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She co-curates Fourth Saturdays, a poetry series in Claremont, California, as well as Garden of Verses, an annual day-long reading of nature poems in Claremont’s California Botanic Garden. http://www.cloudslikemountains.blogspot.com/ https://www.presspausepress.org/press-play/2022/2/15/chewing-the-scenery monthly 0.5 2023-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5da21289-071f-4258-b489-cf5c441088c8/Tanya+Visceglia+photo.jpg Press Play - Chewing the Scenery - Tanya Visceglia Tanya Visceglia is a linguist, Brooklyn-born expat, and an 18-year member of Taiwan's LGBTQ+ community. Her research has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the Chang Ching Guo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. Her non-academic writing uses sociolinguistic concepts to frame and interpret lived and shared experience in her original and adopted homelands. Her essays Not for Nothin and For Joan Nestle were featured in Monologging in 2020 and 2021. Her essay 921 appeared in the latest issue of Expat Press. She is represented by Natalie Kimber at The Rights Factory, and her essay collection Shelter in Another Place is currently out on submission. https://www.presspausepress.org/press-play/unsane monthly 0.5 2022-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/512bf2d5-f621-436d-a21c-b22e03450814/image.png Press Play - Unsane: How the Mental Health Industry Silences Women’s Trauma - callie s. blackstone Callie S. Blackstone writes both poetry and prose. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Plainsongs, Prime Number Magazine, West Trestle Review, and others. Callie is a lifelong New Englander. She is lucky enough to wake up to the smell of saltwater and the call of seagulls every day. 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The Wild Rose Press has published ten books, including Love, Death, and the Art of Cooking and Morgan’s Landing, and a short story collection will be released in 2026. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/krammen-dreamgirl monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/68558419-de23-4108-a8b9-a8baf69bb749/victoriakbutler.jpg The Great Pause - Dream Girl - victoria krammen butler studied journalism and English literature at San Francisco State University, where she learned to love stories that question the way we see the world. Born and raised in the Bay Area (and still there), she now works in Public Relations while carving out time to write amid the chaos of family life and perpetually-expiring Libby holds. 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As she weaves words, she aspires to inspire a sensitivity to the sacredness of our senses, and remind us too; of our belongingness to nature and our nature of beauty. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2024/hbcollins/roommates monthly 0.5 2024-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c8da3fa6-9872-4d85-9e95-07c59307ecc4/1000011108+%281%29.jpg The Great Pause - Roommates - HB Collins Haley Butzer-Collins, also known as HB Collins, is a first generation college student perusing an English Creative Writing Degree at Flagler College in St. Augustine with dreams of teaching and novelwriting. She is a member of The Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society and frequents Flagler College Open Mic Nights. Her work was displayed in Flagler College's Collections Showcase, as well as the Anual St. Augustine Poetfest in 2023. When she isn’t writing or updating her blog, she can be found playing Dungeons and Dragons or Baldurs Gate 3, befriending wizards in game, and trying to convince herself and her little sister that bringing home another sword is absolutely within her budget. 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He co-founded and served as vice president of his high school's literary magazine, and is now seeking to write for himself. He enjoys frequenting the cinema, expanding his vinyl collection, and reading what others have to say. He believes that everything he writes is tongue-in-cheek. His work has appeared in Sacramento Literary Review and is forthcoming in Door Is A Jar. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2024/clivegill/breakingnews monthly 0.5 2024-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a4601896-d952-42d4-956f-911c4bacd65f/CliveGill+300+DPI+photo+with+hat.jpg The Great Pause - Breaking News - clive aaron gill Numerous stories by Clive Aaron Gill have appeared in literary journals and anthologies. He tells his stories at public and private gatherings. Born in Zimbabwe, Clive has lived and worked in Southern Africa, North America and Europe. He received a degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and lives in San Diego. More of Clive’s stories are available at amazon.com/author/cliveaarongill https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2023/9/susanshea monthly 0.5 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b09fff8c-dc49-411d-b39f-4d3b8ee5e825/susan+shea.jpeg The Great Pause - Three Poems - Susan Shea Susan Shea is a retired school psychologist who was born in New York City, and now lives in a forest in Pennsylvania. She has returned to writing poetry in 2023, and this year she has been published in several dozen journals including Ekstasis, The Bluebird Word, Last Stanza Poetry Journal, The Bookends Review, Poetry Breakfast, Book of Matches Literary Magazine, and The Agape Review, as well as three anthologies. Susan feels like she is coming alive again, and is filled with new purpose. Recently Susan has had poems accepted for Feminine Collective, Military Experience and the Arts, Tiny Wren, Crowstep Poetry Journal, Green Ink Poetry, The Avalon Literary Review, and Clayjar Review. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/jaffe monthly 0.5 2023-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/ca95c20c-388f-4b9f-bac7-0e4f3543a302/20221006_183559.jpg The Great Pause - On Waking When You're 57 - amanda jaffe After years spent practicing law between travel adventures (and finally with an empty nest), Amanda Jaffe took the expat plunge in late 2018 and moved to Singapore, where she finally began writing. Now back in the United States, she remains happily retired from the law and, more happily, continues to write. Her essays and articles have been published in several print and online magazines and journals, including PASSAGE, AWA (Singapore) Magazine, The Finder, The American Interest, Wanderlust, Anak Sastra, and The Smart Set. She regularly contributes articles about the charitable food system to Food Bank News. Her writing may be found at www.amandajaffewrites.com and on Instagram at @amandajaffewrites. She currently resides in Southern California. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/hollandwheaton monthly 0.5 2023-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/aacf9491-e990-48bb-8497-f847cfe3eac0/HeatherHollandWheatonBWQ.jpg The Great Pause - How to Fall in Love During a Pandemic - Heather Holland Wheaton Heather is one of those New Yorkers who enjoyed the lockdown. So many annoying people skipped town, leaving behind a core group who adored the city and wanted to stand by it. The lockdown also gave her time to write and plenty of fresh fodder. One of her pieces of Pandemic Fiction (as she calls it), “I Wrote My Name on the Back of the Sky,” was published in Shooter Literary Magazine and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. That apparently doesn’t mean much unless you win. Her work has also appeared in Slipstream, The Morning News, Black Heart Magazine, PIM, and Every Day Fiction. Heather is the author of three short story collections, You Are Here, Eight Million Stories in a New York Minute, and Wet Paint. A fourth tome, Heartwarming Holiday Stories, is coming soon. www.heatherhollandwheaton.com https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/kolman monthly 0.5 2022-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/11bef69b-772d-4a34-9789-e3c16c269642/rachel+photo.png The Great Pause - About our phone call yesterday afternoon - Rachel Kolman Rachel Kolman is a a freelance writer, editor, and educator with an MFA from Rosemont College. Her nonfiction has been seen in AutoFocus, Bustle, Good Housekeeping, The Bookends Review, and others. Born in Chicago, she lived in Florida most her life, with a stint in Philadelphia before now calling the Pacific Northwest home. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/ericvd monthly 0.5 2022-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/0eb81b2e-8821-42b1-8791-d55b74188886/22mar2014buffalo-cropped.jpg The Great Pause - Sitting by My Long Ago Professor's Office Door - Eric v.d. Luft Eric v.d. Luft earned his B.A. magna cum laude in philosophy and religion at Bowdoin College in 1974, his Ph.D. in philosophy at Bryn Mawr College in 1985, and his M.L.S. at Syracuse University in 1993. From 1987 to 2006 he was Curator of Historical Collections at SUNY Upstate Medical University. He has taught at Villanova University, Syracuse University, Upstate, and the College of Saint Rose. He is the author, editor, or translator of over 670 publications in philosophy, religion, librarianship, history, history of medicine, politics, humor, popular culture, and nineteenth-century studies. He owns Gegensatz Press and is listed in Who's Who in America. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/blickley-bassin monthly 0.5 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d1056591-65dc-4796-9edd-2d1857c9d42b/compliance.jpg The Great Pause - Compliance - a fictional epistolary ekphrasis collaboration - Make it stand out Amy Bassin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f91d9fc5-8d1f-4133-a313-3e253414dd15/BassinAmy_2021_1.png The Great Pause - Compliance - a fictional epistolary ekphrasis collaboration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c6cab9a7-474b-4891-952b-952a57b1f600/Ma_Blickley.png The Great Pause - Compliance - a fictional epistolary ekphrasis collaboration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/kaplunshapiro monthly 0.5 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1561cae5-4eec-49b8-a2cd-3e4d9543332a/Transferenceonzoom.png The Great Pause - Life on Zoom - Three Visual Poems - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/40724e58-9b60-44d5-a614-44da26afcf81/birdsongonzoom.png The Great Pause - Life on Zoom - Three Visual Poems - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/14615870-2ed3-499e-8b9a-929098537990/youlectureilook.png The Great Pause - Life on Zoom - Three Visual Poems - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c831ffa4-c59e-496a-b9dd-daee71e33d6c/Marian%2C+black+blouse%2C+photographed+by+Steven.jpg The Great Pause - Life on Zoom - Three Visual Poems - Marian Kaplun Shapiro Marian Kaplun Shapiro, a practicing psychologist, is the author of a professional book, Second Childhood (Norton, 1988), her first poetry book, Players In The Dream, Dreamers In The Play (Plain View Press, 2007) and two chapbooks. A resident of Lexington, she is a five-time Senior Poet Laureate of Massachusetts. She was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2012. Her latest book of experimental poems, At The Edge Of The Cliff, has just been published by Plain View Press this January. She is currently completing a new collection of graphic poems. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/relativity monthly 0.5 2022-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1628030397104-KMLGVSXOEZC5S07QD239/image_123923953.JPG The Great Pause - The Practice of Relativity - Beatriz Seelaender Beatriz Seelaender was born in São Paulo, Brazil, 1998. She’s had several stories published by lit mags such as Cagibi, Psychopomp, and Azure, as well as essays on The Collapsar and Drunk Monkeys. Recently, she’s been trying her hand at poetry, too. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/theleveling monthly 0.5 2021-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1628029712429-SVKLRT3EZWT37UWTMHCN/4-4-2021+B+%26+W.jpg The Great Pause - the leveling - RC deWinter RC deWinter’s poetry is widely anthologized, notably in New York City Haiku (NYTimes, 2/2017), Winter Anthology: Healing Felines and Femmes (OtherWorldly Women Press, 12/2020), Now We Heal: An Anthology of Hope (Wellworth Publishing, 12/2020) in print: 2River, Event, Gargoyle Magazine, Meat For Tea: The Valley Review, the minnesota review, Night Picnic Journal, Plainsongs, Prairie Schooner, Southword, The Ogham Stone, Twelve Mile Review, York Literary Review among many others and appears in numerous online literary journals. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/downs monthly 0.5 2022-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1626199160372-NK6VRADGP5OQOQC83J44/Maggie+Downs.jpg The Great Pause - The Pooler Bear Society - Maggie Downs Maggie Downs is the author of the memoir Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother's) Lifetime, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and McSweeney’s, among others. She lives in Palm Springs, California. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/scanlan monthly 0.5 2021-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1624748878227-3D1S356IHQHG1S4FCKLR/Adrienne+Ross+Scanlan+headshot_NoDate.jpg The Great Pause - The Hardiness Zone - Adrienne Ross Scanlan Adrienne Ross Scanlan is the author of Turning Homeward – Restoring Hope and Nature in the Urban Wild (2017 Washington State Book Award Finalist, Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award 2016 Notable Book, and Nautilus Book Awards 2016-2017 Silver Medal). Her creative nonfiction has appeared in City Creatures, Bluestem, the For Love of Orcas anthology, The Fourth River, the American Nature Writing anthologies, and many other print or other online magazines, while her fiction has appeared in Shark Reef and Cirque. She is a reviewer for the New York Journal of Books and was formerly the nonfiction editor for the Blue Lyra Review. She graduated from the University of Washington’s Certificate in Editing program and is now a freelance developmental editor. Her website is adrienne-ross-scanlan.com, and she can be reached at adrienne@adrienne-ross-scanlan.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/firman monthly 0.5 2021-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1620092073582-DF1WB43W24WKFP4Q3MMU/IMG_2041+%281%29.jpg The Great Pause - It Takes a Village - Angela Firman Angela is a former educator, now full-time mom, living with her best friend and their hilarious, sometimes demanding, roommates aged 4 and 7. While she has always enjoyed writing, after being diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer at the age of 33 it has become something of a lifeline. Since then, she has not put her pen down, finding she has much to share about the realities of being diagnosed young. The heavy subject-matter has not stifled her sense of humor, however. In fact, she has delighted in employing heavy sarcasm to cope with parenting during a global pandemic. Her writing has been published in Wildfire Magazine and Open Minds Quarterly. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/mehra monthly 0.5 2021-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1620091050783-QD7PXBQGD6V2JVN38OOU/Ma+and+me.JPG The Great Pause - On a Roll - Kunal Mehra Kunal Mehra is an engineer and a multimedia artist whose photography and writing has been published by The Sun Magazine, Portland Japanese Garden and Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon. He grew up in India and has been living in Portland, Oregon since 2002. He likes hiking, filmmaking and spending time in deserts. He’s pictured here with his grandmother, circa 1986. @KunalMehraPhoto https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/mutedfantasies monthly 0.5 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618241366282-KV0LOQ8MK664FOZ90NDC/Molly-Cameron-B46A5450-7-S.jpg The Great Pause - Muted Fantasies - Molly cameron Molly Cameron is a writer and performer and her true stories have been featured on The Moth and RISK! podcasts and the Mortified live show. Her solo show, "Cupcakes & Morphine," was a SOLOCOM Solo Show Festival selection at the Peoples Improv Theater in 2018. She's currently working on a memoir with the same title, about getting hit by an SUV and moving back in with her parents. She lives in New York City and shares her thoughts at anothermolly.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/roosendaal monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1617335872320-N15ZTTT0VGXKTYRITC0A/DR+Headshot.jpg The Great Pause - The Happy Advent of the Elbow - Denise Roosendaal Denise Roosendaal received a Master of Arts in Writing degree in 2015 from Johns Hopkins University and has attended a variety of writing conferences, including those at Wesleyan University, Yale University, and Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has authored a number of short stories and flash fiction pieces. The first chapter of her novel, BAREFOOT OVER BROKEN GLASS, was recognized as a semi-finalist in the University of Arizona Book Festival contest 2020. The novel was also a finalist in the Hal Bernard Memorial Award from the Southeastern Writers Association 2020. She resides in Manassas, Virginia, with her husband, Pete, and a twenty-year old cat named Sheba. www.deniseroosendaal.com https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/aal monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1617336205458-EQ3IHASVQGZ6TWFPSD9H/IMG_5651.JPG The Great Pause - A Love Letter to my Gay Black Beloved Andre Alexander Lancaster - Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko (pronouns: he / they) is a queer, trans, third culture Tanzanian-American immigrant who has written two qtpoc books: Waafrika (Un/CUT Voices Press, 2013) and its sequel, Waafrika 1-2-3 (Un/CUT Voices Press, 2016). Nick has written a third qtpoc novel and is looking for an agent and publisher. If interested, please contact Nick at nhm9@caa.columbia.edu https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/joy monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1617336537929-HAHO5AD0G4TEMKC8GBGE/mary+z.jpg The Great Pause - Thinking About Joy During a Pandemic - Mary Zelinka Mary Zelinka lives in Albany, Oregon. She has worked at the Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence for over thirty years. Every day she has the privilege of witnessing the remarkable strength and resilience of domestic and sexual violence survivors. Her writing has appeared in The Sun Magazine, Brevity, Eclectica, and The Sock Drawer. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/blessings monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1615827323317-4O8OZFBRUKAAPRMS0FLO/01EQ97KJWPPBJ8AQJTS1J0SFND.jpg The Great Pause - A Non-Comprehensive List of Our Blessings Accounted for During the Pandemic - Bridgette Hylton Bridgette Hylton's writing has been published in print and online. Her primary writing venue is Medium where several of her essays have been picked up by Medium's in-house publications Human Parts and Zora. She was recently invited to discuss her writing on an NPR podcast called Strange Fruit. She is particularly interested in topics that relate to identity, culture, anti-racism, and equality. She lives in Massachusetts with her child and dog. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School. When she's not writing, Bridgette loves to travel, cook, bake and garden. You can follow her on social media and read more of her work on Medium. Instagram Facebook Twitter https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/theclass monthly 0.5 2021-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1615826706418-WO6UYNBTUNP6XF2ZI5RT/rod+martinez.png The Great Pause - The Class - Rod Martinez Rod Martinez writes middle grade & young adult. Growing up on Marvel Comics and Twilight Zone, the inspiration was inevitable. After a challenge by his son to write a story about him and his friends “like the Goonies’ but based in Tampa”, his first novel “The Juniors” was picked up by a publisher – and the rest as they say – is history. