Poets

Colin Dardis

Colin Dardis is the author of ten poetry collections, most recently 'with the lakes' (above/ground press, Dec. 2023) and 'What We Look Like in the Future' (Red Wolf Editions, 2023). A neurodivergent writer, editor and sound artist, his work has been published widely throughout Ireland, the UK and USA.

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William Wolford

William 'Bill' Wolford is a 25 year old poet and writer from Huntington, West Virginia. His one goal is to make the world a brighter place, be it through poetry or prose. He has self-published a handful of works, and hopes to eventually get his name out there on a broader scale.

You can catch him watching giant monster movies at home on the weekends, or at the occasional pop punk show.

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Brian Beatty

Brian Beatty's jokes, poems, reviews and short stories have appeared in numerous print and digital publications, including The American Journal of Poetry, The Bark, Conduit, Dark Mountain (England), The Evergreen Review, Glasgow Review of Books (Scotland), Gulf Coast, Hobart, McSweeneys, Midwestern Gothic, The Moth (Ireland), Museum of Americana, NOON, Poetry City USA, Publishers Weekly, Quail Bell, The Quarterly, Rain Taxi and Seventeen, among others.

His writing has also been featured in public art projects and on public radio.

Brian Beatty is the author of the poetry collections Brazil, Indiana and Coyotes I Couldn’t See.

He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Vivian Wagner

Vivian Wagner’s work has appeared in Slice Magazine, Muse/A Journal, Forage Poetry Journal, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Gone Lawn, Gastro Obscura, The Atlantic, Narratively, The Ilanot Review, Silk Road Review, Zone 3, Bending Genres, and other publications. She's the author of a memoir, Fiddle: One Woman, Four Strings, and 8,000 Miles of Music (Citadel-Kensington); a full-length poetry collection, Raising (Clare Songbirds Publishing House); and four poetry chapbooks: The Village (Aldrich Press-Kelsay Books), Making (Origami Poems Project), Curiosities (Unsolicited Press), and Spells of the Apocalypse (Thirty West Publishing House).

Her website: http://vivianwagner.net/.

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Lynne Viti

Lynne Viti is the Poet Laureate of Westwood, Massachusetts. Her most recent poetry collection is The Walk to Cefalù (Cornerstone Press, 2022). Her previous books are Dancing at Lake Montebello (2020) and two chapbooks, Baltimore Girls (2017) and The Glamorganshire Bible (2018) A lecturer emerita in the Writing Program at Wellesley College, she lives in Massachusetts with her spouse and a mackerel tabby cat, Maddie.

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Jeanie Tomasko

Jeanie Tomasko is the author of a few books of poetry, first of which was Tricks of Light (Parallel Press), and forthcoming early 2018 from Red Bird Chapbooks, dear little fist.

All of her books published in-between can be found on her website, jeanietomasko.com including three poetry/art collaborative works she put together with her friend Sharon Auberle. She is active in the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and works as a home health nurse in Madison, WI.

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Catori Sarmiento

After growing up in the Pacific Northwest, Catori Sarmiento’s world travels have often inspired her unique writing style. When not exploring the many cracks and crags in Japan, Catori Sarmiento spends her time writing poetry and prose. As an author, her works have appeared in numerous literary publications. Professionally, she is an English and Writing Professor in Tokyo, Japan.

Her author website is found at http://catorisarmiento.com
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To sleep as a river is a collection that encapsulates memories and a sense of place in Japan and are written in both English and Japanese.

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Matthew James Friday

Matthew James Friday is a British born writer and teacher. He has had many poems published in US and international journals. His first chapbook ‘The Residents’ is due to be published by Finishing Line Press in summer 2024. He has published numerous micro-chapbooks with the Origami Poems Project. Poems are forthcoming in The Potomac Review, Weber - The Contemporary West Review and The Amsterdam Quarterly (NL). Matthew is a Pushcart Prize nominated poet. Visit his website at http://matthewfriday.weebly.com

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