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Who We Are
It came to our attention that most of you have no idea who we are. You should just know this stuff! We’re making it easier for you to get to know us and we’ve come up with some short bios that will start us off.
Anaïs \ Non-Fiction Editor
Anaïs’s parents named her after Anaïs Nin and yet were shocked when she told them she wanted to be a writer. She is currently working on her B.A. in Writing & Rhetoric/Comparative Literature at Florida Atlantic University and freaking about grad school constantly. She listens to a lot of Talking Heads and Ella Fitzgerald, starts perpetual knitting projects, sees movies alone in the afternoon, walks her dog infrequently, writes constantly, and reads even more.
You can find Anaïs on tumblr under the name bibliotheque.
Caitlin \ Poetry Editor
Caitlin is currently working towards an M.F.A. in Poetry after completing a B.A. in Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature. She knits, drinks too much tea, rides horses, loves fiercely, and writes feverishly.
You can find her on tumblr under the name thefranticsearch.
Josh \ Fiction Editor
Josh was born and raised in a rural town in New York State. At the ripe age of 18, he left for a four month European adventure where he 
discovered his love for writing and traveling. Upon his return to the States, he ventured out West where he attended the University of California at San Diego where he majored in Literature. While there, he led numerous workshops focusing on the art of writing fiction. He has many interests including music, movies, books, libraries, poetry, my dog, hiking, surfing, shenanigans, flannel, writing, sounding pretentious, particle and nuclear physics, cooking, but mostly just shenanigans.
You can find Josh on tumblr under the name joshisinfinite.
Lisa \ Review Editor
Lisa is a graduate of CSU, Chico with a Bachelors Degree in English, and a Certificate in Editing and Publishing, along with being the 2009 winner of the Walker Prize for excellence within the publishing program. She has previously worked for Flume Press, Watershed Literary Magazine, and has freelanced for such publishers as Naturegraph. She writes a little and knits a lot, and can be found online through her blog, Unsympathetic.
FAQ: Copyright
We received a question in our mailbox about our copyright policy and I’d like to take the time to clarify what our policy is and why we feel that it is the best for everyone involved.
We don’t want to take ownership or hold the copyright of any works that come our way from individual authors; the authors will maintain copyright on all of their works and, in a sense, are letting us or giving us permission, to use their work. We will not strip you of your right to your own work. We believe that the best way to foster creativity and growth is for you, the author, to maintain copyright. You wrote it, you put in the work, it belongs to you.
