Meet the contributors of upcoming Issue 268
DG Bracey
DG Bracey is a teacher and a freelance writer from the Carolina coast. He’s published short stories in various journals. He has worked as a columnist and reporter for local newspapers. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, a MA in Writing from Coastal Carolina University and a BA in Journalism from the University of South Carolina. You can find him on Twitter and Instagram under DG Bracey.
Jean Wolff
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Jean Wolff studied fine arts at the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit and at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, receiving a BFA in studio arts. She then attended Hunter College, CUNY in New York, graduating with an MFA in painting and printmaking. She’s since had group and solo exhibits in various galleries in New York City and internationally, published works in 66 issues of 44 magazines, and is part of the artistic community of Westbeth in Manhattan.
Linda Eve Diamond
Linda Eve Diamond’s poetry has appeared onstage at the California Palace at the Legion of Honor, on display at The Museum of Art—Deland, in the pages of Grey Sparrow Journal, The Ekphrastic Review, High Shelf Press, and elsewhere. She is a recipient of multiple awards, including a Grand Prize Award from Artists Embassy International. Find Linda Eve’s poetry, flash fiction and photographs at http://LindaEveDiamond.com.
Paul Luikart
Paul Luikart is the author of the short story collections “Animal Heart” (Hyperborea Publishing, 2016) and “Brief Instructions” (Ghostbird Press, 2017.) His work is included in Pelekinesis Press’ “Best Microfiction 2019” anthology and his short story “Barclay Station” won the Nassau Review’s 2019 Writer Award for Fiction. He serves as an adjunct professor of fiction writing at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. He and his family live in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Mackenzie Denofio
Mackenzie Denofio is an emerging writer working on her BA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing at Emerson College. When not writing she can be found binge reading or watching with her beagle, Geraldine.
Jessica Hudson
Jessica Hudson is a graduate teaching assistant working on her Creative Writing MFA at Northern Michigan University. She is an associate editor for Passages North. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in The Pinch, Fractured Lit, Sweet, and Perhappened Mag, among others. Read more at jessicarwhudson.wixsite.com/poet.
Danielle Rose
Danielle Rose is the author of “At First & Then” (Black Lawrence Press ’21.) Her recent work can be found in Palette Poetry, Hobart Pulp, and Pithead Chapel.
John Murray
John Murray has a Master of Professional Writing and Doctorate in Education from University of Southern California, where he is now an associate professor. In addition to teaching academic writing, he teaches a class that helps students create short documentaries to raise awareness about community concerns. Murray also co-teaches a creative writing workshop for recently paroled prisoners who were serving life sentences. His recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Avalon Literary Review, Big Muddy, Delmarva Review, Opiate, Origins Journal, Pendora Magazine, The MacGuffin, Mount Hope Magazine, The Penmen Review, Rougarou, and Summerset Review. His essay “Saturdays in the Kitchen” was nominated for a Pushcart in 2018 by The Summerset Review.
Michel Steven Krug
Michel Steven Krug is a Minneapolis poet, fiction writer, former print journalist and Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars graduate and he litigates. He’s also Managing Editor for Poets Reading the News (PRTN). His poems have appeared in Sheepshead, Mizmor Anthology, 2019, PRTN, Ginosko, Door Is A Jar, Raven’s Perch, Tuck Magazine, Poetry24, Main Street Rag, the Brooklyn Review and others.