M.J. Fievre: Founding Editor
M.J.’s short stories and poems have appeared in The Southeast Review, The Caribbean Writer, Writer’s Digest, The Mom Egg, and Haiti Noir (Akashic Books, 2011). She is a regular contributor to The Nervous Breakdown, and a contributing editor for Vis.A.Vis Magazine. M.J. loves coconut shrimp, piña coladas, her dog Wiskee, and a good story. She graduated from the Creative Writing program at Florida International University and Anton Chekhov is one of her favorite writers. Check out her writer’s blog.
Laura Richardson: Poetry Editor
Laura is a graduate of the MFA creative writing program at Florida International University, where she received an Academy of American Poets award. Her interests are dog fur, rotting seaweed, and death. In her spare time she listens obsessively to Alejandro Escovedo and worries about her Chihuahua’s feelings.
Marina Pruna: Poetry Editor
Marina is a native of Patagonia, Argentina. Of Cuban and Argentinean descent, Marina lives in Miami, FL , where she is currently a Poetry MFA student in the Creative Writing Program at Florida International University. Her work has appeared in the Flatmancrooked’s Slim Anthology of Contemporary Poetics 2010.
Fabienne Sylvia Josaphat: Fiction Editor
Fabienne is the author of Requiem pour Anaise, a novel published in Nice, France in 2002. Her short stories have appeared in various journals and magazines, including The Caribbean Writer and MiamiZine. Fabienne holds a B.A. in English, Professional Writing, and has been applying her writing skills and knowledge in various positions as a copywriter and editor. She is currently working on an MFA in Creative Writing at Florida International University.
Nicholas Garnett: Nonfiction Editor
Nicholas received his MFA in Creative Writing from Florida International University (FIU). He is an adjunct professor of creative writing at FIU and a frequent instructor for the Center for Literature and Theatre at Miami Dade College. Nicholas is a recipient of residencies from the Vermont Studio Center and the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, and a scholarship to the Norman Mailer Writing Colony. His writings have appeared in Salon.com, Sliver of Stone, R-KV-RY Quarterly, and The Florida Book Review. His work of narrative nonfiction, “All That Glitters,” was selected to appear in the 2010 “Best of the Net” Anthology.
Holly Mayes: Art Editor
Holly grew up in a small town in Central Florida and graduated in 1999 from the Harrison School for the Visual and Performing Arts. She has actively participated in local art shows and festivals, including the Winter Park Art Festival and Art on the Park in Lakeland. Her self portrait, Me, was purchased by the Polk Museum of Art as part of their permanent collection. Holly loves classic rock and blues, her 1966 Ford Mustang, very dirty martinis and Southern cooking. She currently lives in South Miami with her husband Danny and her seven dogs and cats.
Corey Ginsberg: Advisor
Corey is a graduate of Florida International University’s MFA program, where she specialized in nonfiction. She currently works as a freelance writer and a writing tutor, and lives in Miami with her Dachshund, Joey. Her favorite writer is Kurt Vonnegut.
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Patricia Warman: Poetry Editor
Patricia is a poet, teacher, and writing center coordinator. In 2008, she received her MFA in Creative Writing from Florida International University. Her literary interests include birds, water in all its forms, and states of consciousness. She finds inspiration in the work of Sylvia Plath, Li-Young Lee, and Olena Kalytiak Davis. Patricia shares a home with her partner, filmmaker Alejandro Cano, three imaginative stepchildren, and a cat named Kiwi.
Abigail Sedaris: Nobody-Really (Intern?)
No one has actually met Abigail. For all we know, she might be a fictitious character. We are told she lives in Pembroke Pines with her Australian silk terrier, owns a pair of castanets, listens to an incredible amount of rock, and likes paintings by Jean-François Millet. Her favorite quote: “Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.”
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