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/westernmountains monthly 0.5 2021-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1615826441869-XS4HP4CR1ZH62YV2ULPQ/paul+dresman.jpg The Great Pause - Inferno in the American Forest - Paul Dresman Poet, translator of poetry from Spanish, essayist, Paul Dresman was born in Los Angeles. He has co-edited three literary journals, including bi-lingual helicóptero, and he has taught literature and writing at universities in California, China and Oregon, where he lives in Eugene. In 2020, he won the poetry award of the San Miguel Writers’ Conference. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/zoomedrealities monthly 0.5 2021-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1613752145718-CT4CSAHPYNXX2S787WWZ/IMG-20210219-WA0001.jpg The Great Pause - Of Zoomed Realities and Facetimed Dreams - Jerin Jacob Jerin Jacob is a poet, educator, researcher and social entrepreneur. A firm believer in writing based and art driven activism, she uses poetry and storytelling as a means to propagate social change. Her articles and poems have been published in multiple literary journals and poetry platforms. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/scarecros monthly 0.5 2021-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1613671636805-70K83JRGEIJDF3OJW8ND/7C8CA8F6-82DE-4ED6-BC07-E15EB4862FCE.jpeg The Great Pause - Photography: What Scares the Scarecrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1613671720153-E1KSPQDTP0D65G9KDUIK/barbeito.jpg The Great Pause - Photography: What Scares the Scarecrow - BRIAN MICHAEL bARBEITO Brian Michael Barbeito is a Canadian poet, writer, and photographer. Work appears at venues such as Fiction International and CV2 The Canadian Journal of Poetry and Critical Writing. A novelette is forthcoming at The Notre Dame Review. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/allthetimes monthly 0.5 2021-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1612989495110-OTY3YPEDKYN1O9FNS16F/jhj.jpg The Great Pause - All the Times I Tried to - Julia Halprin Jackson Julia Halprin Jackson is the co-founder and publicity director of Play On Words, a collaborative literary arts series. She contributes to San Jose State University's alumni magazine, Washington Square, and writes fiction and nonfiction when she's not wrangling two small children. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/ringbearer monthly 0.5 2021-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1612233519578-U98CM5UU4IXW4PKBR90N/Bear+art.png The Great Pause - The Ring Bearer Bear art by Jay Chesters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1612233352734-EVQFG3SWLHB07SR7FHCL/52087563_10155869613282204_226410528153534464_o.jpg The Great Pause - The Ring Bearer - Jay Chesters Jay Chesters is Jay is a neuro-diverse, English-born, Australian-living, fish-out-of-water surviving on Whadjuk Noongar land through the Great Pause, trying not to have a panic attack. A writer and multi-disciplinary artist, Jay is a first-generation immigrant and has lived in seven cities across three continents in the last 20 years. During that time, he’s enjoyed seeing his words published worldwide by various websites and multiple magazines. Currently working on his first book, Jay’s fiction has been described as “wonderfully different” and endlessly entertaining. As Hunter Thompson once said, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” Jay writes about himself in the third person surprisingly often and hates the sound of his own voice. He lives with his encouraging and tolerant partner, and two less tolerant cats. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/despair monthly 0.5 2021-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1611783540872-7AVOD9ZGGG4B2C4F7B2V/1_Hart_Despair.jpg The Great Pause - Photography: Despair In psychology, contagion is the spreading of an emotional or mental state. On the eve of the pandemic I was already struggling with profound losses in my life, so when the world shut down in fear and isolation it felt as if it was reflecting my own fragility. Too shattered to document my experience with the written word, I used self-portraiture as a means to grapple with both mortality and identity. By learning to explore my emotions through visual narrative, I discovered I was no longer the person I had been. I existed in a liminal space where beauty competed with brokenness and despair. The resulting images record this period of transformation. In this particular photo, Despair, I stand before a clothesline airing curtains of the dead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1611783329415-SJ7DWZ84AMLWW5CV95LO/joeann.jpg The Great Pause - Photography: Despair - JoeAnn Hart JoeAnn Hart is the author of Stamford ’76: A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race, and Feminism in the 1970s (University of Iowa Press, April, 2019), a true crime memoir. Her novels are Float (Ashland Creek Press, 2013) a dark comedy about plastics in the ocean, and Addled (Little, Brown, 2007) a social satire. Her short fiction and essays have been published in a wide range of literary magazines and anthologies, including Orion, The Hopper, Prairie Schooner, The Sonora Review, The Woven Tale, Black Lives Have Always Mattered, and others. Her work, which also includes articles, photography, and drama, often explores the relationship between humans and their environments. JoeAnn Hart https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/6/velliangiri monthly 0.5 2021-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1611784073249-B89FUPOZ4J8YI5256GPT/DSCF2911RS+copy+%283%29+gkvale.jpg The Great Pause - What if we do not go to the Forests - Sivakami Velliangiri Sivakami Velliangiri is a senior poet, born in Madras and brought up at Trivandrum, and now living in Chennai. When Sivakami Velliangiri was Sivakami Ramanathan she published her poems in Youth Times. After coming to Chennai she published in various literary journals. Professor Srinivasa Iyengar included her among the women poets in his ’History of Indian Writing in English’(1980). She is Founder Member and Co-Coordinator of ‘The Quarantine Train,’ an online Poetry Workshop of Lockdown, curated by Arjun Rajendran. Her online Chapbook ‘In My Midriff’ was published by Lily Literary Review. ‘How We Measured Time’ is her debut poetry book. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/andromeda monthly 0.5 2021-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1611784648074-I1JIXNVTLQ7F3G7Z8YCS/Vasilios+M+photo+issue+4.jpg The Great Pause - Andromeda - Vasilios Moschouris Vasilios Moschouris is a senior at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where he is close to completing his BFA in Creative Writing as well as a BA in French. This is his third appearance in Press Pause Press, and his fiction has appeared elsewhere online at (mac)ro(mic).org. When he’s not writing, he’s fantasizing about the tattoos he probably isn’t going to end up getting and listening to Youtube rips of old Japanese city pop. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/6/in-isolation-selected-poems-1-zwxfe-dmlgh monthly 0.5 2021-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1611785122503-2W13ATSF6MT6LWF1QZHV/64DBBC83-98C2-47B6-89E2-2A5BEF3DC0BC.jpeg The Great Pause - Eggplant Parmigiana in the Time of Pandemic - Kathryn DeZur Kathryn DeZur is a poet and Professor of English at the State University of New York at Delhi. Her poetry can be found in her chapbook Blue Ghosts (Finishing Line Press, 2019) as well as in various journals, including FEED Literary Magazine, The Fourth River, Blueline, and Mother Verse. She lives in the northern Catskills with her husband and daughter. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/thompson monthly 0.5 2021-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1611785451203-19RDOV5HJB2U3GS1J27O/ThompsonMichael.jpeg The Great Pause - Mixed Media - Faux Ho Ho During this pandemic I have been dealing with the political circus that is our constitutional democracy (democrazy) and this is one of the faux philatelic postcards that I have created to entertain myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1611785580948-A1FO7153OJSHG5NK35N4/Thompson+Headshot+copy.jpg The Great Pause - Mixed Media - Faux Ho Ho - Michael Thompson Michael Thompson is an artist from Chicago who has spent the pandemic working from his home studio on faux postage stamps, collage, piano and memory jugs. He will admit that self-isolating is something that he is familiar with and found it less than onerous. michaelthompsonart.com https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/6/morris monthly 0.5 2021-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1611785863929-7HX04X01ZBZZWNGF9W3I/Wilda+Morris%3D%3D.jpg The Great Pause - Two Poems - Wilda Morris Wilda Morris, Workshop Chair, Poets and Patrons of Chicago and past President, Illinois State Poetry Society, has published over 650 poems in anthologies, webzines, and print publications. She has won awards for formal and free verse and haiku, including the 2019 Founders’ Award from the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. Her second poetry book, Pequod Poems: Gamming with Moby-Dick was published in 2019. Her poetry blog at wildamorris.blogspot.com features a monthly contest for poets. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/6/shroff monthly 0.5 2021-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1611786248876-1XXT6MRZ87N83AZJM5HG/_M5G5940.jpg The Great Pause - The Scream of a Floating Heart - Murzban Shroff Murzban F. Shroff is a Mumbai-based writer. He has published four books: Breathless in Bombay (stories), Waiting for Jonathan Koshy (novel), Fasttrack Fiction (digital shorts) and recently Third Eye Rising (an India collection of stories). Shroff’s fiction has appeared in over 65 literary journals. A Commonwealth Prize-shortlisted author, he has received 6 Pushcart Prize nominations and is the recipient of the John Gilgun Fiction Award. He was also a finalist for the Horatio Nelson Fiction Prize in New York. Shroff’s poems have appeared in several premier journals: in the U.S., UK, and Canada. He is currently shopping a poetry collection. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/6/tyte monthly 0.5 2021-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1611786523001-CIX8WHFLDB5Z3CF2AA6A/20201218_131851.jpg The Great Pause - Is it Beer O'clock Yet? - Kate Tyte Kate Tyte was born in Bath, England. She worked as an archivist for over ten years, before moving to Lisbon where she works as an English teacher. Her non-fiction has appeared in various British history and genealogy magazines. Her essays have appeared in Slightly Foxed, and her fiction in STORGY, Riggwelter, Idle Ink, The Fiction Pool, and the anthologies Ghastly Gastronomy, and Strange Spring: Stories We Wrote in Self-Isolation. She is a book reviewer for STORGY and The Short Story. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/6/hansel monthly 0.5 2021-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1611787633367-WP83GO0FABHZL2PM3L2K/PCH+circle.jpg The Great Pause - Two Poems - Patrick Hansel Patrick Cabello Hansel is the author of the poetry collections The Devouring Land (Main Street Rag Publishing) and Quitting Time (Atmosphere Press). He has published poems and prose in over 70 journals, including subprimal, Ilanot Review, Ash & Bones and Lunch Ticket. His novella Searching was serialized in 33 issues of The Alley News. He has been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize and received awards from the Loft Literary Center and the MN State Arts Board. He is the editor of The Phoenix of Phillips literary magazine, a literary journal for and by the people of the most diverse neighborhood in Minneapolis. Patrick’s book of poetry on immigration, the city and water is now available to order. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/6/saba monthly 0.5 2021-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1611788990295-V1UTM13WFWZI54F00HM8/marksaba.jpg The Great Pause - Two Poems - Mark Saba Mark Saba has been writing fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction for 40 years. His book publications include, most recently, Two Novellas: A Luke of All Ages / Fire and Ice, Calling the Names (poetry), and Ghost Tracks (stories about Pittsburgh, where he grew up). His work has appeared widely in literary magazines around the U.S. and abroad. Also a painter, Mark works as a medical illustrator at Yale University. marksabawriter.com. Cheers to a hopeful new year! https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/a-letter-to-all-of-the-white-girls-ive-ever-known monthly 0.5 2020-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607565803874-MVJZ4VUZDD41L7ZRTSZ5/puerto+b%26w+circular.jpg The Great Pause - A Letter to All of the White Girls I've Ever Known - Renee Chen Renee Chen (小雨) writes for fun because she's too afraid to write for real. She is fascinated by the human psyche, and is currently working towards a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology. She enjoys spending time in liminal states. At present, she calls San Francisco home, though she has spent and continues to spend significant time in Shanghai and Los Angeles. You can get in touch (or find more of her work) at sumofourparts.co. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/making-myself-up monthly 0.5 2020-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607565248770-AQROQ6BV6XV005785L7U/Headshot_lipstick.JPG The Great Pause - Making Myself Up - Kat Bodrie Kat Bodrie is a professional editor and creative writer based in Winston-Salem, NC. Her poetry has appeared in Wild Roof Journal, bee house journal, Waymark: Voices of the Valley, West Texas Literary Review, Rat's Ass Review, and elsewhere. Learn more at katbodrie.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/a-brief-exhibition-of-bumblebees-or-another-unsent-letter-to-sweet-emily-during-a-time-of-our-national-and-psychological-distress monthly 0.5 2020-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607564603543-RD4JC50XVMANV0ZGQJRG/johnston.bio_-300x275.jpg The Great Pause - A Brief Exhibition of Bumblebees [or] Another Unsent Letter to Sweet Emily During a Time of Our National and Psychological Distress - Timston Johnston Timston Johnston lives in Marquette, MI, where his neighbor has had Christmas decorations up since October. He aspires to be a supermarket coupon flyer model but doesn't know if he needs to be a sociopath or just look like one. Nobody will return his e-mails. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/vulnerable-men monthly 0.5 2020-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607563108929-YTLZRL8MFBT64R3326Y3/B07A7D8A-F97D-484F-B402-A7DFD7B47079.jpeg The Great Pause - Vulnerable Men - Yessica Klein Yessica Klein is a writer based in Berlin, Germany. She holds a MA in Creative Writing from Kingston University (London, UK), and was shortlisted for the 2017 Jane Martin Poetry Prize (Cambridge University, UK). Her writing has been featured both in print and online. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/date-night-in-the-time-of-global-pandemic monthly 0.5 2020-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607566588693-UQWH0WN7V3PEDP98GSR7/image.png The Great Pause - Date Night in the Time of Global Pandemic - Hailey Spencer Hailey Spencer is a Seattle-based poet with a BA in English from Seattle University. She is the creator of three webseries with the independent production company Arsenic Martini Productions. Her poetry has been published in multiple journals and anthologies. She loves fairy tales and has a tattoo of Baba Yaga’s house on her calf. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/5-4-3-2-1 monthly 0.5 2021-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607562385369-O8PQTLPOINQ8HN6SX9YN/Sara+Collie+Headshot.jpg The Great Pause - 5-4-3-2-1 - Sara Collie Sara Collie is a writer, language tutor and wandering soul living in Cambridge, England. She has a PhD in Contemporary French Literature and loves playing with words, gardening, wild swimming and walking in the mountains. Her writing explores the wild, uncertain spaces of nature, the ups and downs of mental health, and the mysteries of the creative process. Her poetry and prose have appeared in various online and print anthologies. She is currently writing a memoir about her experiences hiking across the Pyrenees. You can find links to her writing on her website. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/mixed-media-redlining-socially-distant-institutionalized-racism monthly 0.5 2021-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607562091520-ZJQ11CIANNOOAM1CR9DY/Redlining.jpg The Great Pause - Mixed Media - Redlining: Socially Distant Institutionalized Racism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607562134905-3YFYHXDLX8SGOS8O2Z1V/Headshot.jpg The Great Pause - Mixed Media - Redlining: Socially Distant Institutionalized Racism - Pamela Viggiani Pamela Viggiani is a mixed-media artist and art educator living in Canandaigua, NY. A native of the Finger Lakes region, Pamela received a BS and MS from Nazareth College of Rochester. She began teaching art in 1986 and continues to foster enthusiasm and creativity in her students to this day. Pamela’s art has been featured in Small Works, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, and Another Chicago Magazine. Pamela’s works are manifestations of ambiguity. She produces visual interpretations of particular ideas or concepts in order to explore the relationship between word and meaning. Pamela gives room for alternative reactions to each piece of artwork, while challenging our own entrenched ways of thinking. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/9/photography-a-safe-place monthly 0.5 2020-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607561810593-6ILCCNVLP9UGLGTLV15E/A_Safe_Place_SHAHAN2020.jpg The Great Pause - Photography: A Safe Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607561878301-8AZ36W5HU3LRFQROJHW0/SHAHAN.jpg The Great Pause - Photography: A Safe Place - Sherry Shahan Sherry Shahan watches the world from behind; whether in the hub of Oxford, an alley in Havana, or alone in a squat hotel room in Paris; whether with a 35 mm camera or an iPhone. Her photos have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, Fourth River, Moon Shadow Press, and forthcoming from Gargoyle, Montana Mouthful, Literary Mama and Ephimila. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Website https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/6/in-isolation-selected-poems-1 monthly 0.5 2021-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607274912060-NYLO4SJT0O37EVAXW88N/Lagnajita+Mukhopadhyay.jpg The Great Pause - In Isolation: Selected Poems - Lagnajita Mukhopadhyay Lagnajita Mukhopadhyay is the author of the books this is our war (Penmanship Press, Brooklyn, 2016) and everything is always leaving (M.C. Sarkar & Sons, Kolkata, 2019), along with her latest poetry album release i don’t know anyone here in 2020. An Indian-born poet raised in Nashville, she is a recent graduate of English at Belmont University. She was the first Nashville Youth Poet Laureate and the 2016 Poet Ambassador for the Southeast. Find her work in Poetry Society of America, Nashville Arts Magazine, and Connecticut River Review, among others. As a recent Pushcart Prize nominee, she is epic poem collage stranger and break-up with America tour—on self-imposed exile from New Nashville; she doesn’t know anyone here. