Ramón J. Stern is a professional translator and interpreter specializing in Brazil and Latin America. He recently completed a Fulbright in Brazil on Moroccan Jewish migration to the Amazon, and…

Claire Ruppert is a seasoned educator who dedicated her early career to nurturing young minds as an English teacher at esteemed institutions in Washington, D.C., including Emerson Preparatory, Elizabeth Seton,…

Liz Holzman has a lifelong interest in leftwing politics and social justice and spent her first 10 professional years working as a social worker in the Detroit area.  For many years,…

Shoshana Olidort is a writer, editor, and translator. Her work has appeared in Asymptote, the Columbia Journal, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Public Books, the Times Literary Supplement, and World Literature Today, among other outlets. She holds a…

Chase Berggrun is a poet and educator and the author of R E D (Birds LLC, 2018), and the chapbook Somewhere a seagull (After Hours Editions, 2023). Her work has appeared in Poetry Magazine, The Nation, American Poetry Review,…

Pichchenda Bao is a Cambodian American poet and writer, infant survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide, daughter of refugees, and stay-at-home feminist mother. Her work has been widely published, featured in international…

Natalie Jabbar is a California-born writer of Palestinian, Syrian, and Iraqi heritage. She is the associate director of Stanford University’s Public Humanities Initiative, which helps faculty and students engage with…

Candida Lacey has worked in publishing since completing her Ph.D. in 1985. As an editor and publisher, and now as a literary agent, she has spent many years mentoring and…

Saria Rosenhaj (she/they) is a Philadelphia-based writer, educator, and multidisciplinary artist. Saria graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a bachelors in Literatures in English and a minor in creative writing.…

Chana Basha Helfand is an author/illustrator originally from Turtle Island (U.S.A.). She started drawing and writing in her childhood and they both proved to be a salvation. She’s been an…

Leah Harris is a writer, journalist, and mental health advocate whose work focuses on the intersection of mental health, human rights, and disability justice. Leah’s journalism and creative nonfiction appear…

David Tasker teaches writing at Metropolitan State University of Denver and teaches Italian at the University of Denver and the Denver chapter of the Dante Alighieri Society. He loves creating…