Contributors' Notes
- Contributors' Notes
Kirstin Allio is the author of the novels Garner (Coffee House, 2005) and Buddhism for Western Children (University of Iowa, 2018), and the short story collection Clothed, Female Figure (Dzanc, 2016). She won the 2019 American Short(er) Fiction Prize, chosen by Danielle Dutton. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
Elizabeth Austen is a former Washington State poet laureate, and author of Every Dress a Decision (Blue Begonia Press, 2011) and two chapbooks. For the past decade, she's led poetry and reflective writing sessions for clinicians in a variety of healthcare settings. "Calling Out the Names" was commissioned by Seattle Children's Hospital for the annual memorial service for children who have died.
Jan Beatty's book Jackknife: New and Selected Poems (University of Pittsburgh, 2017) won the 2018 Paterson Poetry Prize. The Switching/Yard (University of Pittsburgh, 2013) was named one of Library Journal's "30 New Books That Will Help You Rediscover Poetry." The Huffington Post called her one of ten "advanced women poets for required reading." Other books, all from the University of Pittsburgh, include Red Sugar (2008), Boneshaker (2002), and Mad River (1995), winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize. At Carlow University, she directs the writing program and the Madwomen in the Attic workshops, and is the MFA Distinguished Writer in Residence.
Traci Brimhall is the author of Saudade (Copper Canyon Press, 2017), Our Lady of the Ruins (W. W. Norton, 2012), and Rookery (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010), as well as Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod (Copper Canyon Press, 2020). Her poems have appeared in the New Yorker, Slate, Poetry, the Believer, the New Republic, and Best American Poetry. A 2013 NEA Fellow, she's currently an Associate Professor and Director of Creative Writing at Kansas State University.
Dana Jaye Cadman is a writer and artist. Her poetry has recently appeared in North American Review and the Literary Review. She is currently working as libretto illustrator for the upcoming opera Sensorium Ex. She lives just past the edge of New York City, where she teaches writing.
Rohan Chhetri is a Nepali Indian poet based in Houston. He is the author of Slow Startle (The [Great] Indian Poetry Collective, 2017) and a chapbook of poems, Jurassic Desire (Per Diem Press, 2018). His second book of poems, winner of the 2018 Kundiman Poetry Prize, will be published in 2021 by Tupelo Press in the US and HarperCollins in India. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Prelude, Wildness, Vinyl, TriQuarterly, Literary Hub, and Poetry Society of America, and have been translated into French for Europe Revue and Terre à ciel. He has received fellowships from Kundiman, Inprint, and the Norman Mailer Center.
Kathy Fagan's fifth book is Sycamore (Milkweed Editions, 2017), a finalist for the 2018 Kingsley Tufts and William Carlos Williams poetry awards. Recent work appears in the New York Times, the Nation, Poetry, and Tin House. She has received fellowships from the NEA and Ohio Arts Council. Fagan directs the MFA Program at Ohio State, where she also serves as series co-editor for the OSU Press/Wheeler Poetry Prize.
Joel Fishbane, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, is the author of numerous works including the novel The Thunder of Giants (St. Martin's Press, 2015). His short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in places such as the Saturday Evening Post, Witness, the Writer, and Canada's History magazine. He is thrilled to be returning to New England Review, where his story "A Clever Science" was published in 2011.
Molly Gallentine's nonfiction has appeared in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Fourth Genre, the Normal School, and Gulf Coast. She is a Pushcart Prize winner and has been listed as a notable essayist in Best American Essays. Gallentine resides in New Jersey where she's currently working on her first nonfiction collection.
Bryan Head is a poet from Asheville, North Carolina. He is currently completing an MFA at the University of Maryland. He is the incoming editor of the Sakura Review and co-manages HomeWord Youth Poetry, a youth spoken word and creative writing organization in North Carolina.
Sean Hill is the author of Dangerous Goods...
