Poets

  Felix Purat has been writing as a hobby for many years and currently writes in academia where he seeks a Ph.D. in American Literature at Palacky University. He is regularly on the conference circuit throughout Central Europe. He loves writing for many reasons - the experience, the characters, developing self-knowledge - but most of all, Felix loves the powers literature has to imagine new worlds while uncovering our own secrets through empathy.

 

Felix’s previous degrees are in International Studies (BA) and Cultural Translation. (MA) He is also the author of several short stories and numerous poems. Before writing, Felix taught English for 6-7 years while cultivating a deep relationship with his native language.

Along with reading, Felix is a serious hobbyist who enjoys traveling, listening to music, craft beer, admiring naive painting, cooking Mexican food, learning foreign languages, and haunting cafes.

Austin Davis is a poet and student activist currently studying Creative Writing at ASU. Austin's writing has been widely published in dozens of literary journals and magazines including Pif Magazine, After the Pause, Philosophical Idiot, Soft Cartel, and Collective Unrest. Austin has also been featured in KJZZ’s “Word” podcast, and The East Valley Tribune. Austin’s first two books, “Cloudy Days, Still Nights” and “Second Civil War” were both published by Moran Press in 2018.

 

Check out his website at austindavispoetry

 

  

 

 

Vivian Lu is a poet & aspiring scientist. She is the Editor-In-Chief of Bitter Melon Magazine, a literary journal dedicated to lifting marginalized voices. Her work has been recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, National Poetry Quarterly, Walt Whitman Young Poets, and more.

 

She is sixteen years old and believes in magic, fairytales, and drinking copious amounts of milk tea.

 

 

 

Tushar Jain is an Indian poet and writer.

 

He was the winner of the 2012 Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize, 2013 Poetry with Prakriti Prize, 2014 RL Poetry Award, 2014 DWL Short Story Contest, 2016 Toto Funds the Arts Award for Creative Writing and has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize.

 

His work is published (or is forthcoming) in various literary magazines and journals such as Aaduna, Papercuts, The Nervous Breakdown, Antiserious, Raed Leaf India, The Young Ravens Review, The Madras Mag, Cold Noon, Streetcake Magazine, The Sierra Nevada Review, Into the Void Magazine, The Cape Rock Journal, Miracle, Dryland Magazine, The Bookends Review, Edify Fiction, Gramma, decomP Magazine, Priestess & Hierophant Magazine, Barking Sycamores, Literary Heist, The Wax Paper, The Wagon and others.

 

His work has also been anthologised in several publications, including the forthcoming landmark anthology by Sahitya Akademi, 'Modern English Poetry by Younger Indians'. 

 

       TAK Erzinger is an American/Swiss poet, artist and teacher. Her poems have been published by The Mojave He[art] Review, The Beautiful Space Journal, The Cirrus Poetry Review , The Curlew, The Rising Phoenix Press and more. Her close relationship with nature and her struggles with PTSD feature prominently in her work. The themes in her poetry touch upon nature, varying degrees of loss, forgiveness and healing, as well some environmental and social commentary.

 

Her debut collection “Found: Between the Trees,” (Grey Borders Book) is scheduled for release in April 2019 www.greyborders.com

 

 

 

 

 

Ann Christine Tabaka is a nominee for the 2017 Pushcart Prize in Poetry.  She was selected as Poet of the Month for January 2018, and interviewed by Kingdoms in the Wild.

 

A published poet and artist, Chris lives in Delaware, USA with her husband and two cats. She loves gardening and cooking. 

 

Her most recent credits are Page & Spine, West Texas Literary Review, The Paragon Journal, The Literary Hatchet, The Stray Branch, Trigger Fish Critical Review, Foliate Oak Review, Bindweed Magazine, The Metaworker, Raven Cage Ezine, RavensPerch, Anapest Journal, Mused, Apricity Magazine, Longshot Island, The Write Launch, The Stray Branch, Scryptic Magazine Ann Arbor Review.

 

Ron Singer’s poetry has appeared, e.g., in alba, Anemone Sidecar, Avatar Review, Borderlands, The Brooklyn Rail, Cake, Ducts, Evergreen Review, Grey Sparrow, The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Strong Verse, Waterways: Poetry in the Mainstream, Windsor Review, and Word Riot.

 

He is also the author of ten books.

 

For details, www.ronsinger.net