Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Thomas Kneeland is a poet, speaker, educator, and visual artist. He is author of the chapbook, We Be Walkin’ Blackly in the Deep (Marian University Department of Media, Communication, and Design), and a 2022 Frontier Poetry Global Poetry Prize finalist.

His publication credits include The Rumpus, Southern Humanities Review, The Amistad, Vagabond City Lit, South Florida Poetry Journal, and elsewhere.

Kneeland holds a B.A. in English Writing from DePauw University, an M.A. in Ministry from Wesley Seminary, and an MFA in Poetry from Butler University.

Poetry Editor

Martina McGowan is a medical physician, writer, and poet. Prior to the pandemic, Martina McGowan spent over 40 years as a physician, corporate trainer, mentor, and workshop leader. She is a native of New York, raised in Yonkers, and later trained and practiced as a physician in Houston. Martina has witnessed firsthand the changes in desegregation of both mind and heart throughout her life. Her first book, i am the rage, opened the dialogue for many to own their own discomfort with feelings and generational oppression. Read More

Poetry Editor

Isabelle Rogers is currently a veterinary assistant in her hometown of Shreveport, LA. She graduated from the University of Arkansas with her B.A. in English. Isabelle has one publication with her university’s undergraduate literary magazine and hopes to publish a collection of poetry someday. Besides gaining experience with literary magazines, she aspires to be an editor for a publishing company. In her free time, Isabelle enjoys to read, write, and ride horses.