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/12/5/my-heart-is-so-numb monthly 0.5 2020-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607206709099-GIXR2S64SVITAH28TX7J/1000x1333.jpeg.4e38b331352c4d0da26dd72461a415e3.jpg The Great Pause - Song: My Heart Is So Numb - Matthew Shovlin The Mayor of Meeker is a writer and musician from Brooklyn. For nearly a decade, he's provided whiskey-fueled musical entertainment for apartments full of fading binge-drinkers as they finally wind down to get some sleep before sunrise. His garage-rock band, Charles Warren Orchestra, was forced into hiatus during the 2020 pandemic, prompting the Mayor to write an album of stripped-down, quarantine-themed solo tunes, "Songs About Isolation Written and Recorded in Isolation." You can find the Mayor of Meeker on Soundcloud and Bandcamp or follow him on: Twitter/TikTok: @MayorOfMeeker Instagram: @charleswarrenshovlin https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/night-strollers-of-wilmington monthly 0.5 2020-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583189578602-M3KSCNJAWCPOGJDB5J5Y/Michael+Colbert.jpg The Great Pause - Night Strollers of Wilmington - michael colbert Michael Colbert loves coffee (his favorites are Costa Rican and Ethiopian) and horror films (his favorites are Candyman and Silence of the Lambs). He is currently an MFA candidate in fiction at UNC Wilmington, and his writing appears or is forthcoming in Atlas Obscura, Barrelhouse, and Columbia Journal, among others. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/carousels-and-clocks monthly 0.5 2025-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606589584365-QZW56H5MIL3E9HSXMEMR/image-asset.jpeg The Great Pause - Carousels and Clocks  - kayne bland-clark A native of Virginia, Kayne Bland-Clark has been living in New York for the past six years. They just completed a few stints within the world of non-profit fundraising and now are taking a pause to focus on writing. Prior to settling down in the Hudson Valley with their partner and embarking on the journey of parenthood, Kayne completed their Master’s in Theological Studies at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, where they focused on gender and sexuality as they intersect with religious (and other) identities. Kayne is also an avid traveler, having lived in both Seoul, during their master’s program, and Shanghai, directly following their undergrad tenure at Emory & Henry College. While at E&H, Kayne majored in Religion and Mathematics and developed a love for everything outdoors. They completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in 2017 (SoBo) and are always down for new adventures. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/coronavirus-neednt-get-you-down monthly 0.5 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606589242906-45PAKVRTQXT2ERKCDP44/Jim%2Bpicture.jpg The Great Pause - Coronavirus Needn’t Get You Down - James Gallant James is the winner of 2019 Schaffner Press Prize for music-in-literature for my story collection, La Leona, and Other Guitar stories, just published. His e-novel, Whatever Happened to Ohio? from Vagabondage Press, and a collection of essays and short fiction, Verisimilitude: essays and approximations, published by Fortnightly Review press (UK), appeared in 2018. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/11/28/two-poems monthly 0.5 2020-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606589988218-5SXZQR9KSF7XO7E83P05/000-rodface.jpg The Great Pause - Two Poems - roddy williams Originally from Wrexham, North Wales, Roddy Williams now lives in London. His poetry has appeared in Obsessed with Pipework, Magma, The Rialto, Envoi, Stand, The North, Poetry Wales and other magazines and anthologies around the globe. He holds a BA (Hon) Degree in Illustration and is a keen surrealist photographer, printmaker and portrait painter. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/quarantine monthly 0.5 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606589842308-E2CI1KI422B055KQ1217/IMG_9538.jpeg The Great Pause - Quarantine - PATRICIA PATTERSON Patricia Patterson is a Mexican-American writer and editor based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her fiction appears in PANK, wildness, Platypus Press, and elsewhere. Patricia is currently at work on a collection of short stories that inhabit small corners of Mexico, North Carolina, and California. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/listless monthly 0.5 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583189578602-M3KSCNJAWCPOGJDB5J5Y/Michael+Colbert.jpg The Great Pause - Listless - michael colbert Michael Colbert loves coffee (his favorites are Costa Rican and Ethiopian) and horror films (his favorites are Candyman and Silence of the Lambs). He is currently an MFA candidate in fiction at UNC Wilmington, and his writing appears or is forthcoming in Atlas Obscura, Barrelhouse, and Columbia Journal, among others. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/all-the-tiny-things monthly 0.5 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606589459575-806TPTKUBBV06GWX5ZBL/M+Aita+Headshot.jpg The Great Pause - All the Tiny Things - maryann aita Maryann is a Brooklyn-based writer and performer. She received a 2020 Best of the Net nomination for her essay in PANK Magazine, and her nonfiction has appeared in The Porter House Review, The Exposition Review, and Drunk Monkeys, among other journals. Her fiction is forthcoming in Press Pause Press. In pre-pandemic times, Maryann performed around New York City and her one-woman show, My Dysfunctional Vagina, was featured at The People's Improv Theater. She grew up in Bozeman, Montana, but moved to New York to attend NYU, and she never left. Maryann has an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, and lives in Williamsburg with two cats. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/a-covid-19-series monthly 0.5 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606242926914-7SJFX4KGOJ0OM1BQRU28/Screen+Shot+2020-11-24+at+1.33.43+PM.png The Great Pause - A COVID-19 Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606243020045-FCFZHKLJS1Z4S9OS5D9S/Screen+Shot+2020-11-24+at+1.33.22+PM.png The Great Pause - A COVID-19 Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606243122669-02346QD71NRJOCT5MO6U/Screen+Shot+2020-11-24+at+1.32.46+PM.png The Great Pause - A COVID-19 Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606243511836-6YTF773TTKZ5I80FTUYX/andy_elephant_2018_01.jpeg The Great Pause - A COVID-19 Series - Andy Oram Andy Oram is a writer and editor in the computer field. His editorial projects have ranged from a legal guide covering intellectual property to a graphic novel about teenage hackers. Print publications where his writings have appeared include The Economist, the Journal of Information Technology & Politics, and Vanguardia Dossier. He has lived in the Boston, Massachusetts area for more than 30 years. He self-published a memoir, "Backtraces: Three Decades of Computing, Communities, and Critiques", and his poems have been published in Ají, Arlington Literary Journal, Genre: Urban Arts, Heron Clan, Offcourse, Panoply, Soul-Lit, and Speckled Trout Review. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/2020/9/3/call-for-submissions monthly 0.5 2020-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1599169010215-PHCTOJJOO8NPCTBMOPFU/Press+Pause+poster.png The Great Pause - Call for Submissions https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/category/Fiction monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/tag/The+Great+Pause monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/tag/Katelyn+Bland-Clark monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/tag/COVID-times monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/tag/Patricia+Patterson monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/tag/Maryann+Aita monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/tag/advice monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/tag/quarantine monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/tag/Dr.+Lucy+Lemon monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/tag/2020 monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/tag/depression monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/tag/COVID-things monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/the-great-pause/tag/pandemic monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/currently daily 0.75 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1595622048921-IYIK2R7OMDPFJMVTC6MQ/image-asset.jpeg Currently, https://www.presspausepress.org/currently/2025/7/14/has-ai-made-poetry-obsolete monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/eb44cd59-e439-4198-8131-18ccdb0e37a7/10march2024.jpg Currently, - Has AI Made Poetry Obsolete? - eric v.d. luft Eric v.d. Luft (B.A. magna cum laude in philosophy and religion, Bowdoin College, 1974; Ph.D. in philosophy, Bryn Mawr College, 1985; M.L.S., Syracuse University, 1993) was Curator of Historical Collections at SUNY Upstate Medical University from 1987 to 2006. He has taught at Villanova University, Syracuse University, Upstate, and the College of Saint Rose. He owns Gegensatz Press, is listed in Who's Who in America, and is the author, editor, or translator of over 690 publications in philosophy, religion, librarianship, history, history of medicine, politics, humor, popular culture, and nineteenth-century studies, including 50 books and 48 peer-reviewed works. His poems have appeared in Blood and Thunder, Dadakuku, The Decadent Review, The Dillydoun Review, DoveTales, The Healing Muse, The Taj Majal Review, The Wild Goose Poetry Review, several other literary journals, and two chapbooks: Don't Complain That There's No Sauerkraut! and Maybe It's Too Early. https://www.presspausepress.org/currently/2020/12/5/the-daze-of-digital-learning monthly 0.5 2020-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607204381573-D33EAH3LR8S0NFBPPYSO/Stern+Headshot.JPG Currently, - The Daze of Digital Learning - David Stern David Stern is an elementary school teacher living in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Ithaca College, where he studied journalism, and he worked professionally as a journalist before transitioning into his career as a teacher. In his article "The Daze of Digital Learning," Stern hopes to shed light on what the pandemic experience has been like for teachers, as well as the strain it continues to put on the education system. He continues to teach remotely and write in his freetime. https://www.presspausepress.org/currently/2020/6/29/remembering-the-1898-massacre monthly 0.5 2020-12-05 https://www.presspausepress.org/currently/tag/1898 monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/currently/tag/wilmington monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/currently/tag/racism monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/currently/tag/fairley+lloyd monthly 0.5 https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack daily 0.75 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1595621335478-OP19X4QDKCW7GDM7JDB9/image-asset.jpeg The Midnight Snack https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/christajones monthly 0.5 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5490681d-194f-4218-b3f7-d3d8e09a94c3/Christa+Jones+photo.jpg The Midnight Snack - Fisherman's Brewis - christa jones is a writer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She focuses on personal narratives, often with a travel bent. Originally from Newfoundland on Canada’s east coast, she moved to the prairies over 20 years ago, but goes back to her home province as often as she can. Author photo by Brad Jones https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/dustinking monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c3d0a4c9-58fb-4e1b-871e-fa34530c97d6/dustin.jpg The Midnight Snack - Cantaloupe - Dustin king would always rather be sneaking a bottle of wine into a movie theater. When nothing good is playing, he teaches Spanish and exchanges dreams with loved ones in Richmond, Va. His poems pop up in New Letters, Prism Review, The Tusculum Review, Marrow Magazine, and other rad spots. He is a poetry reader for Sublunary Review and co-curates the poetry and performance event "Yodel Farm." His first chapbook “Last Echo” is now available from Bottlecap Press. His second "Courteous Gringo" is forthcoming from Seven Kitchens Press. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/nellywoodhead monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b91a165a-e2db-47de-97a2-cdb37fb990b1/nelly.jpg The Midnight Snack - HOW TO EXPERIENCE ROSEMARY S’MORES - nelly woodhead is an author based in Texas. She writes about rural landscapes, mother-daughter relations, and the consequences of hoarding. Her work appears in Sheepshead Review, Al Dente, Miracle Monocle, and Witcraft. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/thebridge monthly 0.5 2025-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/2e40331e-2029-4276-9ebb-29fa960e1ce6/Oxygen+II+Cover.jpg The Midnight Snack - The Bridge - beth brown preston is a poet and novelist. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College and the MFA Writing Program of Goddard College she has been a CBS Fellow in Writing at the University of Pennsylvania; and, a Bread Loaf Scholar. She has published three poetry collections and two chapbooks of poetry. Her new poetry collection OXYGEN II (Aquarius Press/Willow Books 2025) is nominated for the Paterson Poetry Prize. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/twosourdoughpoems monthly 0.5 2025-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/86cc99af-0a7e-49ab-a8ed-e9d1e6ca92f0/000185260026.JPEG The Midnight Snack - Two Sourdough Poems - samuel louis spencer Samuel Louis Spencer is a poet and journalist living in Tampa, Florida. He earned his MFA from Liberty University and is currently working on his first collection of poems, a chapbook dedicated to the art of baking sourdough bread. Spencer's work has appeared in the Tokyo Poetry Journal, Scapegoat Review, Write or Die Magazine, The Inquisitive Eater, and other publications. His work reflects his lifestyle and his constant travels, delving into topics such as time & place, identity, and purpose. If Spencer could have a meal with any one person, it would be Anthony Bourdain. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/choplin monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7899001d-1a77-4fcc-8165-594a2533f1aa/choplin_diane_portrait_books.jpg The Midnight Snack - Poker-Faced Liver Eater - diane choplin Diane's essays have appeared in Countryside Magazine, Oregon Humanities, Monologging, The Bluebird Word, Quibble Lit, and The Oregonian. She lives and writes on a 5-acre farm in Southern Oregon where she also raises rotationally grazed lamb, welcomes Airbnb guests, and keeps hopeful eye out for edible wild mushrooms. Find her on instagram, more easily than morels, @belavenirfarm and @diane.choplin. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/ihor monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7e8e7815-5a58-43ef-8e3a-cb5ca646b0fd/image001+%281%29.jpg The Midnight Snack - On Making Sourdough Bread - Ihor Pidhainy Born in Canada, of Ukrainian heritage, Ihor Pidhainy is an academic who lives in the American south. His chapbook "Meditations about Fathers and Sons" is out with Bottlecap Press. A micro chapbook, "Snowball" is out with Origami Press. His poetry has appeared in Washington Square Review, The Alchemy Spoon and other journals. His fiction is available at Union Spring Literary Review, Bright Flash Literary Review, Adelaide Literary Magazine and Vermilion. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/bubblebubble monthly 0.5 2025-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/25d14e92-722e-499b-a4b0-5dd682373537/JEFF.jpg The Midnight Snack - bubble, bubble, toil and trouble - jeff stumpo JeFF Stumpo is author of five chapbooks of poetry (most through Seven Kitchens Press) and a spoken word album, husband to a PhD chemist, father to an amazing trans child, survivor of psychosis and PTSD, and his work has won the Subnivean Award for Poetry, placed 2nd for the Joy Harjo Prize, and been shortlisted for the Plaza Prose Poetry Prize, with additional poems recently published or forthcoming in such journals as DMQ Review, The Journal, RHINO, and Puerto del Sol. He has a (poor) website at www.JeFFStumpo.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/kumquat monthly 0.5 2025-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a83e3b2d-2f16-401f-b5ce-e27ee3aaff0b/20210317-Ralph-Long-005-RT2.jpg The Midnight Snack - Ode to a Kumquat - ralph long jr. Ralph J. Long Jr. has authored two chapbooks, Polaroids at a Yard Sale (Main Street Rag Press, 2021) and A Democracy Divided (Poetry Box, 2018). His work has appeared in the anthologies: Ambrosia: A Conversation About Food and Simpsonistas: Volume 4, and Cloudbank, Common Ground Review, Peregrine, Stoneboat Literary Journal, The Scriblerus, Sisyphus, South 85 Journal, Ursa Minor, Zingara Poetry Review and elsewhere. He lives in Oakland California. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/twopoemsservey monthly 0.5 2025-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c3fe80f3-88a3-46d9-989f-8afd80089478/servey_author+photo.jpeg The Midnight Snack - Two Poems - alexandra servey Alexandra Servey is a writer and library worker based in Philadelphia. They have an MFA in Creative Writing, and their manuscript eggs was a finalist for the National Poetry Series 2023. Servey is also a medieval scholar, a master foot juggler, and an award winning bridge player. On weekends, you can find them reading a good book or enjoying various ttrpgs https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/bender monthly 0.5 2024-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/34293dbc-1619-4983-9f13-f8bb44881fc4/jeff-home-small-2.jpg The Midnight Snack - Place in Oven, Bake at 350° for Twenty Years - Jeff Bender Jeff Bender is a writer/artist who writes about life and has a life that is about his art. While the two skills often intersect, both reflect a zeal for the spontaneous, the curious and most things that are breathing. Always supplementing his stories with constructions and collages, his artwork is held in collections both regionally and internationally. In addition to his experience as a feature story writer, he has been published in numerous journals including Club Plum, Embers, MagPie, and The North American Review. He holds an MFA in printmaking from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and a BA in Art from the College of Wooster. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/karinaguardiolalopez monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/574416fe-663c-4de9-99fe-b35337b62c5b/Karina+G-Lopez.jpg The Midnight Snack - Four Poems - Karina Guardiola-Lopez Karina Guardiola-Lopez, MSED, is a published poet, educator, and author from New York City and New Jersey. Her works have appeared in New Jersey Bards (2024), Pánoply Inaugural MultiCreative Anthology (2024), New Brunswick Library (2023), Hive Avenue Journal (2022), LaLiberta Online (2021), For Women who Roar, (2020), Great Weather for Media (2020), and many other publications. She has featured The NYC Poetry Festival, The National Black Theatre, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Bowery Poetry Club, The Bronx Museum, and other locations. For more information visit www.kglopez.