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Michele Evans, a fifth-generation Washingtonian (D.C.), is a writer, high school English teacher, and adviser for literary magazine Unbound.
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Steve Henn
- Aug 12
- 2 min
High School English Teacher
Steve Henn wrote American Male, Guilty Prayer, Indiana Noble Sad Man of the Year, and two previous collections from NYQ Books.
Elizabeth Joy Levinson
- Jul 15
- 2 min
Shadow Day
Elizabeth Joy Levinson is a biology teacher in Chicago. Her work has been published in Whale Road Review, SWWIM, Cobra Milk, and more.
Justine Thomas
- Jul 3
- 2 min
Collective Action
Justine Thomas is an English teacher turned school social worker / adjunct professor in Massachusetts.
Tyler Robert Sheldon
- Jun 17
- 2 min
KAHUNA OR: LEADING DISCUSSION IN COMPOSITION I
Tyler Robert Sheldon, MFA Author of Everything is Ghosts (Finishing Line Press, 2024) and When to Ask for Rain (Spartan Press, 2021).
Haley Bossé
- May 16
- 1 min
What we do after Nex
Haley Bossé (they/them) calls for an immediate end to Israel’s genocide against the people of Palestine.
Allison Albino
- Apr 29
- 4 min
Everyone Wants To Be Loved,
Allison Albino is a Filipina-American poet and French teacher who lives and writes in Harlem.
Jaz
- Apr 15
- 2 min
TrAuMa
Jaz is an Award-winning Published Poet, Singer, Author, Performance Poet, Playwright, Actress, ASCAP Member-Songwriter and Educator.
Donna Vorreyer
- Apr 1
- 3 min
Obsolete
Donna Vorreyer is the author of three full-length poetry collections.
Berent LaBrecque
- Mar 18
- 3 min
Norwegian teachers prevent Nazi takeover of education, 1942
Berent LaBrecque (he/him/his) is a history teacher who currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Cecil Morris
- Mar 9
- 1 min
What Do Women Want?
Cecil Morris retired after 37 years of teaching high school English in Roseville, CA, and now he tries writing himself.
Caroline Earleywine
- Feb 15
- 4 min
Scientists Say the Titanic Will Disappear in 20 Years
Caroline Earleywine is a poet and educator who taught high school English in Central Arkansas for ten years.
Christopher Clauss
- Jan 29
- 2 min
Away
Christopher Clauss (he/him) is an introvert, Ravenclaw, father, poet, photographer, and middle school science teacher in rural New Hampshire
D. R. James
- Jan 22
- 2 min
Teaching
D. R. James, a year+ into retirement from nearly 40 years of teaching college writing, literature, and peace studies.
Melissa Fite Johnson
- Jan 1
- 1 min
The Gap
Melissa Fite Johnson is the author of three full-length collections, most recently Midlife Abecedarian (Riot in Your Throat, 2024).
Valerie A. Smith
- Dec 18, 2023
- 2 min
Mass
Valerie A. Smith’s first book of poems, Back to Alabama, is forthcoming from Sundress Publications.
Chloe Yelena Miller
- Nov 20, 2023
- 1 min
Italian Vocabulary: Di Sotto In Sù
Chloe Yelena Miller is a recipient of a 2020 and 2022 DC Arts and Humanities Fellowship (Individuals) grant.
Matthew Kelsey
- Nov 6, 2023
- 1 min
THE INVISIBLE BOW
By Matthew Kelsey Once the children have found a seat, have zipped or clicked or pulled open their lunch, and a hush falls over the...
Rachel White
- Sep 25, 2023
- 1 min
Excursion
Rachel White (she/her) is an American-born poet and artist who lives and works on Kaurna land in South Australia.
Noah Renn
- Sep 11, 2023
- 1 min
Ode to the football cleats abandoned near the faculty lot at Norview High School
Noah Renn has lived as a working writer and educator in Southeastern Virginia for over 15 years.
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