Cecil Morris retired after 37 years of teaching high school English in Roseville, CA, and now he tries writing himself.

Caroline Earleywine is a poet and educator who taught high school English in Central Arkansas for ten years.

Christopher Clauss (he/him) is an introvert, Ravenclaw, father, poet, photographer, and middle school science teacher in rural New Hampshire

D. R. James, a year+ into retirement from nearly 40 years of teaching college writing, literature, and peace studies.

Melissa Fite Johnson is the author of three full-length collections, most recently Midlife Abecedarian (Riot in Your Throat, 2024).

Valerie A. Smith’s first book of poems, Back to Alabama, is forthcoming from Sundress Publications.

Francis Strickler is a “teacher who writes,” originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA.

Chloe Yelena Miller is a recipient of a 2020 and 2022 DC Arts and Humanities Fellowship (Individuals) grant.

By Matthew Kelsey Once the children have found a seat, have zipped or clicked or pulled open their lunch, and a hush falls over the...

Carolyn Alessio teaches high school on Chicago’s Southwest Side. Her work appears in The Pushcart Prize anthology, Chicago Tribune, & more.

Carolyn R. Russell’s latest novel is "Q & A," a humorous YA mystery which will be published by Vine Leaves Press in June of 2023.

Rachel White (she/her) is an American-born poet and artist who lives and works on Kaurna land in South Australia.

Noah Renn has lived as a working writer and educator in Southeastern Virginia for over 15 years.

Matthew E. Henry (MEH) is the author of the Colored page, Teaching While Black and Dust & Ashes (Californios Press, 2020).

Mike Keller-Wilson lives, writes, and teaches in Iowa City, Iowa. He is a founder & co-editor-in-chief of Vast Chasm Magazine.

Lisa K. Buchanan is a San Francisco prose writer, an adoptee, a melanoma survivor, and a lover of Lindy Hop.

Carla M. Cherry is a high school English teacher. Her work has appeared in Random Sample Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, 433, and Raising Mothers.

Ankit Raj Ojha is a poet, assistant professor of English, former software engineer and former rock band frontman from Chapra, Bihar, India.

Addie Tsai (any/all) is a queer nonbinary artist and writer of color who teaches creative writing at William & Mary.

Jared Beloff is a teacher and poet who lives in Queens, NY with his wife and two daughters.