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/angelatownsend monthly 0.5 2024-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/2c2a0d91-4ba9-43f0-bbb5-03db48fcf8e7/Angela+Townsend+Photograph.jpg The Midnight Snack - Dear Peanut Butter Cups - Angela Townsend Angela Townsend is the Development Director at Tabby’s Place: a Cat Sanctuary. She graduated from Princeton Seminary and Vassar College. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Arts & Letters, Bridge Eight, Chautauqua, Clackamas Literary Review, CutBank, Lake Effect, Paris Lit Up, Pleiades, and Terrain, among others. Angie has lived with Type 1 diabetes for 33 years, laughs with her poet mother every morning, and loves life affectionately. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/dianechoplin monthly 0.5 2024-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f618fca2-e2e6-41fa-ac23-a42b6e690001/dianechoplin.jpeg The Midnight Snack - Cheese Crackers - diane choplin Diane's essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Countryside Magazine, Oregon Humanities, Monologging, The Bluebird Word, Quibble Lit, and The Oregonian. She lives and writes on a 5-acre farm in Southern Oregon where she also raises rotationally grazed lamb, welcomes Airbnb guests, and keeps hopeful eye out for edible wild mushrooms. Find her on instagram, more easily than morels, @belavenirfarm and @diane.choplin. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/emecelis monthly 0.5 2024-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7a898dbc-7230-4b5d-9aa8-d5dc676ec410/Screenshot+2024-04-16+at+7.03.42%E2%80%AFPM.png The Midnight Snack - Sacha - eme celis Eme Celis is a queer Mexican writer and musician. She lives in Mexico City in between two homes, where she cooks, makes a mess, and still plays rhythm games. They’ve had translations published in Bonilla Artigas Editores and Nocturnario. Eme releases music/sound things at emecelis.bandcamp.com (solo) and sncrstbl.bandcamp.com (with her band). https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/nathanielsantiago monthly 0.5 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4d3bf00f-6b52-4050-a3c6-883c8315e7a1/Screenshot+2023-10-16+at+12.33.55%E2%80%AFPM.png The Midnight Snack - Two Poems - Nathaniel santiago Nathaniel Santiago is a Puerto Rican writer born and raised in Chicago. He often finds himself gravitating towards food and music in efforts to navigate the world around him. Nathaniel holds a BA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago with work forthcoming in . When he isn't writing, he can be found slouching over his computer playing video games. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/shontayluna monthly 0.5 2023-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7bb77d72-511a-46f8-a7c2-c1a7618d2ee3/IMG_20201203_163702571_processed.jpg The Midnight Snack - Pickles - shontay luna Shontay Luna is the author of ‘Reflections of a Project Girl’, ‘Recollections & Dreams’, ‘To James & Sarah with Love: Poetry based on slang of 1920s through 1940s’ & ‘The Goddess Journal’. Her writing has appeared in Olney Magazine, The Lucky Jefferson, and Bullshit Lit. She majored in Poetry at Columbia College Chicago for two years. A Chicago native, she loves coupons, used books, and writing non-canon Juan Carlos ‘Juice’ Ortiz fanfiction. Visit her online at Twitter via @ShontayLuna https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/gabriellanavas monthly 0.5 2023-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8a791f6b-474a-431a-846d-aae9b0e8b88a/IMG_8112.jpg The Midnight Snack - CALOR / HEAT - gabriella navas Gabriella Navas is a Puerto Rican writer hailing from Jersey City, NJ. Her work has previously appeared in [PANK], GASHER, and The Masters Review. She is easily distracted, frequently smitten, and always willing to talk about the healing powers of Chavela Vargas’s discography. She currently lives in Columbus, OH. You can find more of her words @gee.navas on Instagram. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/miradessy monthly 0.5 2023-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/ee122c8d-0173-496e-9500-5fdee0f6335b/author_headshot.png The Midnight Snack - How to Boil an Egg - mira dessy Mira Dessy is a nutrition educator and the author of The Pantry Principle: how to read the label and understand what’s really in your food. She holds a bachelor of fine arts from the University of Connecticut and over the decades worked in a varied array of fields before finding her vocation in holistic nutrition. Mira started writing essays after discovering creative non- fiction as a wonderful outlet for chronicling the mostly true confessions of a life in progress. Mira lives in Texas with her husband and their canine foster failure Max who lies on the carpet nearby and snores while she’s writing. The dog, not the husband. You can find her professional blog online at TheIngredientGuru.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/calliesblackstone monthly 0.5 2023-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1ba8fd7a-261e-41e8-847c-72f0540f6378/logo1.jpg The Midnight Snack - Two Poems - callie s. blackstone Callie S. Blackstone writes both poetry and prose. Her debut chapbook sing eternal is available through Bottlecap Press. Her online home is calliesblackstone.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/2021/3/15/food-norjka-5pjy2 monthly 0.5 2023-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/9ffc8e5a-935e-474c-9df8-08460c5fa64d/lexi.jpeg The Midnight Snack - Oh, to be Alone - lexi norjka Lexi Norjka is from Yucaipa, California, and she is currently studying English at Appalachian State University. She lives with her husband and their beloved animals. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/2021/3/15/food-poem-reunion-n39b8 monthly 0.5 2023-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/517d89b6-3954-4d39-a66b-e0f7e88079bd/Thumbnail+bio+pic.jpg The Midnight Snack - Reunion - Karen Kwasny Karen Beardslee Kwasny is an educator, poet, and essayist. She received her B.A. from Shippensburg University, her M.A. from East Carolina University, and her Ph.D. from Temple University. She taught college English and multicultural literature for over twenty years before becoming a full-time writer. Her work has appeared in Rebus, The Sandhill Review, The Rebel, the Princess Anne Independent News, and The Virginian-Pilot. When she’s not writing, she’s walking her dog, watching the sky, or binging on pizza, chocolate, podcasts, or some good streaming television. “My poetry speaks to how family shapes our sense of self and how our memory of family can distort or clarify. A deep appreciation for the natural world is reflected in my writing. And much of what I write explores how our relationship with nature shapes our worldview. My studies, scholarly work, and current concerns are reflected in my writing – the influence of family, value of legacy, fragility of the environment, and joy and pain of the aging process. Sex and gender are frequent features of my attention these days and also underpin my work.” https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/2022/3/15/foodflashesdeliso monthly 0.5 2022-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/9087d7db-894d-476a-a52a-42bf96473c6f/Copy+of+IMG_4380.jpg The Midnight Snack - Chuckles and Fine Dining - Michelle DeLiso Michelle DeLiso’s past lives include being a reference librarian, magazine research editor, and writing instructor for kids. Now, she evaluates creative nonfiction manuscripts and copyedits for the literary magazine Months To Years. Her work has appeared in Hippocampus Magazine, Clackamas Literary Review, and Drunk Monkeys. She loves promo codes and the Oxford comma. She lives and writes in North Carolina. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/2021/3/15/food-zarin monthly 0.5 2023-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/080174de-e5f0-4333-9387-c2351ec89236/NATASHA-15-Edit-2.jpg The Midnight Snack - Nacho Cheese and Boiled Crab - Natasha Zarin Natasha Zarin is a writer of poetry mostly. Her work has appeared in The Maynard, Event, Cloud Nine, Fearsome Critters, and is forthcoming in Flying Ketchup Press. In 2021, she read at the Emerging Readers and Writers Series in Toronto (virtually). Natasha lives in Surrey, BC with her husband and two children. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/2021/3/15/food-poem-nourish monthly 0.5 2022-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d15edcaf-32e1-4e16-b317-133268b96a90/lydia.jpg The Midnight Snack - nourish - Lydia Prendergast Lydia Prendergast is currently a creative writing student at Emerson College in Boston, MA. Recently published in WACK Mag for her poem 'Knitting', Lydia often writes about her experience growing up with anxiety and chronic illness. She expands on how this has translated into her daily life as she comes of age in such a tumultuous world. Alongside writing, Lydia has a love for reading, hand-knitting, baking dairy and gluten free goods, and hanging out with her 10 year old golden retriever, Riley and 2 years old cat, Frida. She hopes to publish a poetry book within the next few years. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/2021/3/15/curry monthly 0.5 2021-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/29b24b88-2d6a-4363-a83e-593269a0698e/WhatsApp+Image+2021-10-24+at+17.43.05.jpeg The Midnight Snack - Curry and I - Mugdha joshi My name is Mugdha and I go by the nickname Mogi, one given to me by my industrious little sister. I love cooking, it's such a wonderful way to express love, and paired with writing, it is perfection. Food is one of the things that make life a little better, it brings so much happiness! It doesn't matter what you're eating, as long as you're happy while you're eating it! My blog https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/2021/3/15/sugarsafe monthly 0.5 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1628030587966-1B6QZTKZZHCITNUVRVZ3/Ann-Graham+%281%29.jpg The Midnight Snack - Sugar Safe - Ann Graham Born in Kansas, Ann Graham (she, her) is a retired Visual Resources Curator. She attended the Community of Writers workshop and has been published by October Hill Magazine, Writer’s Garret, Grey Sparrow Journal, Digging Through the Fat, The Oddville Press, Panther City Review, and Writer’s Garret. She also contributed research to Fort Worth's Giants of Jazz. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/2021/3/15/maynard monthly 0.5 2021-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1623262581168-ZAPXUK8137Z642RVCC9D/Maynard-a.jpg The Midnight Snack - "Humidity Clinging to Skin is not so far From Swimming” and "Spill" - Colleen maynard Colleen Maynard is a writer, visual artist, and arts administrator. She was awarded a 2019 "Let Creativity Happen" award from Houston Arts Alliance and the City of Houston, and her work has appeared in places such as "Spectral Lines" Anthology (Alternating Current Press), matchbook, and Sand Journal. Her collaborative chapbook with Samantha Persons, Just Before Waking, is forthcoming from Columbia Journal Press. www.colleenmaynard.com https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/2021/3/15/food-poems monthly 0.5 2021-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1615827884084-CHIKJHV4PAH6FL0E2V4P/caroline.jpg The Midnight Snack - Bread, Beans, & Pie: Food Poems - Caroline Misner Caroline Misner’s work has appeared in numerous publications in the USA, Canada, India and the UK. She has been nominated for the prestigious McClelland & Stewart Journey Anthology Prize for the short story “Strange Fruit”; in 2011 another short story and a poem were nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She lives in the beautiful Haliburton Highlands of Northern Ontario where she continues to draw inspiration for her work. She is the author of the Young Adult fantasy series “The Daughters of Eldox”. Her latest novel, “The Spoon Asylum” was released in May of 2018 by Thistledown Press and was nominated by the publisher for the Governor General Award. You can view more of her work on her website. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-midnight-snack/2020/12/5/pomelo-pausa-grapefruit-pause monthly 0.5 2021-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607200655448-PBUTVMOZY1T0TD13D2HF/lilypad_grapefruit_pomelo_inside-02.jpg The Midnight Snack - "pomelo pausa" / "grapefruit pause" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607200680811-08C7EN9HNYTY4KB25Z9H/IMG_9393.jpeg The Midnight Snack - "pomelo pausa" / "grapefruit pause" - Sarah Simon Sarah is a New Yorker at soul, teaching English and studying film in Uruguay. She published her first book, "core collection: poems about eating disorders" with Adelaide Books in 2019. 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Howard, Flash Fiction Extraordinaire - krys malcolm belc Krys Malcolm Belc is the author of the flash nonfiction chapbook In Transit (The Cupboard Pamphlet) and the forthcoming memoir The Natural Mother of the Child (Counterpoint). His work has appeared in Granta, Black Warrior Review, The Rumpus, and elsewhere and has been anthologized in Best of the Net 2018 and Wigleaf Top 50. Krys has won contests at Redivider and Pigeon Pages and his work has been supported by the Sustainable Arts Foundation. He received his BA from Swarthmore College, his M.Ed in Special Education from Arcadia University, and his MFA in Creative Writing at Northern Michigan University. Krys lives in Philadelphia with his partner and their three young children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b28c4fe6-5be0-41b1-9214-963e8b0d727d/image.jpg Book Reviews - Interview with Jennifer A. Howard, Flash Fiction Extraordinaire - jennifer a. howard Jennifer A. Howard teaches and edits Passages North in Michigan's snowy Upper Peninsula. Her collection of flash sci-fi, You on Mars, was published by The Cupboard Pamphlet, Flat Stanley Reports Back to His Third Grader, her newest collection of flash, can be found at The Cupboard Pamphlet. A flash story from the collection, “Flat Stanley wore his glasses to birthday dinner” was published in Press Pause Volume 2 (March 2020). https://www.presspausepress.org/the-cauldron daily 0.75 2022-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/9e87f23b-c88c-4898-acf9-6a84e147ae52/unsplash-image-Cxy8r_zq504.jpg The Cauldron https://www.presspausepress.org/the-cauldron/2025/manzoor monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d064d9c3-de6d-4697-b7da-104f4dfc48d9/Sohana+M+3.jpg The Cauldron - The Other Mermaid - Sohana Manzoor is a fiction writer from Bangladesh, with a PhD in English. She is the editor of Our Many Longings: Contemporary Short Fiction from Bangladesh (2021). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Southword, Bellingham Review, Valparaiso Fiction Review, Litro, Eclectica, Best Asian Short Stories, and elsewhere. Currently, she is pursuing an MFA at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-cauldron/2025/smarra monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b0574fa8-9a9d-49c5-95f0-a62903ab8e35/VincentSantinoSmarraPicture.jpg The Cauldron - Tantalus of Eden - Vincent Santino Smarra wishes he didn't have to explain who he was, but the man has bad luck with lamps. No genies, just light for his pen and paper. This story is from his latest book, General Eyes and the Miseducated Militia. He also has illuminated nonsense published by Edge of Humanity, Neologism Poetry, and more upcoming with Clockwise Cat. Find more of his writing at VincentSantino.Com. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-cauldron/2025/daughterofsalt monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4b506c43-3f77-4849-8ed0-f7e683f58dbf/al.jpg The Cauldron - Daughter of Salt - alexandra lilley Alexandra is a Canadian writer and poet about to graduate from Sheridan College with a degree in Creative Writing & Publishing. Alexandra is persistently plagued by concepts, so when she’s not scribbling away at her desk she might be bringing her newest crochet idea to life, trying to keep her sewing machine from jamming (in vain), or writing a song on her guitar. She has been previously published in B222 Journal. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-cauldron/2024/rocktellsyouastory monthly 0.5 2025-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7a8eeb75-4643-4892-8807-51cba3b3322f/Screenshot+2024-11-22+at+9.31.33%E2%80%AFAM.png The Cauldron - A Rock Tells You A Story - anita pan Anita Pan is the editor-in-chief of The Pinnacle. Her work has been published in the Greyhound Journal, the Weight Journal, and elsewhere. When she’s not coming up with terrible short story ideas, she’s probably breathing. Or blinking. Maybe both. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-cauldron/2024/rapunzelsmother monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b2be7703-6df5-409e-921a-edc1c23d1b04/IMG_0214_Ambreen_2.23.24.jpg The Cauldron - Rapunzel's Mother - ambreen hai Ambreen Hai is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and Chair of the Department of English Language and Literature at Smith College, Northampton, USA, where she teaches Anglophone postcolonial literature and women's and gender studies. Born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan, she moved to the U.S. to earn her B.A. from Wellesley College and Ph.D. from Yale University. In addition to her scholarly work, she has recently ventured into writing fiction. Her previous short stories include "The Inspection Tea Party" (published in The Massachusetts Review) and "Portrait of a Mother" (published in Cerebration). "Rapunzel's Mother" rethinks and reimagines the story of someone marginalized in a well-known story: the mother of Rapunzel, who barely appears before she disappears from the Grimm fairy tale. It explores a mother's love and efforts to let go; ultimately, it explores the disempowerment and erasure of women. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-cauldron/2023/whatwechoosetorecall monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b49aea2a-210e-4172-af01-6c3a275ddeec/LibbyCopaphoto.jpeg The Cauldron - What We Choose to Recall - libby copa Libby Copa is an author of fiction and non-fiction books and the creative mind behind The Rebel Newsletter. Her work has appeared in publications across the United States, including Hanging Loose, Sin Fronteras, Matter, Hobart, and The Blue Mountain Review. Come say hi to her @LibbyCopa or read more of her work online at www.LibbyCopa.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-cauldron/2023/daughteroffoam monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/0b1971f3-8c3a-4abd-86e9-68a509742ce9/20220906-477a.jpg The Cauldron - Daughter of Foam - kelly ann jacobson Kelly Ann Jacobson is the author of the queer young adult novel Tink and Wendy, which won the Foreword Reviews Gold Medal for YA, as well as the queer young adult novel reimagining Robin and Her Misfits (Three Rooms Press) and the literary speculative novel Weaver (Livingston Press). Kelly has published many other books for adults and young adults, including the chapbook An Inventory of Abandoned Things, which won Split/Lip Press’s 2020 Chapbook Contest, and her short pieces have been published in Boulevard, Southern Humanities Review, Daily Science Fiction, Iron Horse Literary Review, The Texas Review, Gargoyle, and many other literary magazines. Kelly is the Assistant Professor of English at the University of Lynchburg and also teaches Completing the Novel for Johns Hopkins's MA in Writing. Kelly received her PhD in Fiction from Florida State University in 2021. You can find more information about her at www.kellyannjacobson.