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Julio Montalvo Valentin is the author of two chapbooks, Don’t Give up the Ship and Ship Lost.  His poetry is published in online journals including Thimble Literary Magazine and Plurality Press.  Late 2018 his not-yet titled chapbook on Rice is anticipated from NightBallet Press. No longer an editor and publisher, Julio is busy working on another new project, converting a school bus into a poetry caravan for his upcoming poetry tour.  Until then, you just may find him at a mic in Buffalo, NY.

Kay Duganator was born and raised in Topeka, KS. She returned there after a brief tour of the Flint Hills during her time at Emporia State University. After her day job, Kay is free to pursue her arts: poetry, fiction and storytelling.  She hosts Topeka's NOTO Story Slam and frequently reads at Topeka's monthly Speak Easy Open Mic. She is also a member of the SFPA: Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association.  

Nathanael William Stolte is the author of six chapbooks: A Beggars Book of Poems (Last First Press, 2015), Bumblebee Petting Zoo (CWP Collective Press, 2015), Fools’ Song (CWP Collective Press, 2016), Origami Creature (Ghost City Press, 2017), A Beggars Prayer Book (Night Ballet Press, 2017), and Ramshackle American (Analogue Submissions Press, 2018). He was voted best poet in Buffalo (Artvoice, 2016). You'll find him featured in poetry readings in Buffalo and far beyond; and published in many poetry journals

Anthony Boynton is a Georgia native and doctoral student of English at the University of Kansas. Boynton's academic work normally focuses on and/or critiques race, gender, and popular culture. Essential to this work is the 4:44 Syllabus, an electronic storehouse that offers sources to unpack Jay-Z's 2017 summer album.  The 4:44 Syllabus  https://issuu.com/adboyntonii/docs/syllabus_final​ Boynton's creative work narrates stories of those we often hush, the ones we often need to hear most about the future, about emotion, about pain, and joy.

Follow Anthony Boynton at https://medium.com/@ADBoyntonII

Andrew Farkas' "Self-Titled Debut", a collection of fictions, won the Subito Press Prose Contest in 2009. His work has appeared in North American Review, The Cincinnati Review, and The Florida Review, among other places. His story, "The Ballad of Ailin' Alan Smithee," was a Special Mention in Pushcart Prize XXXV, and his essay, "Somewhere Better Than This Place," was a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2013. He holds degrees from Kent State University, the University of Tennessee, the University of Alabama, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a fiction editor at The Collagist and an English professor at Washburn University.