Gaëlle is Brooklyn-born, Philly-raised, and the daughter of Haitian parents. She’s a creative, a hustler, and a risk taker who would rather try something and be wrong than wonder what could have happened. Her story for Release 004: REDEMPTION + REVENGE is about revisiting the same situation one too many times—and what it takes to finally leave it alone for good.

Sumitra is an NYC-based writer, textile designer, and mother of two. Her story for Release 004: REDEMPTION + REVENGE follows the evolution of her relationship with her father and the difficult work of forgiveness when family bonds are tested.

E.M. Gallagher is a writer, New Yorker, former educator, and retired hellraiser. On her Substack, Ugh. Anyway., she writes about the ghosts of her dating past and rants about life at large. It took her eight years to write her story for Release 004: REDEMPTION + REVENGE. It’s about a breakup that blindsided her, what she couldn’t understand at the time, and what became clear years later.

Grace is a creator and comedian who knows that sometimes a good story starts with a little beef. Her story for Release 004: REDEMPTION + REVENGE is about a night out with friends, a stolen joint, and how she ended up beefing with Jay Electronica.

Glynn and Nneka kick off Release 004: REDEMPTION + REVENGE with a conversation about getting even, getting closure, and the blurry line between the two. Pulling from the themes in this season’s stories, they swap their own experiences with grudges, forgiveness, heartbreak, and the times revenge felt a little too sweet.

Kam is West African-born but grew up in Harlem. Finding it hard to express herself verbally growing up, she fell in love with the ability to share her inner thoughts and wild imagination with people without having to speak. But every now and then she gets a bit courageous and shares some of her writing.

Kam shares two poems for Release 003: LOVE. The first is about accountability, the second is a disclaimer to the man who will love her.

Kristin is a writer because she writes. She is a lifelong student and educator. Her plants require her to read to them. She combats writer's block with a yoga flow or dancing. Her story for Release 003: LOVE is about the unconditional love between her and her father, now held in a container of grief.

Tiffany is a hopeful romantic and Brooklyn native currently working on her first memoir. Her story for Release 003 is a rendering of an unexpected encounter with a stranger in Paris and the echo of its impact.

Kat is a multidisciplinary creative known for introducing good people to the utmost experiences and communities. Kat’s story for Release 003: LOVE is about the unavoidable relationship between grief and love.

Ẹniafẹ Isis is a woman breaking into herself, a writer alchemizing emotion, and a journey-teller guiding herself and others in the narration of their own stories. Her story for Release 003: LOVE, Reflections In Her Eyes, is told through the lens of a woman breaking into herself, breaking down, breaking up, and breaking through.