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/the-cauldron/2022/3/10/turn-back monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/697b6fe8-962c-4e2a-bc1d-7133838ac773/claire+2022.jpeg The Cauldron - Turn Back - Claire Schultz Claire Schultz holds a BA in English Literature & Creative Writing from the University of Chicago and an MPhil Education (Critical Approaches to Children’s Literature) from the University of Cambridge. Her fiction has been published in Electric Spec, Pigeon Review, and Crow & Cross Keys, among others. 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She is also an artist, practicing herbalist, and long-time student and practitioner of cross-cultural shamanism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1543343727775-ZZNK0CTFC6YR0420G6CI/IMG_1840.jpg Volume 1 - Adam Gnuse Adam Gnuse has never once lost a staring contest because he’s good at not blinking and also he cheats. More of his writing has been recently published by The Indianapolis Review, The Los Angeles Review, and New South. You can find it at adamgnuse.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1543343827276-7WVQWKIBJDEXRX1PYYCU/Justin+Herrmann.jpg Volume 1 - Justin Herrmann Justin Herrmann is the author of the short fiction collection Highway One, Antarctica (MadHat Press 2014). His stories have appeared in Best Small Fictions, as well as journals including River Styx, Mid-American Review, Crab Orchard Review, and New World Writing. He lives with his daughter in Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1543343694781-9P9DSQZ2EE36W5WFMJ8B/flloyd.jpg Volume 1 - Fairley Lloyd Fairley Lloyd is a junior majoring in Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She enjoys writing flash fiction, memoirs, and free verse. “Dear Jules”, has been picked up by Outrageous Fortunes magazine for publication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1543343787706-7NF07QNVLHWSYEZUS9JJ/Snapchat-135094487.jpg Volume 1 - Vasili Moschouris Vasilios Moschouris is from every small town in America. He spends his days writing words and missing his dogs. 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Maolalai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583189558449-CBK41X6KS4HXCNTNBI6N/VasMoschouris_author_photo_2.JPG Volume 2 - Vasilios Moschouris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583514146580-TL4UDLVCHH84XO6V6U0X/caleb.jpg Volume 2 - Caleb Nelson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583215102556-K6QOVFZ1VDBG06PBT52D/IMG_8718.jpeg Volume 2 - Xenia Smith Originally from the Bay Area, Xenia now resides and works out of Sacramento, California. After receiving her B.A in Linguistics from the University of California, Santa Cruz she rediscovered her desire to create. She is most fulfilled when working with her hands, rarely using a brush and making an entire mess out of her studio. Xenia draws inspiration from nature and food, combining quirky with typical using bright, mouth watering color. She is influenced by the works of Ralph Steadman, Andy Warhol and Wayne Thiebuad. On a daily basis Xenia works for a local screen printing workshop but enjoys painting and sketching all hours not spent in the shop. In her younger years she spent most of her time behind a camera, and recently purchased another film camera. Her current project is a book of photography, planned to be published in 2021. She is one of the co-founders of Recluse Arts in Sacramento and is participating in Sacramento Open Studios, hosted by Verge Center of the Arts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583190854625-7678FKPXOQHG7SCCEVL4/image-asset.jpeg Volume 2 - Warren Stokes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583189589589-MC3C7X4VROLU9NAQOKOJ/McKenzie+Teter.png Volume 2 - McKenzie Teter https://www.presspausepress.org/tj-antley daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607111043797-08WCYJ2ILWWOP6QYY8RD/tj+antley+headshot.jpg T.J. Antley - tj antley TJ Antley lives in the north-Eastern part of Maryland with an incredible wife and daughter. He has a very necessary day-job and, besides scattered things online under various names, one other published story in a small-press, well out of print book titled, “Another 100 Horrors.” He has cats and a bad allergy to cats, a lot of books and files of 1-4 page stories that will never make it keeping three false-start novels company. https://www.presspausepress.org/hayley-garrison-phillips-f daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1543343875261-ELIZUWAFRZJT32KZ1BEU/10605997_10100995066929904_8637320848841367632_n.jpg Hayley Garrison Phillips - F - hayley garrison phillips Hayley Garrison Phillips is an Assistant Editor at Washingtonian Bride & Groom and Washingtonian. Previously she was the the Style Editor at The Local Palate, a Southern food culture magazine based out of Charleston, South Carolina. She currently resides in Bloomingdale. You can follow her on instagram @wandertaste. https://www.presspausepress.org/kristen-dorsey daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607110906146-1U0MCFGT942EC597O0VO/20150311_120453.jpg Kristen Dorsey - kristen dorsey Kristen Dorsey is a USMC Veteran and non-traditional student enrolled in the UNCW Creative Writing program. She is also an artist, practicing herbalist, and long-time student and practitioner of cross-cultural shamanism. https://www.presspausepress.org/adam-gnuse daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1543343727775-ZZNK0CTFC6YR0420G6CI/IMG_1840.jpg Adam Gnuse - adam gnuse Adam Gnuse has never once lost a staring contest because he’s good at not blinking and also he cheats. More of his writing has been recently published by The Indianapolis Review, The Los Angeles Review, and New South. His novel, GIRL IN THE WALLS, is forthcoming from Echo/HarperCollins in 2021. You can find him at adamgnuse.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/vasili-moschouris daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607111213646-MPNV7OSB88492EILCGEJ/Snapchat-135094487.jpg Vasili Moschouris - Vasilios Moschouris Vasilios Moschouris is from every small town in America. He spends his days writing words and missing his dogs. He currently lives in Wilmington and has never felt more alive. https://www.presspausepress.org/fairley-lloyd daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1543343694781-9P9DSQZ2EE36W5WFMJ8B/flloyd.jpg Fairley Lloyd - fairley lloyd Fairley Lloyd is a junior majoring in Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She enjoys writing flash fiction, memoirs, and free verse. “Dear Jules” has been picked up by Outrageous Fortunes magazine for publication. https://www.presspausepress.org/phoebe-valentine daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://www.presspausepress.org/anna-montgomery-patton daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607111291799-VBT2FQXK11MUXVHNS4SV/image-asset.jpeg Anna Montgomery Patton - anna montgomery patton Anna Montgomery Patton graduated with distinction from the University of North Carolina Wilmington MFA in May of 2018. She is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. Most recently, her fiction can be found in Chicago-based zine, Lady Parts. For more information visit annamontgomerypatton.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/kathryn-m-barber daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607111012556-K0S0Z1VGRO1ZKLY7VU3R/IMG_0953.jpg Kathryn M. Barber - kathryn m. barber Kathryn M. Barber is a fiction writer who decided to press pause and tell the truth for once. She recently completed her MFA at UNCW, where she now teaches composition and creative writing and is the associate editor for Ecotone magazine. When she's back in Tennessee, she dreams of her home here at the beach; and when she's in Wilmington, her head fills with fog from missing the Smoky Mountains. You can find her at kathrynmbarber.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/hayley-garrison-phillips daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1543343875261-ELIZUWAFRZJT32KZ1BEU/10605997_10100995066929904_8637320848841367632_n.jpg Hayley Garrison Phillips -NF - hayley garrison phillips Hayley Garrison Phillips is an Assistant Editor at Washingtonian Bride & Groom and Washingtonian. Previously she was the the Style Editor at The Local Palate, a Southern food culture magazine based out of Charleston, South Carolina. She currently resides in Bloomingdale. You can follow her on instagram @wandertaste. https://www.presspausepress.org/marisa-crane daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607110950380-3DOFGAGRNAJL7OQKE9LT/IMG_6202.jpg Marisa Crane - marisa crane Marisa Crane is a lesbian writer whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in X-R-A-Y Magazine, Pidgeonholes, Pigeon Pages, Jellyfish Review, Hobart, Cotton Xenomorph, and elsewhere. She currently lives in San Diego with her wife. 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Poems by Olivia Pierce Graham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c585b89a-434b-4faf-9fa8-7a95963db648/All+of+the+passengers+on+the+Mayflower+were+Americans+with+an+equal+blend+of+diverse+racial+and+ethnic+backgrounds.+They+took+a+photo+a+few+weeks+before+the+mission+start+date%2C+standing+in+their+s+%283%29.gif home - Make it stand out From “Mayflower”, by Kaylie Saidin, October 2025, Press Pause V11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b41a187d-32ae-4e6d-bb18-870d0bc3ba02/All+of+the+passengers+on+the+Mayflower+were+Americans+with+an+equal+blend+of+diverse+racial+and+ethnic+backgrounds.+They+took+a+photo+a+few+weeks+before+the+mission+start+date%2C+standing+in+their+s.png home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/0fed4e49-4f81-485d-852c-745dd93f12d5/Poster+Frase+Motivacional+Abstracto+Trazos+Acuarela+Azul+y+Turquesa.png home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1530294496737-RB19Q8XJQ22ONMBNNZW1/43092442371_d57b1677fb_o.png home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/40163ac7-45a4-4154-8270-073508bd4cc4/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-1.jpg home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.presspausepress.org/samuel-clark daily 0.75 2021-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/e58473c6-0360-4158-9979-0bddb4b79a40/Samuel_Clark_Author_Photo.JPG Samuel Clark - Samuel clark Samuel Clark is a 2019 alumnus of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he graduated with his MFA in fiction. He is the recipient of the LGBTQ+ writer scholarship for The Muse & The Marketplace 2019, a partial scholarship recipient to Sundress Academy for the Arts, and a 2020 candidate for the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. He lives in Colorado with his cat, Emily D. https://www.presspausepress.org/kelsey-ford daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508988846-LYPWIWQGVW733XCBOJLB/FordTulleToil3.jpg Kelsey Ford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508988863-2EBJ1FM8RXIUG2CYUL0I/FordTulleTool1.jpg Kelsey Ford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508989959-JTOFWXVKMGNLYUIOKF9P/FordTulleTool2.jpg Kelsey Ford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583188908468-QOK51JV71VIER4MMS0FB/image-asset.png Kelsey Ford - kelsey ford Kelsey Ford is a Canadian artist, printmaker and floral-pattern enthusiast. She holds her B.F.A. from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, where she currently lives. Ford works primarily in serigraphy but also dabbles in collage and larger style installations. In the 3 varied edition prints titled “TOOL / TULLE”, Ford juxtaposes more commonly masculine referenced silhouettes with feminine-floral wall paper in order to compare and contrast both what it means to be masculine and feminine. More of Kelsey Ford's work can be found at www.kelseyfordart.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/haley-hulan daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583191394378-GXDP88862HFZ0CPETK07/0.jpeg Haley Hulan - haley hulan Haley Hulan is an MFA student at Northern Michigan University studying character-driven genre fiction. They have an upcoming publication in The International Journal of Comic Art. When they're not writing, they enjoy exposing their students to diverse authors and exploring the indie tabletop roleplaying scene. https://www.presspausepress.org/courtney-justus daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583188156887-LQADEPXEE2YP3F1ISJ1S/Authorbiopic.geminiink.jpg Courtney Justus - courtney justus Courtney Justus is a first year MFA in Creative Writing candidate at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Trinity University in 2018. Her work appears in America's Emerging Young Adult Writers: The Plains States, Texas's Emerging Writers: An Anthology of Nonfiction, Tipton Poetry Journal, The Trinity Review, and elsewhere. You can visit her at courtneyjustuswriter.wordpress.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/caleb-nelson daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607115226133-FDCVBRR26RT760J9683R/caleb.jpg Caleb Nelson - caleb nelson Caleb Nelson is a fourth year PhD student studying poetry at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Currently, he serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Cream City Review. His work has appeared in Allegory Ridge, Parhelion Literary Magazine, Stoneboat, Prick of the Spindle, Superstition Review, Red Savina Review, Storm Cellar, Josephine Quarterly, Heavy Feather Review, Split Rock Review, and elsewhere. https://www.presspausepress.org/michael-colbert daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607112039317-8AEIQGQJT6GW679Q0H1I/Michael+Colbert.jpg Michael Colbert - michael colbert Michael Colbert loves horror films (his favorites are Candyman and Rosemary’s Baby) and coffee (his favorites are Ethiopian and Costan Rican). His writing has appeared in such magazines as Avidly, Siren, and Kyoto Journal. Currently, he is pursuing an MFA in fiction at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. https://www.presspausepress.org/william-doreski daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607112270638-8QGEW3CFS64XPIFRU5DP/william-doreski175.jpg William Doreski - william doreski William Doreski has published three critical studies and several collections of poetry. His poetry, essays, fiction, and reviews have appeared in many print and online journals. He has taught writing and literature at Emerson, Goddard, Boston University, and Keene State College. His most recent books are A Black River, A Dark Fall and Train to Providence. https://www.presspausepress.org/john-grey daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583188231205-D59TSZ8XNAKXT7G6G0G6/File0005.jpg John Grey - john grey John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident. Recently published in That, Dunes Review, Poetry East and North Dakota Quarterly with work upcoming in Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Thin Air, Dalhousie Review and failbetter. https://www.presspausepress.org/jennifer-howard daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607112790779-QVFHPYVUXQEV02Z4ZXSI/image.jpg Jennifer Howard - jennifer howard Jennifer A. Howard teaches and edits Passages North in Michigan's snowy Upper Peninsula. Her collection of flash sci-fi, You on Mars, was published by The Cupboard Pamphlet. https://www.presspausepress.org/vasili-moschouris-2 daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607114943287-D9HXF1WM1ZRPZT9PCB4B/image.jpg Vasili Moschouris - Vasilios Moschouris Vasilios Moschouris is a junior at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, studying Creative Writing and French. He’s originally from Franklin, North Carolina, where his dogs are waiting patiently. In addition to the inaugural issue of Press Pause Press, his fiction has appeared in (mac)ro(mic) magazine. Unfortunately, he can be found on Twitter @burnmyaccountv. https://www.presspausepress.org/mckenzie-teter daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583186142808-7NQ0XR06OWIPCRA33PUO/McKenzie+Teter.png Mckenzie Teter - mcKenzie teter McKenzie Teter is an MFA candidate at the University of North Carolina Wilmington with a focus in poetry. She is a lover of coffee, cooking, and gardening (except during hurricane season). Her work can be found in journals and magazines such as Her Heart Poetry's Annual Collection, Italian Americana Review, Voice of Eve Magazine, Foothill Poetry Journal, and Capulet Mag. She also self-published a collection of poetry entitled Dirty Soul. https://www.presspausepress.org/ash-goedker daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607112421535-18C0852I7SKBQ9OTVO7M/IMG-2464.JPG Ash Goedker - ash goedker Ash Goedker is from Northern Minnesota. She received her MFA in poetry at the University of Idaho where she was also the Editor-in-Chief at Fugue. She was the winner of the University of Idaho’s Academy of American Poets Prize, and was a finalist in the 2016 Indiana Review ½ K Prize. Her poems have appeared in Great Lakes Review, Indiana Review, Third Point Press and others. She lives in New Orleans and teaches at Nicholls State University. https://www.presspausepress.org/fairley-lloyd-1 daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607114723495-UOE5WBH3ZVVDMRD4AP4Z/fairley.jpg Fairley Lloyd - fairley lloyd Fairley Lloyd is a senior majoring in Creative Writing with a Certificate in Publishing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. In addition to Press Pause Press, Lloyd has been published in Outrageous Fortune and Seabreeze: A Literary Diaspora. She enjoys reading, crafting, and anything creative. https://www.presspausepress.org/ds-maolaiai daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583187390360-EPTBFA430CRWB179QONE/IMG_3040.JPG D.S. Maolaiai - ds maolalai DS Maolalai has been nominated four times for Best of the Net and three times for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in two collections, Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden (Encircle Press, 2016) and Sad Havoc Among the Birds (Turas Press, 2019). https://www.presspausepress.org/hannah-cajandig-taylor daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1584899907955-GF5UYTRFB95HSRBSETP8/image-asset.jpeg Hannah Cajandig- Taylor - hannah Cajandig-Taylor Hannah Cajandig-Taylor resides in the Upper Peninsula, where she reads for Passages North. Her work has appeared in Gordon Square Review, Drunk Monkeys, and Lunate, among others. She has been nominated for a Best Small Fictions award and still plays Nancy Drew games on her computer. https://www.presspausepress.org/ciera-lloyd daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607114488919-XHKB9FT8F8HO4SLBG9Y5/CieraLloyd.jpg Ciera Lloyd - ciera lloyd Ciera Lloyd is a junior at UNCW, where she is a BFA candidate in creative writing with a minor in English and a certificate in publishing. She's been reading since before she knew how to spell her own name, which turned into a love for writing. She still owns the Spider-Man notebook she wrote her first book in at seven. (Even though it's terrible and she wishes she didn't.) She aims to write pieces that focus on humanity, particularly the gritty and often ugly part of it. After school, she plans on traveling the world and writing. https://www.presspausepress.org/xeniasmith daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508154601-V554ZV4UC3MNMHECK2KK/SmithCasetteTapeIntermission.jpg Xenia Yvette Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508215021-N93CZ7JHG850JT3POEZ5/IMG_8718.jpeg Xenia Yvette Smith - Xenia Yvette Smith Originally from the Bay Area, Xenia now resides and works out of Sacramento, California. After receiving her B.A in Linguistics from the University of California, Santa Cruz she rediscovered her desire to create. She is most fulfilled when working with her hands, rarely using a brush and making an entire mess out of her studio. Xenia draws inspiration from nature and food, combining quirky with typical using bright, mouth watering color. She is influenced by the works of Ralph Steadman, Andy