Overhaul Required

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ISSN 2334-1114

Patrick Johnson

From RE: Publican Discourse

The Bark Bites

History Repleting Itself

Tudor Fat

C.J. Weeks

Doomcrack

Untitled: found in The New York Times

Terry Edmonds

Terry Edmonds is a New York poet who developed a love for language and poetry as a young boy growing up in the projects of Baltimore. Since the 1980s, he has been an active member of the poetry community in both cities. His first two chapbooks, Thank God for the Lowlife and To Hear This Message Again Press Ten, were published by Baltimore’s Apathy Press in 1989 and 90, respectively. His latest book, Question Marks, was published in 2023 by Dark Light Publishing. His writing passion led to a more than 45-year career as a public relations specialist and executive speechwriter, including serving as chief speechwriter for President Bill Clinton. For more than 10 years, he has been an active member of New York’s Riverside Poets workshop, and his poems have appeared in the group’s annual anthology. He lives in New York’s Upper West Side with his partner, Wendy Levine.

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Patrick Johnson

Patrick Johnston is an Anglo-Australian writer whose work explores power, absurdity, faith, and the collapse of historical memory. His poetry and hybrid work have appeared in The Louisville Review, Blood + Honey, Roe River Review, and elsewhere. He lives between hemispheres.

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Joshua Lillie

Joshua Lillie is a bartender in Tucson, Arizona. He is the author of the chapbook Small Talk Symphony (Finishing Line Press, 2025) and the collection The Outside They Built (Alien Buddha Press, 2025). In 2024, he was a finalist for the Jack McCarthy Book Prize Contest from Write Bloody Publishing. In his free time, he enjoys searching for lizards with his wife and cat.

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Bradley J. Fest

Bradley J. Fest is associate professor of English at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. He is the author of three volumes of poetry, The Rocking Chair (Blue Sketch, 2015), The Shape of Things (Salò, 2017), and 2013–2017: Sonnets (LJMcD Communications, 2024), and a long poem, “Postrock,” was recently published in Always Crashing. He has also written a number of essays on contemporary literature and culture, which have been published in boundary 2, CounterText, Critique, Genre, Scale in Literature and Culture (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), and elsewhere. More information is available at bradleyjfest.com.

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