The Editors, connected by scarf, in Lubbock, TX
editors
Chen Chen & Sam Herschel Wein (he/him, he/they) are the bestest of best friends, though they are annoyingly long-distance. Sometime in the (let’s hope) not-too-distant future, they will live in the same city (*cough* New York City *cough*) gorgeously, blossomingly. They will eat omelets and talk about Ricky Martin’s foot fetish and go to Paris. Chen & Sam have written a collaborative chapbook, GESUNDHEIT! (out now from Glass Poetry Press).
Here’s Chen’s website and twitter. Check out Sam’s website and twitter.
managing editor
Catherine Bai (she/her) has big dreams and too many snacks in her pantry. She is a 2022 recipient of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers and an MFA student in Fiction at Queens College, CUNY. Her work can be found in Flock and Best Debut Short Stories 2022 (Catapult). IG: @bai.shujie
poetry reader
Aerik Francis (they/them) is a Queer Black & Latinx poet based in Denver, Colorado, USA. They are the author of the poetry chapbooks BODYELECTRONIC (Trouble Department 2022) and MISEDUCATION (New Delta Review 2023). They have received poetry support from SAFTA, The Chrysalis Institute, Canto Mundo, and The Watering Hole. Aerik is a Tetris wizard, a music enthusiast, cat lover, and ardent follower of the mantra Live Your Puns. Find them on social media: @phaentompoet. Find more of their work on their website phaentompoet.com
poetry reader
Angelina Mazza (she/her) is a writer and fact-checker living in Brooklyn, by way of Montreal. Her work has appeared/is forthcoming in Literary Hub, The Creative Independent, CV2, Maisonneuve, Peach Mag, MAYDAY, Underblong, and The Poetry Foundation’s VS podcast. You can find her on IG and twitter: @angejmazza.
poetry reader
Cassandra de Alba (she/her) is a writer living in Massachusetts. Her chapbooks are habitats (Horse Less Press, 2016), Ugly/Sad (Glass Poetry Press, 2020) and Cryptids (with Aly Pierce, Ginger Bug Press, 2020). Her work has appeared in The Shallow Ends, Big Lucks, and Wax Nine, among other publications. Visit her at cassandradealba.com. IG: @cassandraintroy.
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E Yeon Chang 장이연 (she/her) loves legends, bears and Korea. A former Editor-in-Chief for West 10th, she is currently a MFA candidate for poetry at NYU. Her work has appeared in James Franco Review, Hobart Pulp, LIT Magazine, Nat. Brut and has received recognition from the President’s Commission on the Arts, the Tory Dent Research Scholarship and the Academy of American Poets, among others. She is partial to garlic, the color yellow, and kindness. twitter: @changeyeon.
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Emma William-Margaret Rebholz aka Billy (they/them) is a nonbinary poet living in the ocean state. They are the co-creator of DEAR, a poetry journal of dedications. Their work has been published by Sixth Finch, Gigantic Sequins, and Beestung, among others. They probably want to be your friend. twitter: @continuitea.
poetry reader
Juliette Givhan (she/they) received an MFA from a PWI in the dread year 2020 & is the former poetry editor for 45th Parallel Magazine and the Red Cedar Review. Juliette writes predominantly about myths & memes, with work appearing in McSWEENEY’S, Pidgeonholes Journal, Stellium Literary Magazine, and others. As a lover of thicc cats, overpriced seasonal coffees, and out of vogue video games— she WILL make a scene for a breakfast bagel.
former interviews editor & poetry reader
Mag Gabbert (she/her) is the author of SEX DEPRESSION ANIMALS (Mad Creek Books, 2023), winner of the 2021 OSU/The Journal Charles B. Wheeler Prize in Poetry, and of the chapbook Minml Poems (Cooper Dillon Books, 2020). Her work can also be found in 32 Poems, Pleiades, The Paris Review Daily, The Massachusetts Review, Waxwing, and many other publications. She has a PhD in creative writing from Texas Tech University and an MFA from The University of California at Riverside; she’s received poetry fellowships from Idyllwild Arts and Poetry at Round Top; and in 2021 she was awarded a 92Y Discovery Award. Mag teaches at Southern Methodist University and lives in Dallas with her dog, Bear-Lion, and their cat, Niffler. For more information, please visit maggabbert.com. twitter: @mag_gabbert.