Meet the contributors of upcoming Issue 237
Larry Smith
Larry Smith’s novella, “Patrick Fitzmike and Mike Fitzpatrick,” was published in 2016 by Outpost 19. His stories have appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Low Rent (nominated for a Pushcart Prize), Exquisite Corpse, The Collagist, Curbside Splendor, Sequestrum, and PANK, among numerous others. Smith’s poetry has appeared in Descant (Canada) and Elimae, among others; his articles and essays in Modern Fiction Studies, Social Text, The Boston Phoenix, and others.
Tamzin Mitchell
Tamzin Mitchell is a proofreader and editor currently based in London. She holds an MFA from the University of New Hampshire, and her work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Five on the Fifth, cahoodaloodaling, and Not One of Us, among others.
Iris N. Schwartz
Iris N. Schwartz’s fiction has been published in dozens of journals and anthologies, including Anti-Heroin Chic, Foxglove Journal, Jellyfish Review, and Spelk Fiction. Her short-short story collection, My Secret Life with Chris Noth, was published by Poets Wear Prada and nominated for two Pushcart Prizes. “Shame” is her latest collection.
Jean Wolff
Jean Wolff studied fine arts at the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit and at the University of Michigan. She attended Hunter College, CUNY in New York, graduating with an MFA in painting and printmaking. She’s had group and solo exhibits in numerous galleries in New York City and internationally. In addition, her work has been published in various literary and art journals. Jean currently lives and works in New York City.
Jason Hackett
Jason Hackett is an English Lit. Major who put his writing skills to good use as an advertising copywriter. He wrote his way up through the ranks and, twenty-plus years later, Jason is now owner and creative director of HAPI, an ad firm located in his hometown of Phoenix, AZ. Every day, he can be found banging away at his keyboard, playing with words and concepts. Jason’s poems have appeared in The Journal of American Poetry, Slippery Elm Literary Journal, Scarlet Leaf Review and Cholla Needles.
Jamie Beth Cohen
Jamie Beth Cohen is a writer, storyteller and community organizer who works in higher education. She is a co-founder of Write Now Lancaster (PA) and has published non-fiction with TeenVogue, The Washington Post, Salon, and others. She writes about difficult things, but her friends think she’s funny.
Josef Krebs
Josef Krebs has a chapbook published by Etched Press and his poetry also appears in the Bicycle Review, Burningword Literary Journal, Calliope, The Cape Rock, The Chaffey Review, Inscape, Mouse Tales Press, Organs of Vision and Speech, Tacenda, Agenda, The Corner Club Press, Crack the Spine, The FictionWeek Literary Review, the Aurorean, Carcinogenic Poetry, The Bangalore Review, 521magazine, Former People, The Bohemian, Grey Sparrow Journal, IthacaLit, New Plains Review, Inwood Indiana Press, and The Cats Meow. A short story has been published in blazeVOX. He’s written three novels and five screenplays. His film was successfully screened at Santa Cruz and Short Film Corner of Cannes film festivals.
Kathleen Latham
Kathleen Latham’s work has most recently appeared in Flash Fiction Magazine, The London Reader, Picaroon Poetry, and Clockwise Cat. Her first creative nonfiction piece is forthcoming in Hedge Apple.
Bill Gaythwaite
Bill Gaythwaite is on the staff of the Committee on Asia and the Middle East at Columbia University. His short stories have appeared (or are forthcoming) in Grist, Alligator Juniper, Superstition Review, The Lindenwood Review, Streetlight, Word Riot, and elsewhere. His short play, Assistance, was staged at Circle Rep in New York City and he has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Bill’s work can also be found in the anthologies Mudville Diaries and Hashtag: Queer.