Diego, known as @Agitprop_poet, crafts verse that agitates, illuminates, and refuses to look away. His poetry blends political urgency with lyrical precision, drawing from lived experience, collective memory, and radical
Connor Watkins-Xu holds a BA in Professional Writing from Baylor University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland, where he taught creative and academic writing. His
Asha Dore is a writer and illustrator working on a book about fawning. Bylines include The New York Times, The Cut, and Slate. She hosts âTotally Biased Reviews,â a literary interview podcast. Her
Makayla Danielle Gay hails from Southeastern Kentucky. Her work has appeared in Adroit, Prairie Schooner, and American Literary Review, among others. Her debut collection, Hackles (Girl Noise Press 2025) is available now.
Hillary Behrmanâs award winning short stories have been described as deeply humane and unsettling and have been published in journals, magazines, short story dispensers and an anthology. Lake Effect, her debut
Sigrun Susan Lane is a poet from Seattle Washington. After a successful career in business, she returned to her initial passion: to be a writer. She began writing poetry with
Joanna Demarest has been telling stories and facilitating storytelling workshops for over 30 years. She is the Northwest Folklife Festivalâs Storytelling Community Coordinator and an at-large board member of the
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