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Scott Silsbe was born in Detroit. He now lives in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. His poems and prose have appeared in numerous periodicals and have been collected in four books: Unattended Fire, The River Underneath the City, Muskrat Friday Dinner, and Meet Me Where We Survive. He is also an assistant editor at Low Ghost Press.
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Mant¿s writes from the intersections of Black, femme, queer, and artist. They are Pittsburgh born, and Hill District raised. She has performed her poetry at universities, open mics, launch parties, book tours, and featured showcases throughout Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New York City. Mant¿s is creating work that reflects their healing. Their writing has appeared in various publications under their name, Tyra Jamison, such as Whirlwind Magazine (2017), APIARY Magazine (2017), Underground Pool (2018), L’Éphémère Review (2018), The Bridge Magazine (2019), and TENDER a literary anthology and book of spells: evidence (2020).
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Bob Pajich is a long-time creative writer from Pittsburgh . He runs the chapbook press Zigler Boy and writes poker news articles for money. His book of poems, The Trolleyman, was published by Low Ghost Press in 2015. His latest collection Panda Magic was published in 2020.
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Judith R. Robinson is an editor, teacher, fiction writer, poet and visual artist. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, she is listed in the Directory of American Poets and Writers. She has published 100+ poems, five poetry collections, one fiction collection; one novel; edited or co-edited eleven poetry collections. Teacher: Osher at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. Newest poetry collection is Buy A Ticket, WordTech Editions, due April 1, 2022 Newest edited collection is “Speak, Speak,” poetry of Gene Hirsch, Cyberwit.com 2020. Latest gallery exhibit was “The Numbers Keep Changing,” at The Pittsburgh Holocaust Center, April-June, 2019. *publication info & credits, art exhibitions, awards, including Pushcart nominations, on request or at: www.judithrrobinson.com, alongtheserivers@gmail.com
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Meghan Tutolo is an artist with some writing degrees and two smooshy-faced cats. She romances olives and Italian food by day and stays up all night creating things. When Meghan isn’t writing or creating, she can be found riding around on her pipsqueak motorcycle, stalking cats on Instagram or binging another true crime podcast. Her poems have appeared in Rattle, Weave, Nerve Cowboy and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette among others. Her first chapbook, Little As Living, was published by Dancing Girl Press.
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Maine native Anastasia Walker is a poet, essayist, and scholar living in Pittsburgh. Her poems have appeared in several journals, and her first book of poetry, The Girl Who Wasn’t and Is, was published in February 2022. Her essays have appeared in Shenandoah, Fourth Genre, and The Rambling. She has blogged on politics, social media, and LGBTQ+ issues for both Huffington Post and Medium. She’s a proud member of her community’s Indivisible group, a passionate amateur photographer and musicologist, and a lover of long walks and (when she visits home in the summers) swimming in the ocean.
Anastasia Walker - Click to Play (Right-Click to Download)Joan E. Bauer is the author of The Almost Sound of Drowning (Main Street Rag, 2008) and The Camera Artist (Turning Point, 2020). For some years, she was a teacher and counselor in public and independent schools. In 2007, she won the Earle Birney Poetry Prize from Prism International and in 2018, she was a finalist for the John Ciardi Poetry Prize from BkMk Press. Since 2001, more than 250 of her poems have been published and three have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Joan co-curates the Hemingway's Summer Poetry Series with Kristofer Collins. Her new book of poetry, Fig Season, is forthcoming from Turning Point in 2023.
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