Warhol, and Wayne Thiebuad. On a daily basis, Xenia works for a local screen printing workshop but enjoys painting and sketching all hours not spent in the shop. In her younger years she spent most of her time behind a camera, and recently purchased another film camera. Her current project is a book of photography, planned to be published in 2021. She is one of the co-founders of Recluse Arts in Sacramento and is participating in Sacramento Open Studios, hosted by Verge Center of the Arts. https://www.presspausepress.org/farnaz daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583507541842-8JBHQKGSL8FE3Y24S1JQ/image+%281%29.jpg Farnaz Abdolmaleki - Farnaz Abdolmaleki Farnaz Abdolmaleki was born on the 17 of June 2004. She started writing since she was 9, and her stories have been published in a reading application under the name “laurel44.” At this moment, she lives in Iran, Tehran. She is writing her newest novel and is studying for her graduation. https://www.presspausepress.org/warren-stokes-1 daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508382522-AJEOBOUQ9CPT9YKVYJU7/StokesMaze1.jpg Warren Stokes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508376188-4DQ7KP4QTMMQQPAI1PCD/StokesMaze2.jpg Warren Stokes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508379576-WJCG7NWN03X5W0LT3YGL/Stokesmaze3.jpg Warren Stokes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508382723-BAKYL4JO6I1CA0EDFZLZ/StokesMaze4.jpg Warren Stokes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508388753-DZ05PQFW12O6EMSXHYDH/StokesMaze5.jpg Warren Stokes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508396832-LE7NS2DLTQ7BQFG60MIQ/StokesMaze7.jpg Warren Stokes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508471961-JM33967PS5K41N3JBU3S/image+%282%29.jpg Warren Stokes - warren stokes Warren Stokes, born in Colorado Springs, CO, is a self-taught artist and mazeologist. During his early years, he had a love for drawing, sports, and comics. A trip to the library changed his life when he discovered the art of architecture, making his goal to become a professional architect and design houses. Unfortunately, his first drafting class would be his last, as he found out he wasn’t in love with the preciseness and fractions needed in design. He attended Colorado State University for Technical Communications and Journalism and received a degree in Public Relations with a minor in Cultural Anthropology. During that time, he begin to really develop a love for writing and public speaking and storytelling. warrenstokesart.wordpress.com https://www.presspausepress.org/carlosortegahaas daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508722000-6KBTLCS6T24RU1E0324D/vol2frontcoverpic.jpg Carlos Ortega-Haas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508722124-ZFKIJBSW94MCU5Q688FJ/vol2backcoverpic.jpg Carlos Ortega-Haas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508756824-3SIR57PKMKN9A7FBBZKM/additionalcarlosppvol2-1.jpg Carlos Ortega-Haas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508760270-5ZFLDPZFKLKB6EMVY3O4/additionalcarlosppvol2-2.jpg Carlos Ortega-Haas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583508889398-CX8WV1KXXIOTNF4E5VL4/IMG_20180530_215334_867.jpg Carlos Ortega-Haas - carlos ortega-hass (front & back cover artist for volume 2) Carlos Ortega-Haas is a Bay Area Artist. Since a child, they’ve wanted to go down the creative path; it makes them happy being able to bring things to life. They love exploring other people’s art and being able to share ideas with the art community; it's almost like peeking into people's imagination. Art has always been a meditation for them, a healthy way to vent out stressful situations during hard times. @spit_blossoms. https://www.presspausepress.org/paula-kamenish daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1583509618364-EZXH614A49NAD4V78WOI/paula.jpg Paula Kamenish - paula kamenish Paula Kamenish is a recently retired Associate Professor of English who holds the M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has taught French and German, as well as courses in European, South Asian, West African, Latin American, Chinese, and Japanese literatures in translation. She was awarded a University of North Carolina Wilmington Distinguished Teaching Professorship and the Board of Trustees Teaching Excellence Award. She has developed and led numerous study abroad programs. She served two terms as Executive Director of the South Atlantic States Association for Asian and African Studies, was a Thomas J. Watson fellow in Europe, studied in Chile through the Fulbright foundation, and received an NEH grant. Her recent work has been on modernist European literature and art. Her 2015 book, MAMAS OF DADA: WOMEN OF THE EUROPEAN AVANT-GARDE, got her interested in translating stunning stories for an English-reading audience. https://www.presspausepress.org/t-guzman daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607112568058-E7PI4IASM99NC6F9AEJC/IMG_7007.jpg T Guzman - t guzman T Guzman writes and does things in general. MFA student at Northern Michigan University. Splits time between the UP and Southern California. Tweets @t_guzman https://www.presspausepress.org/famroom daily 0.75 2022-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1621348793833-BD6YIXF2BRXHSX1YV8PQ/unsplash-image-QVFlbOYfnLI.jpg The Family Room Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1591999311522-07H03AE87EI5VUREK00S/image-asset.jpeg The Family Room Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1591993563035-BD6LDW4EM9OJCT1X8PAZ/image-asset.jpeg The Family Room Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1593402633865-H4ZRYH89NVFSNWNNRVSM/image-asset.jpeg The Family Room Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1595621621624-QNWGB5VU29Q3SWUUYL2I/image-asset.jpeg The Family Room Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1593364534203-GEW7KE9XYS1BV6PGV189/image-asset.jpeg The Family Room Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1621207196737-U4PUVI31L23DMBNMOBI9/unsplash-image-eV4R96svevs.jpg The Family Room Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1591993024339-F0MKZZTH99X14E0KCIT7/image-asset.jpeg The Family Room Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1595621666949-F3B2YY0S5XZ7W37BL8WW/image-asset.jpeg The Family Room Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1659209200583-O1VV50KHIKM4EBLPN840/unsplash-image-Cxy8r_zq504.jpg The Family Room Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.presspausepress.org/pausecards daily 0.75 2023-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1595622339936-0YIVY72KML9XRZQMIQP6/image-asset.jpeg Pausecards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/615ded36-36e5-4349-8668-e5620daeaa81/Copy+of+Offering+-+Presentation.png Pausecards - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/2e74b5dd-b2ca-4860-b8d8-8ac89593af09/Jonah+Meyer+-+Back.png Pausecards - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/200be6c3-e4ef-4a42-8d57-85f198f9e0f5/jonah.meyer.jpg Pausecards - Jonah meyer Jonah Meyer is a poet, writer, and copyeditor based in North Carolina. Having earned a Bachelors in Cultural Anthropology and Masters in Library & Information Systems, his poetry and creative nonfiction has appeared in more than fifty publications, both online and in print. When not poeming, Jonah plays guitar and piano, shoots street photography, and studies neuroscience and Buddhist philosophy. He serves as Poetry Editor for Mud Season Review and Random Sample Review, Copy Editor with Under The Gum Tree, Staff Writer for The US Review of Books, and poetry reader with Okay Donkey Magazine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b39234f4-b8f3-43b0-9728-b185ac6511bb/Copy+of+Offering+-+Presentation.png Pausecards - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f899c67f-3e5e-4af7-8c66-660069226d64/Existentially+fine+-+Back.png Pausecards - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3f577509-0f82-45d3-b45a-d080579173a0/Laurie.jpeg Pausecards - Laurie Filipelli Laurie Filipelli is the author of two poetry books: Elseplace (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2013) and the 2019 Writers’ League of Texas Discovery Prize winner, Girl Paper Stone (Black Lawrence Press, 2018). She lives in Austin where she coaches, edits, and blogs as Mighty Writing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1616171603579-013I6V68WSWJV9SACI6Y/finalsankpal.png Pausecards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1616171523321-EERUB6M2HYU3557HUJMB/Shalmali+Photo.jpg Pausecards - shalmali sankpal Shalmali is a lover of art, literature and everything in between. Her writing explores the crosscurrents of identity, loss, longing and the self. She currently works as an English Teacher in Mumbai and dreams of becoming a writer one day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607118224633-OSDQ452HR6VL0J6BNSKC/photo3.png Pausecards - Fairley Lloyd “Can I touch your hair?” Black people get this a lot. And usually the person asking is already touching your hair. Just stop. This is racist and a major boundary violation. “You look just like [insert POC celebrity here!]” Just because Kerry Washington and I are black does not mean I look like her. “You look so exotic!” What does this even mean? Do I not look like a person to you? “I love dating [insert race here]!” Stop fetishizing us. “You’re one of the good ones.” This is a major backhanded “compliment.” So everyone else in my racial or ethnic group is bad? “Why does everything have to be about race?” I guess because racism exists and white people uphold this structure because it puts them on top? Just FYI, everyone wants to be treated like a person. So stop acting like we’re different from you because you’re white and we’re not. Start learning about our cultures like you would for a white person whose culture is different than yours. https://www.presspausepress.org/sidney-wollmuth daily 0.75 2024-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606600682148-6FZ17ITMUKK0KHD69VK6/IMG_4112.JPG Sidney Wollmuth - sidney wollmuth Sidney Wollmuth is currently attending the University of North Carolina Wilmington where she is double-majoring in English Literature and Creative Writing. Her writing has been recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing competition, Huffington Post, Rookie Mag, Pittsburgh Poetry Houses, Sad Girl Review, and Oprah Magazine. She loses way too many things. https://www.presspausepress.org/alyse-knorr daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606601613192-CJ6TVF23KMGAJS11T5I2/Horiz.jpg Alyse Knorr - alyse knorr Alyse Knorr is an assistant professor of English at Regis University and co-editor of Switchback Books. She is the author of three books of poems, one non-fiction book, and three poetry chapbooks. Her work has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, Denver Quarterly, The Cincinnati Review, The Greensboro Review, and The Los Angeles Review, among others. She received her MFA from George Mason University. https://www.presspausepress.org/michael-ramos daily 0.75 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606601467428-RG8SRPB76B1M8O02ETQJ/Beelz.jpg Michael Ramos - michael ramos Michael Ramos, an Iraq War veteran, is the Assistant Director of UNC Wilmington's Publishing Laboratory where he teaches publishing and creative writing. His work has appeared in the Sun, Fourth Genre, O Dark Thirty, Slice, and In Love and War: The Anthology of Poet Warriors. You can also find his work at OAFnation, under his nom de guerre, Beelz. Follow him on Instagram @rp_beelzwrites so you can chat about writing, cigars, and good bourbon--all things he enjoys. https://www.presspausepress.org/volume-4 daily 0.75 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/68a6bdfc-89cf-43f2-a759-02e861f496f5/PPP%2BVol.%2B4%2BWeb%2BDisplay%2BCover.png Volume 4 - it’s always better in print. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257370324-FMWEDC9N0CPWHP0WXC1X/HannaAbiAkl2.jpg Volume 4 - Hanna Abi Akl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257382936-T4LIACZO17IMU2XJSHJQ/M+Aita+Headshot+%282%29.jpg Volume 4 - Maryann Aita https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257380955-ELRHDVNLFI39JA1MMZTW/June-2020.jpg Volume 4 - Emily Bell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257479416-25TYV4D7AZR6WTHT6NOS/JDBII.jpg Volume 4 - Jonathan Brooks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257369656-2SU9JCWLZMYULCSPUNRK/Geoff+Callard+2-+pic.jpg Volume 4 - Geoff Callard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257479893-PPZUL2SDI6CPOKMSHVNG/MC.jpg Volume 4 - Michael Colbert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257389455-YC5EHW3N687Q7EGMTDXW/picture.jpg Volume 4 - Greg Gose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257480062-36ZZ77DHKTG76067YO1V/graham.jpg Volume 4 - Graham Irvin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257366768-TLKWRI8R826W0ABKKJZV/Darius+Profile+Picture.jpg Volume 4 - Darius Melton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257382204-SRU0CY58EGJVVT0VKJ8L/KEITH+MOUL+CAN+212-1+BC+HWY+4+VI.jpg Volume 4 - Keith Moul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257367811-4GTXFFY0MHNNHWAXPWIK/DSC05227.jpg Volume 4 - Ricki Nelson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257379337-OTP4R2HTXTDWCX2ITK3F/IMG_0436.jpg Volume 4 - Fabrice Poussin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257389012-LJ6G7WG8RRUXTPQIZ4G7/Old+Lady+Gleaning+Blueberries.jpg Volume 4 - Janet Powers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257390817-TM5Z5YJ1350TW5SZV6ZV/Promo+-+Andrea+-+Square.jpg Volume 4 - Andrea Salvador https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257378816-YKW07MXGGFIE4UFD5G39/Dale+Stromberg.jpg Volume 4 - Dale Stromberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257406105-MOF3EL4XV8NTJ1KBD8QR/NatePhotoChris1.jpg Volume 4 - Christopher Sturdy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257388122-2R3XAONPGBLUC5ZRU9KG/Nick%2BSweeney%2Bwhite%2Bshirt%2B%26%2Bglasses.jpg Volume 4 - Nick Sweeney https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257418446-7ALAE31604USPBC1B58L/RyleighWann_headshot.jpg Volume 4 - Ryleigh Wann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257372528-0VI9HM9UZXY3GLXJE19G/headshot.jpg Volume 4 - Hannah Wells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257378679-03A7CM76LW5XTGWTK89E/image0.jpeg Volume 4 - Piper White https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618257377464-M0USPUX4A5C8U4PRS5PE/image.png Volume 4 - Zhihui Zou https://www.presspausepress.org/tjantleyhourglasses daily 0.75 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606597564839-ZR2YB95N7DB1TRCYNORR/tj+antley+headshot.jpg TJ Antley (Volume 3) - tj antley Hi. TJ is a sporadic at best, amateur in fact, writer from Northern Maryland where he can look down the road and see Pennsylvania. He lives with a fantastic wife and two individually odd cats. His day job is a necessity and is about as far removed from anything creative as it could be. He has a lost 100-word story in an out-of-print anthology among other even more lost tidbits in and out of his own name which roam somewhere online. He has also been previously published in Press Pause Press Volume #1 which was honestly his high point in writing and he is thankful for such an outlet. Besides these bios, he does not typically speak about himself in third-person. https://www.presspausepress.org/lexibutler daily 0.75 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606597107671-1MS7Z2EUAQS440CW0PWP/PJP1.jpeg Lexi Butler - Lexi butler Lexi Butler is a media director, television producer and writer living outside of Boston. Her short stories have appeared in MOON Magazine, Down in the Dirt, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Potato Soup Journal and The Loch Raven Review. She has an MA from Emerson College in Media and Visual Arts. https://www.presspausepress.org/yuan-changming daily 0.75 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606601699311-RV07NNY2JP9126H8FGXG/IMG-0301.JPG yuan changming - yuan changming Yuan Changming published monographs on translation before leaving China. Currently, Yuan edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Qing Yuan in Vancouver. Credits include ten Pushcart nominations, eight chapbooks (most recent one being East Idioms [cyberwit.net, 2020]) & publications in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17) & BestNewPoemsOnline, among 1639 others worldwide. https://www.presspausepress.org/morgandavis daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606600574434-VKBC47VLBMR8SBLSVPK3/morgan+esalen.jpg Morgan Davis - frederica morgan davis Frederica Morgan Davis earned her MFA from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where she was a designer for Ecotone, worked for Lookout Books, and co-directed the Young Writers’ Workshop. Her flash has been shortlisted for the Master’s Review 2020 contest and American Short Fiction’s 2019 Short(er) Fiction contest, and her prose can be read in Barely South Review and StorySouth. A native West Virginian, she lives in the Bay Area, but has been riding out 2020 on Mount Desert Island in Maine. She is the associate prose editor for Shenandoah. https://www.presspausepress.org/mike-lee daily 0.75 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606751475478-FHPJ6MK4OCET2GICA4S9/profileMLeephotoDonnaRich.jpg Mike Lee - mike lee Mike Lee is a writer, editor and photographer in New York City. Work published in Press Pause, Ghost Parachute and many others. Story collection due out early next year through Atmosphere Press. https://www.presspausepress.org/cheyenne-frazier daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606675182747-SS67K87OFUKIB6XMN2WR/Snapchat-1680361926.jpg Cheyenne Frazier - cheyenne frazier Cheyenne Frazier is currently a 15-year-old high school student in Northern Virginia. She has a passion for poetry and reaching the lonely. She has performed her poems at school events and is taking a creative writing class. She aspires to be a published author and an English professor. Press Pause Press is the first place that any of her poems will be published. https://www.presspausepress.org/megan-wildhood daily 0.75 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606601540292-JRD4RKKUOIVIXDMK6TCL/Megan+Wildhood+2.jpg Megan Wildhood - megan wildhood Megan Wildhood is a Seattle-based creative writer, scuba diver and social-services worker known for her large, idiosyncratic earring collection. Her poetry chapbook, Long Division (Finishing Line Press, 2017), ruminates on sororal longing and volleying the challenges of growing up on the planet that’s very nearly aflame. An excerpt of her novel manuscript was published by AMP Hofstra’s literary magazine in May 2019. Her other work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Sun, and Yes! Magazine. She regularly writes for Real Change and Mad in America. She wants to connect with other weary humans around issues of mental and emotional distress, creating real community from the ashes of individualism and finding real hope if only as an act of defiance, in these tattered days. https://www.presspausepress.org/gordon-brandon daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606750287279-MIXTVR77Y5JOGAH9AUTK/20201128_220120.jpg Gordon Brandon - gordon brandon Gordon Brandon is the pseudonym of an emerging writer and Sojourn is his first published fiction. 