Poetry

R. A. Allen's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in the New York Quarterly, Poetry Online, B O D Y, The Penn Review, RHINO, The Los Angeles Review, January House, etc. He has been nominated for a BotN and two Pushcarts. He lives with his wife in Memphis.

Ben Nardolilli is a scrivener and a theoretical MFA candidate at Long Island University. His work has appeared in Perigee Magazine, Door Is a Jar, The Delmarva Review, Red Fez, The Oklahoma Review, JMWW, Quail Bell Magazine, and Slab. Follow his publishing journey on Instagram @ssenjaminnardolilli.

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Barabara A Meier is a 70’s child, straddling the space between Kansas and Oregon. Kind of a reverse William E Stafford. She got a late start writing (in her 50’s). She doesn't have any alphabets behind her name though she is good at teaching phonics and reading.

Eighty-year-old late-phase often graphic chronicler arrived in seventh decade, aphorist, humorist or sometimes meanderist, Gerard Sarnat’s a multiple prize winner plus Pushcart/Best of Net Award nominee who has been invited to serve as judge for competitions. Activism Through Poetry: How Gerard Sarnat Uses Verse as a Form of Protest is a retrospective: https://culterateblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/activism-through-poetry-…. His words have been widely published in four collections (Homeless Chronicles: from Abraham to Burning Man, Disputes, 17s, Melting the Ice King) and included in Paris Lit Up, Rattle, Gargoyle, Main Street Rag, New Delta Review, Brooklyn Review, LA Review, Monterey Review, Tokyo Poetry Journal, Hong Kong Review, Cordite, Deronda Review, Buddhist Review, New York Times, The Write Launch, The Opiate, Poetry Lighthouse, and elsewhere. He’s a Harvard College and Medical School-trained physician, Stanford professor, healthcare CEO. Currently, he’s devoting energy and resources dealing with climate justice, serving on Climate Action Now’s board. Sarnat’s belonged to the longest-running U.S. Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue Group. Gerry’s been married since 1969 and has three kids, seven grandsons — and looks forward to future granddaughters. gerardsarnat.com

Ioana Cosma is a writer from Romania who has written five volumes of poetry published with Silver Bow in Canada, New Meridian Arts in The United States and The European Institute Press in Romania. Her novels – The Ones from Afar and Verse – have been published in Romania and her play was part of the JCTC festival in New Jersey. She teaches English at the University of Pitesti. She has a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Toronto.