Esteban Rodríguez was raised in the Rio Grande Valley along the Texas/Mexican border. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, he worked as a barista and a writing tutor before becoming a high school teacher. A graduate of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s MFA program, his writing seeks to explore they ways in which cultural traditions and expectations shape our understanding of identity, family relationships, and our everyday interactions with the world at large. Read Esteban’s poems on our Featured Poet page.
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Featured Poet Jim Daniels
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Jim Daniels is a writer and poet born in Detroit, Michigan. He currently lives in Pittsburgh teaching as a Thomas Stockham Baker University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Some of his poetry collections include Rowing Inland (Wayne State University Press, 2017), Apology to the Moon (BatCat Press, 2015), Birth Marks (BOA Editions, 2013), and stories from Eight Mile High (Michigan State University Press, 2014). Daniels is also writer/producer of a number of short films, including “The End of Blessings” (2015).
Read MoreFeatured Poet – Melissa Eleftherion
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Melissa Eleftherion grew up in Brooklyn. She is the author of huminsect (dancing girl press, 2013), prism maps (dusie kollektiv, 2014), Pigtail Duty (dancing girl press, 2015), and several other chapbooks and fragments. Recent work appears or is forthcoming in Bone Bouquet, Bukowski Erasure Poetry Anthology, Delirious Hem
Read MoreFeatured Poet – Jonathan Jones
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Jonathan Jones teaches writing composition at John Cabot University in Rome. He earned a B.A. in English and American Studies from Keele University, England and an M.A. in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University College. He returned to Keele earning
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Write about feet! What about Cinderella’s slippers? What about shoes...
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