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She was a finalist in The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, Southern Fried Karma Novel Contest, Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest, and Georgia Writers Association Flash Fiction Contest. She was awarded Best Pitch at the Atlanta Writers Club Conference. The Escape to Candyland, a short story collection, was published in 2020. To learn more about Yong, visit: yctwriter.com All social media @yctwriter https://www.presspausepress.org/margarita-serafimova daily 0.75 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606597376016-BVB7O5GA90VSSJSQ3RB7/MS+pic.jpg Margarita Serafimova - margarita serafimova Margarita Serafimova is a Pushcart Prize 2020 nominee and a finalist in nine other U.S. and international poetry contests. Her chapbook, “Surgery of A Star” (Staring Problem Press, CA), is forthcoming in 2020. She has four collections in Bulgarian. Her work appears widely, including at Nashville Review, LIT, Agenda Poetry, Poetry South, London Grip, Waxwing, A-Minor, Trafika Europe, Noble/ Gas, Obra/ Artifact, Great Weather for Media, Origins, Nixes Mate, Writing Disorder, Orbis, Moria. Visit: https://www.facebook.com/MargaritaISerafimova/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel. https://www.presspausepress.org/blank-page daily 0.75 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1601830548595-C7RFQSARVYDDDIX4RI48/Scan_19.jpeg Kristel Jax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606752749808-PPW9E3CEHJTNHYMUBDDY/kristeljax.jpg Kristel Jax - Kristel jax Kristel Jax is on instagram as both @dyingbutfine and @kristeljax. She is an artist who lives in Toronto with a pug. https://www.presspausepress.org/tj-antley-poems daily 0.75 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606597511096-QKB0U301MNU8DKIA5RI3/tj+antley+headshot.jpg TJ Antley (poems) - tj antley TJ is a sporadic at best, amateur in fact, writer from Northern Maryland where he can look down the road and see Pennsylvania. He lives with a fantastic wife and two individually odd cats. His day job is a necessity and is about as far removed from anything creative as it could be. He has a lost 100-word story in an out-of-print anthology among other even more lost tidbits in and out of his own name which roam somewhere online. He has also been previously published in Press Pause Press Volume #1 which was honestly his high point in writing and he is thankful for such an outlet. Besides these bios, he does not typically speak about himself in third-person. https://www.presspausepress.org/katherine-ohara daily 0.75 2020-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606597777952-P14RDP7T6E17QBP4060W/Katherine+O%27Hara+Author+Photo.jpg Katherine O'Hara - katherine O’Hara Katherine O’Hara is a Summer 2020 Tin House Workshop alumna and an MFA candidate with distinction at UNCW where she works in marketing, design, and research for the Department of Creative Writing & the Watson College of Education. She has worked formerly for Beloit Poetry Journal, Ecotone, and Lookout Books. Among others, Katherine’s writing has appeared in the Hobart, Edizioni Black Coffee, Occulum Journal, and forthcoming in Press Pause Press and NELLE. As far as writing, she is pitching her hybrid novel that features poetic interpretations of grief in rural Louisiana, where her family is from. The excerpt 'More Filling than Berries' from the novel was later chosen by Edizioni Black Coffee as their monthly Hobart selection, whereupon it was published in translation and discussed on their podcast. https://www.presspausepress.org/leisha-nicole daily 0.75 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1607115737409-ZYK55ISMA1D28FBFQ114/20201007_181625.jpg Leisha Nicole Stanek - leisha nicole stanek Midwestern woman wandering, writing, welcoming the shared energy of humans to piece together our purpose. Collector of art, books, tattoos and men between sheets. If whiskey laced coffee were a permissible and actual form of daily hydration; tomorrow it would begin. https://www.presspausepress.org/jordan-anthony daily 0.75 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606935768745-ZL3KDF6SJWK2FSQOKCXF/logo1.jpg Jordan Anthony - jordan anthony https://www.presspausepress.org/fabio daily 0.75 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1601833271920-W7YFTLIQ12QTQ05WSYLC/Fabio_Lastrucci_-_Smoky_tales-1.jpg Fabio Lastrucci https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1601833311261-XM9ERAC2Q1SSMN37E4Z8/smoky+tales+2.jpg Fabio Lastrucci https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1601833340982-869LG4SE1LZE2QAHI6FP/smoky+tales+3.jpg Fabio Lastrucci https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1601833368878-2AJ8X9ZC88EIII6KTTVV/smoky+tales+4.jpg Fabio Lastrucci https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1601833396217-LHFCRWDH7G9KTA53ST4M/smoky+tales+5.jpg Fabio Lastrucci https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1601833430532-K9QQ7EXK4MTS1N89K264/smoky+tales+6.jpg Fabio Lastrucci https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606597229103-VUE5QQV9AJ789MTYN2MV/Picture+Lastrucci.jpg Fabio Lastrucci - fabio lastrucci Fabio Lastrucci born in Naples (Italy) in 1962. Sculptor and illustrator, he has worked for the main national television networks, lyrical and prose theatre. In the late ‘80 he begin to draw comic-books ( La guerra di Martìn, Esodare incerto), actually he publish comics with the magazines Ronin, Sherazade (Italy) and also Perihelionsf.com and Shenandoah (Usa). He also published illustrations with the magazines Typehouse and The Tishman review, more covers for magazines Bards and sages, Metaphorosis and Gone Lawn (Usa) . As writer he published humorous novels, a fantasy saga and issues about science fiction, weird and comics. https://www.behance.net/fabiolastra2ab http://morbidiapprodi.wordpress.com/ https://www.presspausepress.org/fabrice-poussin-1 daily 0.75 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1601835996597-9T3NOOU5TJLXHV0L2DJL/Smooth_as_Cream.jpg Fabrice Poussin SMOOTH AS CREAM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606597714646-1SB98NJRZGRW1329X8GN/IMG_0436.jpg Fabrice Poussin - fabrice poussin Fabrice Poussin teaches French and English at Shorter University. Author of novels and poetry, his work has appeared in Kestrel, Symposium, The Chimes, and many other magazines. His photography has been published in The Front Porch Review, the San Pedro River Review as well as other publications. https://www.presspausepress.org/edward-clifford daily 0.75 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1606596795618-3ORU96KG8HMCQZ2CBUV7/AuthorPhoto.jpeg Edward Clifford - edward clifford Edward Clifford is a Massachusetts writer with an English degree from UMass Amherst. His work has appeared in Rabid Oak, Pulp City, and others. 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You are all bright lights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1708921637832-ARW1VYJDYD9VLD4DS8D2/image-asset.jpeg Contributors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1708921751734-HDZSSMJFZMOY2CIXG3UI/image-asset.jpeg Contributors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1708921801795-EDYTO8PT74EG279DAJ1Q/image-asset.jpeg Contributors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1708921858102-WJVV7MB65G2JLX44D1FD/image-asset.jpeg Contributors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1708921910591-BJ5CQO9M85E314HVSGMS/image-asset.jpeg Contributors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1708921969854-M78HI8IAGEYTNWCGQ8QM/image-asset.jpeg Contributors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1708922047096-0A4107OP1FEHV69YTUNR/image-asset.jpeg Contributors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1708922102320-S3T82W6JXJAI7BV0Z7SB/image-asset.jpeg Contributors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1708922177061-QPOYXRI8L2VMH8WSGSXG/image-asset.jpeg Contributors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1708922230616-HGO6B0WPZTWBHP5GA9EG/image-asset.jpeg Contributors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1708922416681-GH805P2BV4PJXC5GEVW4/image-asset.jpeg Contributors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1708922690012-1GUGQBUNKJYS7G61BMZ0/image-asset.jpeg Contributors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1708922733892-STUHIDINZW1VSTE8DLC6/image-asset.jpeg Contributors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.presspausepress.org/hannah-wells daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618254168723-GD9ED68REG9RVJ2SML43/headshot.jpg Hannah Wells - hannah wells Hannah Wells is a writer and artist from West Texas. She strives to capture the specificity of visceral moments found in nature and people through a spiritual perspective. Her published works appear in All The Sins Literary Magazine, Boned Literary Magazine, Mojave Heart Review, The Bangalore Review, the forthcoming issue of The Watershed Review, and others https://www.presspausepress.org/moul daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618248249521-5E3IO37C93SM1VJ3KM1X/WASH_DC_972-2_9-12.jpg Keith Moul Washington D.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618248285726-PEAR34MRV9UQ66S8UPLR/WA_153-1_PIERCE_TACOMA_UNION_STA_5-13.jpg Keith Moul Tacoma Union Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618248371961-ZEYAYH4NTJ5XJ07FBX51/KEITH+MOUL+CAN+212-1+BC+HWY+4+VI.jpg Keith Moul - keith Moul Keith Moul has published poems and photos in hundreds of magazines. He's written for more than 50 years since leaving the University of Missouri in 1967. He is seeking publishers for a full-length new and selected poems volume as well as compiling a volume of poems anchored to the North American plains. https://www.presspausepress.org/janet-powers daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618252522835-RAFUG1R4UZE5E745I6TC/Old+Lady+Gleaning+Blueberries.jpg Janet Powers - janet powers Janet M. Powers, Professor Emerita, Gettysburg College, taught South Asian literature and civilization, women’s studies and peace studies for 49 years. She has published in many small journals, including Azure, Chaleur, Earth’s Daughters, The Poeming Pigeon and The Gyroscope Review. Her chapbook, Difficult to Subdue as the Wind, appeared in 2009. This old lady still writes poetry despite, or because of, our sorry world. https://www.presspausepress.org/gose daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618249363217-FZYGNC1FDN7W3B6KFBML/picture.jpg Greg Gose - greg gose Greg Gose is a writer from Phoenix, Arizona. He is a McNair Scholar and was the Editor in Chief of Eclipse Literary Journal for three years, and is currently an MFA candidate at Northern Michigan University and an associate editor for Passages North. His work has appeared in Kissing Dynamite Poetry. He loves space, sad things, and cats. https://www.presspausepress.org/brooks daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618247691196-7G73IWW1G8USKVF44N8I/Brooks1.jpg Jonathan Brooks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618247743358-VX0OD0EOZG21HUT6IVPA/Brooks2.jpg Jonathan Brooks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618247793474-ACJ4XPPWHU4RVWHY3E42/Brooks3.jpg Jonathan Brooks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618247974313-9MHFLTAI5F97R1WVGJF0/JDBII.jpg Jonathan Brooks - Jonathan Brooks Jonathan Brooks was born and raised in Miami, Florida.His photographs have been published in numerous magazines, journals, anthologies, and periodicals. His Photos have been featured in major movies, the Emmy nominated short film series celebrating the 50th anniversary of National Endowment for the Arts- United States Of Art, and television shows. Brooks is also the author of his Kickstarter funded self published book The True Cuba. His work has been exhibited in Miami, NYC, Amsterdam, France, Germany, Greece, Scotland, and the UK. This includes Art Basel, the Louvre, and the biggest billboard in Times Square. https://www.presspausepress.org/fabrice-poussin-vol-4 daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618248728538-4AT48U0Y1ZZ3MBVZU63Q/Brunch.JPG Fabrice Poussin Vol 4 Brunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618248762439-MXFGVGTK9WQ27X2ZWKUL/Home.jpg Fabrice Poussin Vol 4 Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618248801411-F1MS1BTW8NMC30744F5O/Music_of_the_Earth.JPG Fabrice Poussin Vol 4 Music of the Earth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618248841863-WOHWIOAJQ0M18DOWGN24/Near_Death.jpg Fabrice Poussin Vol 4 Near Death https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618248688117-X6ONHYA0CEZS4Z6223HY/IMG_0436.jpg Fabrice Poussin Vol 4 - fabrice poussin Fabrice Poussin teaches French and English at Shorter University. Author of novels and poetry, his work has appeared in Kestrel, Symposium, The Chimes, and many other magazines. His photography has been published in The Front Porch Review, the San Pedro River Review as well as other publications. https://www.presspausepress.org/abiakl daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618249812880-6R7XYD3D66DU2YSPA52C/HannaAbiAkl2.jpg Hanna Abi Akl - hanna abi akl Hanna Abi Akl is a Lebanese-born English writer. He lived in Beirut before moving to France at the age of 25. Hanna writes contemporary poetry and prose. When asked to define his writing style, he says the main ingredients to his works are "music, paintings and a little bit of literature". Hanna published his first novel in 2017 and has since published another and two volumes of poetry. https://www.presspausepress.org/darius-melton daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618252820102-WH5YNPK0TNTIUR5JVDAW/Darius+Profile+Picture.jpg Darius Melton - darius melton Darius Melton graduated from UNC Wilmington in 2020 with a BFA in Creative Writing, and he has previously had work published in the New River Anthology. You can follow his work by seeking out his weekly Team Impossible web-fiction series or writing wrestling articles for Adventures in Poor Taste. If he's not working on those, he's likely gushing about the other 87 story ideas on his mind. https://www.presspausepress.org/nick-sweeney daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618254488859-GOILQ19HZRZXMS3ZGMKC/Nick%2BSweeney%2Bwhite%2Bshirt%2B%26%2Bglasses.jpg Nick Sweeney - nick sweeney Nick Sweeney’s stories are scattered around the web and in print. Laikonik Express, his Poland-set novel, came out with Unthank Books. His novella A Blue Coast Mystery, about the swingin’ sixties and genocide, was published in November 2020 by Histria Books. He is a freelance writer and musician, and lives on the English coast. More than any sane person could want to know about him can be found at http://www.nicksweeneywriting.com https://www.presspausepress.org/salvador daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618249206220-GLXSTEQL9J3OJRS0IH6A/Promo+-+Andrea+-+Square.jpg Andrea Salvador - andrea salvador Andrea Salvador lives somewhere in Asia, specifically a country with thousands of islands and constantly humid weather. Her work has been recognized by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Columbia College Chicago, Trinity College - University of Melbourne, and Interlochen Arts Academy. In her spare time, she creates lists, watches sci-fi and horror movies, and rearranges her bookshelf. Deleting the Twitter app from her phone is one of the best decisions she has ever made. https://www.presspausepress.org/maryann-aita daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618250550160-6TMGHGSN8C3D92SJ3ETR/M+Aita+Headshot+%282%29.jpg Maryann Aita - maryann aita Maryann Aita (rhymes with Beta) is a Brooklyn-based writer and performer. Her nonfiction has appeared in PANK Magazine, which earned her a 2020 Best of the Net nomination, as well as The Porter House Review, The Exposition Review, and perhappened magazine, among others. Maryann also performs around New York City, including a one-woman show formerly featured at The People's Improv Theater. She has a BA from New York University and an MFA in writing from Sarah Lawrence College. You can learn more about her, her writing, and her cats at www.maryannaita.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/bell daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618254897528-RI3I6CMQ51K53WEPO8W7/June-2020.jpg Emily Bell - emily bell Emily Bell is a writer and historian, based in Loughborough, UK. She is currently writing a new biography of Charles Dickens for Reaktion Books, and she’s been published in Ink Pantry, the Wellington Street Review and elsewhere. https://www.presspausepress.org/ricki-nelson daily 0.75 2021-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618251869701-EIXK9PDD9TPGE19CGIYE/DSC05227.jpg Ricki Nelson - ricki nelson Ricki Nelson is a writer, poet, performer, filmmaker, YouTuber, and graduate student at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She has been published in Seabreeze: A Literary Diaspora and North Carolina's Emerging Writer's nonfiction and fiction anthologies. When she's not creating, Ricki enjoys reading, stumbling into deep conversations with strangers, and binging cartoons. You can follow her and her work on her instablog @RickiWrites. https://www.presspausepress.org/piper-white daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618250802764-8U6NNAQCJESNGCC010A5/image0.jpeg Piper White - piper white Piper White is currently a university student studying creative and publishing. Although she is earning her concentration in fiction, she loves writing poetry in her free time as it is therapeutic for her and her escape from reality. Author of two self published books she plans to write more in the upcoming future. https://www.presspausepress.org/michael-colbert-vol-4 daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618251305810-JMT8M5R6P7OX0O92474R/MC.jpg Michael Colbert Vol 4 - michael colbert Michael Colbert loves coffee (his favorites are Costa Rican and Ethiopian) and horror films (his favorites are Candyman and Silence of the Lambs). He is currently an MFA candidate in fiction at UNC Wilmington, and his writing appears or is forthcoming in Atlas Obscura, Barrelhouse, and Columbia Journal, among others. https://www.presspausepress.org/ryleigh-wann daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618251055953-UDPPLU2O7QQGTP8S4VZ5/RyleighWann_headshot.jpg Ryleigh Wann - ryleigh wann Ryleigh Wann is an MFA poetry candidate at UNC Wilmington where she reads poetry for Ecotone and interns with Lookout Books. When she’s not missing the Midwest, she is likely cuddling her pet rats. Her writing can be found in Flypaper Lit, Kissing Dynamite Poetry, Emerge Literary Journal, and Semicolon. Follow her on Twitter @wannderfullll https://www.presspausepress.org/geoff-callard daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618251501023-E2HTL1QSWEZXRJZ6C7DT/Geoff+Callard+2-+pic.jpg Geoff Callard - Geoff callard Geoff is a New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based writer. He has had poetry published in numerous journals including; Golden Walkman, Live Encounters Poetry and Writing, the Blue Nib, Red Eft Review, Abridged Poetry Journal, The Racket and in a number of anthologies including Planet in Peril (Fly on the Wall Poetry, 2019) and the Australian bushfires anthology - Messages from the Embers. He is the recent winner of the Gideon Poetry Prize Winter 2020 and has a chapbook planned for publication in 2021 with Kelsay Books. https://www.presspausepress.org/zhihui-zou daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618253861763-MGYR5HKI9ZH579199FGQ/image.png Zhihui Zou - 18 & Under - zhihui zou Zhihui Zou is a high school sophomore living in Southern California. He has published a sports novel, and his stories have appeared in San Antonio Review, Short Fiction Break, Sandy River Review, and elsewhere. During weekends, he likes to play tennis with his friends. https://www.presspausepress.org/featured-throwback-volume-4-harmony-of-spheres daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618255765226-636PJ05ZXDDTJ1L10J8T/harmony+of+the+spheres.jpg