D.A. Navoti is a member of the Gila River Indian Community and a multidisciplinary storyteller, writer, and composer. He is a descendant of Hopi, Zuni, Akimel O’otham, and Yavapai-Apache tribes, and his artwork investigates what it means to be Indigenous in the 21st century. Navoti’s literary work has been published by Indian Country Today, Spartan, […]
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Hera McLeod lives in Seattle, but holds true to her Washington, D.C. roots by being unapologetically blunt. She is a woman of color who seeks to empower and educate women through personal narrative. She is the author of the blog Cappuccino Queen, a blog about moving on from an abusive relationship to live the best […]
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Wancy Young Cho has appeared in Salon, The Windy City Times, Ghost Factory, No Touching Magazine, and Hair Trigger. He was the recipient of the 2008 Gold Circle Award for Traditional Fiction by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and took First Place in the 2005 Written Image Screenwriting Competition. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia […]
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Catalina Marie Cantú, of Mexican/Madeiran heritage, writes essays, poetry, and prose inspired by her experiences in social justice, domestic relationships, and economic survival. She earned her BA in La Raza Studies, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Washington. Her poetry has been published in La Bloga, Poetry on Buses, and Raven Chronicles. She […]
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Jamaica (she/her) is a poet and educator. Her first book, Bone Language, was published by YesYes Books in June 2023. Her work has appeared in Guernica, World Literature Today, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner and more. She is the recipient of multiple awards including a 2023 Pushcart Prize and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department […]
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Quenton Baker is a poet and educator from Seattle. His current focus is the fact of blackness in American society. His work has appeared in Jubilat, Vinyl, Apogee, The James Franco Review, and Cura. He is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee and the recipient of the James W. Ray Venture Project award from Artist Trust. […]
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Ellie Belew lives in the world of stories we tell ourselves and each other. She writes them down as novels, short prose pieces, and community histories. Belew has published one novel, Run, Plant, Fly (with audio CD produced through Jack Straw’s Artist Support Program); two labor histories, Fully Involved, Bringing Power to the People; and […]
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Calvin Gimpelevich is a fiction writer whose work appears in Electric Literature, Plentitude, Glitterwolf, cream city, THEM, and other publications. He is the recipient of awards from Artist Trust, Jack Straw Cultural Center, and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. 2017 Writers Program
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Brandon Young is a spoken word artist operating primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, currently residing in Seattle. His work combines deadpan humor with historical events. He has been a featured performer at QACon 2013, APATure 2014, the New Sh!t Show, the Racket and the San Francisco Queer Open Mic. He is published in […]
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Ashlan Runyan is a writer who believes that sometimes the best way to show up to your work is to switch mediums and teach yourself to knit a pair of socks, or quilt, or how to make herbal medicine, or dance. That is, Ashlan is a writer amongst a few other things. She is always […]
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