BIO Huzaifa Pandit (MA, SET) was born and raised in Kashmir. He is pursuing a PhD on “Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Agha Shahid Ali and Mahmoud Darwish – Poetics of Resistance” at University of Kashmir. His poems, translations, essays and papers have been published in various journals like Indian Literature, PaperCuts, CLRI, Punch and Muse India….
BIO Cameron Morse taught and studied in China. Diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2014, he is currently a third-year MFA candidate at UMKC and lives with his wife, Lili, in Blue Springs, Missouri. His poems have been or will be published in over 50 different magazines, including New Letters, Pamplemousse, Fourth & Sycamore and…
BIO Gale Acuff has poetry published in Ascent, Santa Barbara Review, Descant, Ohio Journal, South Dakota Review, Grasslands Review, Poem, Maryland Poetry Review, South Carolina Review, Florida Review, Adirondack Review, and many other journals. He have authored three books of poetry: Buffalo Nickel (BrickHouse Press, 2004), The Weight of the World (BrickHouse, 2006), and The…
BIO Sergio A. Ortiz is a two-time Pushcart nominee, a four-time Best of the Web nominee, and 2016 Best of the Net nominee. 2nd place in the 2016 Ramón Ataz Annual Poetry Competition. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in FRIGG, Tipton Poetry Journal, Drunk Monkeys, Bitterzeot Magazine, and *ONE*: Jacar Press. He is currently working on…
BIO Simon Perchik lives in New York. His poetry has appeared in Partisan Review, The Nation, The New Yorker and elsewhere. .T THREE POEMS Her chest no longer listening though both your arms stay folded one over the other, wet the way these dead dare each night to arrive without them –you stand in front…
BIO Thomas Piekarski is a former editor of the California State Poetry Quarterly and Pushcart Prize nominee. His poetry and interviews have appeared widely in literary journals internationally, including Nimrod, Portland Review, Mandala Journal, Cream City Review, Poetry Salzburg, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, Boston Poetry Magazine, and Poetry Quarterly. He has published a travel book, Best Choices In Northern California,…
CAPITALS: A Poetry Anthology – Abhay K. Review by Saba Mahmood Bashir Paperback: 399 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury Language: English ISBN: 978-93-86141-11-8 To know a country with a poem on its capital is an idea which is unique in itself. Resonating with the intrinsic culture of that place, it accentuates the ethos through various parameters. Capitals:…
. Pascal Roux felt the gleam of the morning sun as he rose his head to adjust the bridge of his Plume styled glasses. He found himself sitting on the edge of his old Matelasse sofa with inverted knees and an overwhelming stream of consciousness. The repetition of his tapping foot mirrored his thoughts. Margot,…
BIO Born on 4th January, 2001, Nidarsh Raj is a school student studying at Plus 2 level at Athavanad Govt Higher Secondary School at Malappuram, Kerala, India. . BIO Translator Vidya Panicker’s poems have been published in The feminist review (UK), Muse India, CLRI, Reading hour, Femina fiction and Indian review, among others. She has…
BIO Born in Alappuzha, encircled by the backwaters of Kerala, Sudheer Raj’s parents were teachers. He joined the Indian Air Force at a tender age of 17 without completing his studies. He had started writing at the age of 10, but stopped it completely during his twenty years of military service. He took retirement at…
BIO: 2016 Pushcart Prize nominee, Sophia Naz has published in numerous literary journals. Her poetry collections are Peripheries, Pointillism and Date Palms. She is Poetry Editor and columnist at The Sunflower Collective and editor of City, a Quarterly of South Asian Literature. Links to published works are at her site: www.trancelucence.net . Mull (for…
BIO Ram Krishna Singh, born, brought up and educated in Varanasi, India, is a university professor with active interest in poetry and English language teaching. He has authored more than 160 research articles, 170 book reviews and 39 books. His recent books are – a tanka-haiku collection God Too Awaits Light (2017) and Writing, Editing and…
