Richard Allen Taylor
Richard Allen Taylor: is the author of four poetry collections including Letters to Karen Carpenter and Other Poems (2023) from Main Street Rag Publishing Company. His poems, articles and reviews have appeared in Sheila–Na–Gig, Flying South, MacQueen’s Quinterly, HUBRIS, and Aeolian Harp, among others. He formerly served as review editor for The Main Street Rag and founding co–editor of Kakalak. He resides in Greer, South Carolina.
Sara Lynn Eastler
Sara Lynn Eastler: is an MFA candidate at Queens University of Charlotte, where she serves as the assistant poetry editor for Qu Literary Review. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Passengers Journal, The Bangalore Review, Voices of Decolonization, Cathexis Northwest Press, and other journals.
Ma Yongbo
Ma Yongbo: was born in 1964, Ph.D., translator, editor, and leading scholar of postmodern poetry. He has authored or translated more than 80 published books. His translations from English include works by Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, W.C. Williams, John Ashbery, Henry James, Moby Dick, Rosanna Warren, and others.
Vanessa Vie
Vanessa Vie: abandoned a career in medicine in favour of literature, music, and visual art. Her debut book Open Windows, Open Doors was published in Britain by New Departures. It is a volume of diverse poetic writings, plus a substantial selection of visual inventions. The book’s title invokes the opening of Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s, Populist Manifesto: For Poets with Love She lives and works in the UK.