2018-2019 Anthology.