Featured Throwback Volume 4 - Harmony of Spheres This diagram is found in a late 12th-century manuscript born in England. The manuscript, consisting of nine folios and a series of other diagrams, is housed at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. The folios were a sort-of scientific textbook for Christian monks, and drew from thinkers Bede, Isodere, and Pliny the Elder. The diagram above as described by the Walters Art Museum: The idea of the harmony of spheres – that numerical proportions corresponding to musical harmonies governed both the movement of the seven heavenly bodies and their distance from the Earth – was taken up by medieval writers from ancient thought. In the illustration of the harmony of the spheres in the upper part of the page, the Sun, the Moon, and the five known planets are depicted as seven discs of equal size. Between them are written musical intervals -- a tone (tonus), a semitone (semitonium), or three semitones (tria semitonia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618255886571-8WL52UDHM5RE66YG88V5/unsplash-image-2mfDc2x4cO4.jpg Featured Throwback Volume 4 - Harmony of Spheres - public domain Creative materials and intellectual property the public owns due to waived or expired copyrights. For more throwbacks from the public domain, check out Throwbacks in The Family Room. The cosmographic diagram in Volume 4 was found at The Public Domain Review. Support them if you can! They are amazing! https://www.presspausepress.org/sturdy daily 0.75 2021-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618253474138-TCU1MHGNUO32VRM7Y2GR/NatePhotoChris1.jpg Christopher Sturdy - christopher Sturdy Christopher Sturdy is an MFA Fiction Candidate at the University of North Carolina - Wilmington. Previously, he taught high school English for six years in his home state, Minnesota, and worked as an associate editor for Chautauqua Literary Journal. When he’s not scribbling scenes down for his thesis, he tutors elementary students and bartends to pay the bills. https://www.presspausepress.org/dale-stromberg daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618250003510-FHLAX83NCPURDE27LJID/Dale+Stromberg.jpg Dale Stromberg - dale stromberg Dale Stromberg grew up not far from Sacramento before moving to Tokyo, where he had a brief music career. Now he lives near Kuala Lumpur and makes ends meet as an editor and translator. His work has been published here and there. https://www.presspausepress.org/graham-irvin daily 0.75 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618250206036-2BPZYJGYVQIH6WP4FJMQ/graham.jpg Graham Irvin - graham irvin Graham Irvin is from North Carolina. His first book LIVER MUSH is forthcoming from Back Patio Press. Follow him on twitter @grahamjirvin. https://www.presspausepress.org/craftsplaining daily 0.75 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1621138575491-ZGVKJKFDSUVLV39KLUZW/unsplash-image-eV4R96svevs.jpg Craft-Splaining https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1635171650378-EP1UGD7CU5ZQW9C8KLAG/unsplash-image-PbVQ5fzUqzI.jpg Craft-Splaining - the craft-splains Please enjoy. https://www.presspausepress.org/contributors-bookshelf daily 0.75 2022-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1621274972918-6AP68207N29JSKOGB21S/41UW1iiqIUL.jpg Contributors' Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1621274977459-U0KCS3LELYCHVB4WELSS/91BHfphlaSL.jpg Contributors' Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1621440912428-Z9BZHZ907YB9PB60F0B7/61bFLzO6vIL.jpg Contributors' Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1621441329441-WLDM6R2F00O84XVMABKM/images.jpeg Contributors' Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1621441909407-J9TKWMBLW9NCANJK9ZTZ/51zNpp0l9ZL.jpg Contributors' Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1621441188846-8AP84TST31SHAVQVORIM/51HdiL6OfxL.SR160%2C240_BG243%2C243%2C243.jpg Contributors' Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1621441266422-HICG0BIN36GNR5GQIC6D/CvrDevouringLand_bookstore.jpg Contributors' Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1621441384193-NQDXOK4KEYLVX09YNHQ9/714%2BvHgXFnL.jpg Contributors' Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1621441417986-E8TAPA5U3ORP1JROBR42/51BckgMQWFL.jpg Contributors' Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1621441579536-DRDRTACC8DQ9F9ST0DOJ/45865388.jpg Contributors' Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1621441997899-NAEJ75RTE7NE6JGLUXA7/53422138.jpg Contributors' Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1642022244557-BU5EC0VBGXLCGLB4QVHK/other+people%27s+lives.jpg Contributors' Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1642022320641-DDCPFVEFC681VYXSAIJC/dec2021cucurrentpic.png Contributors' Bookshelf https://www.presspausepress.org/masthead daily 0.75 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/2a8ba0ee-2824-4979-98df-697fa9871644/IMG_1042.jpeg Masthead - se harsha Founder, Editor-in-chief, & Executive Director SE Harsha is a writer, artist, musician, and instructional designer living and dreaming on Flying Fox Farm in coastal North Carolina. A UNC-Wilmington MFA graduate, her work appears in Carve Magazine, The Adirondack Review, Hobart Pulp, and others. She's currently at work on a gothic horror novel that explores motherhood, mental health, and the sometimes-heavy weight of boundless love. se.harsha@presspausepress.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/0f5cb9ad-9009-49f0-989a-0afd9c0373b0/Screenshot+2024-06-10+at+11.02.05%E2%80%AFPM.png Masthead - nathaniel santiago Poetry Editor Nathaniel Santiago is a Puerto Rican writer born and raised in Chicago. He often gravitates towards food and music to navigate the world around him. Nathaniel holds a BA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago. When he isn't writing, he can be found slouching over his computer playing video games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/059b0953-6ff2-4ae9-a901-e17e17fe8316/victoria.jpg Masthead - Victoria lilley Fiction Editor & Internship Program Coordinator Victoria Lilley, a writer, reader, dancer, artist, and all-round creative from Ontario, Canada, is currently completing a combined Honours BA in Creative Writing and Publishing at Sheridan College. A lover of stories to her core, she is a strong advocate for bookstores, bookmarks, black tea, and alliteration. ;) Her poetry, essays, and other creative works can be found in places like B222 and The Globe and Mail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/06a64c9d-6803-4e23-8c40-cb36cf3d2209/PXL_20230215_212718987.MP+-+Laurel+Jones.jpg Masthead - laurel jones Reader Laurel lives in Wilmington, NC with the love of her life, one dog, one cat, and far too many houseplants. She graduated in 2015 with her MFA in Creative Writing from UNCW. There she acted as the Ecotone poetry editor for two years and taught creative writing classes for six years. She currently works in financial technology, though does her best to remain creative in her daily life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5036c6e6-49ed-42c8-baa8-80c939701696/IMG_20190717_141434.jpg Masthead - sewit mesfen Reader Sewit Mesfen is a fiction writer, technical writer, and essayist. She spent most of her life in Las Vegas, Nevada before taking the leap to North Carolina. When not writing, she can be found exploring abandoned structures, creating (and subsequently destroying) multimedia art, and finding independent bookstores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/13174266-4e0d-4a0b-905c-409da9925888/ma.jpeg Masthead - Maryann aita Nonfiction Editor Maryann Aita (rhymes with beta) is a writer and performer in New York City. She is the author of Little Astronaut: A Memoir in Essays. She lives with 3 cats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/fd07a75e-a980-4a62-85df-ea07c8874a49/willphoto.jpg Masthead - William justice Art Director and Designer William Justice is a designer and technologist with scrappy beginnings in rural newspaper photojournalism. He unwittingly became a web designer after learning enough code to showcase his photography online. Inspired, he abandoned paid photography to launch Serial Free Press, an early online literary and arts magazine. He went on to help other artistic startups go online, including The Documentary Channel and the Untitled Artist Group in Nashville, Tenn. From there, he expanded into research-led design across multiple industries. More recently, he has found his true calling in service design, focusing on projects that help people navigate and understand the complexities of healthcare, finance, and law. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/460ae838-caca-48f1-95ee-b20f34ac5f59/IMG-5992+-+sushanti+B.jpg Masthead - Sushanti bordoloi Reader Sushanti hails from Assam, India (where tea comes from) and has been living in Brooklyn, NYC, in the same apartment for over a decade. She has not moved from her place, primarily due to the overwhelming amount of books in her apartment. Her background is in media, writing, and filmmaking. She was the chief artist liaison at an Art Council and booked, presented, and conceptualized book launches and dance, music, and film festivals. She is working on a series of short stories and is still in pursuit of being in an apartment big enough to hold all her books and, most definitely, a dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1ff9bf30-ad3b-4269-9b85-65d82c618f7e/laura.jpeg Masthead - laura dellabadia Reader Laura DellaBadia is a writer, editor, dancer, and a licensed North Carolina attorney. She graduated Campbell Law School after graduating from the University of North Carolina Wilmington magna cum laude with a B.A. in Communication Studies, a B.F.A. in Creative Writing, and the Certificate in Publishing. Her background experiences have largely focused on law (intellectual property and corporation/business), broadcast and print journalism, publishing, editing, film production, theater, and dance. She actively writes fictional novels and short stories with themes of family, identity, psyche, and love. Her award-winning short stories have appeared in various literary magazines. https://www.presspausepress.org/famroompitch daily 0.75 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1628869598046-05HDF38G19DN6EFC7GZS/Screen+Shot+2021-08-13+at+10.46.06+AM.png Family Room Contributor Pitch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.presspausepress.org/volume-5 daily 0.75 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b97d1844-f9c3-4d1d-9a10-7b2e027de579/PPP+V5+Display+Book.png Volume 5 - it’s always better in print. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210815527-ALE5DKLYM1E1P815CKK4/image-asset.png Volume 5 - Mark Mitchell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210848975-OHPN07R8GOCGV4NLNHSA/presspausepressdoordecal_onlylogo_suite515.png Volume 5 - lukas ray hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210936832-EFTDPS6G0LEGL1MNSDVL/SamirTrees1.jpg Volume 5 - Samir Knego https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210934058-NPTJLZ4T8N7F7DSDPJ0J/IMG_1813.jpeg Volume 5 - Siya Randhawa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210935541-XZC0HN91FT7GG4WCU12A/20161231_152747%2B%283%29.jpg Volume 5 - Lia Mageira https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210936116-J6Z1TCITQDNACEJNZCVV/Vasilios+M+photo+issue+4.jpg Volume 5 - Vasilios Moschouris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210937116-UULBDFSA38SDA0Z3H4PQ/DS-Maolalai.jpg Volume 5 - D.S. Maolalai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210939221-FM9C35NQPDYLM3QPCQPV/IMG_2588.jpg Volume 5 - McLeod Logue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210940166-1CMS8AIOYK4QUURLN0H6/Paula+Harris_%28c%292020_Tabitha+Arthur+Photography--10.jpg Volume 5 - Paula Harris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210940416-6F5XDFZTRJJJ1HU63RVT/ANCcircle300dpi-png.png Volume 5 - Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210941099-N1MP9JM2KQHYN5BSDUMU/IMG_20211026_170024+%281%29.jpg Volume 5 - Akshay A.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210940981-16DKZANFKAQ1YJ3E2AJS/fullsizeoutput_afe.jpeg Volume 5 - Linda MacDonald https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210945196-U0T7KVFMB4TQ267503DH/IMG_5845.jpg Volume 5 - Madison Lee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210942026-E8NU4IMY8C6NXFYDKK6P/Kelsey+Cleveland+headshot.jpg Volume 5 - Kelsey Cleveland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638211195508-MFM4GLL72XDMA0GKKL7F/st+headshot+%281%29.jpg Volume 5 - Sierra Thoemmes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210943165-ROXSKV0RLKUZPV5M9QTF/TBKT1436+%282%29.jpg Volume 5 - Jona Xhepa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638211195715-I9DYVAYQGZFA5ZUDAACQ/me+%281%29.jpg Volume 5 - Jamie Tews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210943987-F5KMRPYXHQ8SQ1KIDLMU/IMG_20211010_103508.jpg Volume 5 - Adam Wan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210945653-AKEGXD5HIU9ZXHNVXMDO/IMG20211109175239.jpg Volume 5 - Erica Viola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210946209-SRGAHKD14QV4GNGLYX1I/Rebelein_Headshot.jpg Volume 5 - Sam Rebelein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210946428-9ZKDS47N3AR59P1A27Z5/Headshot+%28updated%29.jpg Volume 5 - James Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210946840-JULTYA25AY2P8B19FFP9/Laura+Lea.jpg Volume 5 - Laura Lea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210949747-9AWBH65056YG2NZ5AP71/Headshot.JPG Volume 5 - Anissa Lynne Johnson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210947515-BKVDMG0UXDSPTT097W8W/herrmann+author+photo.jpg Volume 5 - Justin Herrmann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210949173-BF28N7ZEEXFWZ3DRW68K/IMG_20210415_141327338.jpg Volume 5 - Richard Hackler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1638210949703-CWMDZAP4CX76X7E5YO7L/cover1.jpeg Volume 5 - JJ Graham https://www.presspausepress.org/anissajohnson daily 0.75 2021-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/126edde7-e23a-42c6-8298-79d117b7b524/Headshot.JPG Anissa Johnson - anissa Lynne johnson Anissa Lynne Johnson is a disabled writer and speaker from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Her work has appeared/is forthcoming in The Daily Drunk, Press Pause, Sledgehammer Lit, Wig-Wag, and elsewhere. More often than not, Anissa can be found walking in the woods or watching the sort of movies that *sigh* never win awards. Say hello on Twitter @anissaljohnson or at anissalynnejohnson.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/jjgraham daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3e463895-0692-4c2b-877b-063747f7e82f/cover1.jpeg JJ Graham - jj graham JJ Graham lives in Chicago. https://www.presspausepress.org/herrmannvolume5 daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f070a554-51a4-48fc-97cc-f3d47e719f23/herrmann+author+photo.jpg Justin Herrmann - justin herrmann Justin Herrmann is the author of the story collection Highway One, Antarctica (MadHat Press 2014). His stories have appeared in Best Small Fictions anthologies as well as journals including Masters Review, Washington Square Review, River Styx, and Gray's Sporting Journal. https://www.presspausepress.org/richardhackler daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/6f52beca-da7f-4eb8-927d-545dd4c540de/IMG_20210415_141327338.jpg Richard Hackler - Richard hackler Richard Hackler lives in Minneapolis. https://www.presspausepress.org/featured-throwback-volume-5-ventilation daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1637678229260-0ZBYGITV3GBXZCVGIWDF/IllustrationsonVentilation.png Featured Throwback Volume 5 - Ventilation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1637678231079-MIPB2ZPRD5CYKMX4RACV/IllustrationsonVentilation2.png Featured Throwback Volume 5 - Ventilation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1637678237622-A08LW6QUJXLKMF5708JL/IllustrationonVentilation3.png Featured Throwback Volume 5 - Ventilation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1637678239066-IUVBVP4PE09WW58ZSOY8/IllustrationonVentilation4.png Featured Throwback Volume 5 - Ventilation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1637678247255-18ZG4X2HU4P6R956YJK1/IllustrationonVentilation5.png Featured Throwback Volume 5 - Ventilation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1637678248305-AML38TY6JBC0495V28RR/IllustrationonVentilation6.png Featured Throwback Volume 5 - Ventilation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618255886571-8WL52UDHM5RE66YG88V5/unsplash-image-2mfDc2x4cO4.jpg Featured Throwback Volume 5 - Ventilation - public domain Creative materials and intellectual property the public owns due to waived or expired copyrights. These cool illustrations of how air moves through rooms were found at The Public Domain Review. Support them if you can! They are amazing! The full book, Lectures on Ventilation (1869) by Lewis W. Leeds can be found in the Internet Archive. Support them as well if you’re able! Both of these organizations are doing the good work of preserving our shared creative and intellectual history. For more throwbacks from the public domain, check out Throwbacks in The Family Room. https://www.presspausepress.org/jamie-tews daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8e1276f6-fb90-4adf-b4c7-85a4e134053e/me.jpg Jamie Tews - jamie tews Jamie is an MFA candidate in creative nonfiction at the University of North Carolina - Wilmington, and she is the nonfiction editor for Ecotone. You can find her work in The Chestnut Review, Appalachian Voices, and in a blog series for the Appalachia Service Project, among others. https://www.presspausepress.org/mcleod-logue daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a8c0377f-7b5c-4c38-ad5a-258f47c05e55/IMG_2588.jpg McLeod Logue - mcleod logue McLeod Logue is a creative writing MFA candidate and poet at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, her work is influenced by her southern roots, and an attachment to location. McLeod’s work has previously appeared in The Nashville Review, The Shore Poetry and elsewhere. https://www.presspausepress.org/sierra-thoemmes daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5660a7ad-c595-4261-819f-bb7d36ad4043/st+headshot.jpg Sierra Thoemmes - sierra thoemmes Sierra Thoemmes is a senior at UNCW pursuing a BFA in Creative Writing. You can find her work in Atlantis issues 85 and 86 for fiction and creative nonfiction. In her free time, she loves watching horror movies and getting tattoos. Sierra aims to explore the complexity of life and balance of emotion in her work. Her primary genre is horror/thriller. https://www.presspausepress.org/kelsey-cleveland daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/6fbe5562-b4b7-450b-9e3a-b175189907eb/Kelsey+Cleveland+headshot.jpg Kelsey Cleveland - kelsey cleveland Kelsey Cleveland is a writer, who after living in Japan for eight years now resides with her husband and teenage son near Portland, Oregon, where her passport is safely stowed for now. Her essays have received honorable mention in the Writer’s Digest 86th Annual Writing Competition and won Creative Nonfiction’s daily micro-essay contest. Smith College Alumnae Quarterly, Oregon Humanities Magazine, and the Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese), a major newspaper in Osaka, have published her essays and op-eds. In addition, she has studied memoir/narrative nonfiction at Hedgebrook, Catapult, and with Marion Roach Smith. She is currently seeking representation for The Fan Unfolds: On Finding Myself and Home in Japan, a travel memoir about pursuing and fulfilling a childhood dream to live in Japan. Find me at kelseycleveland.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/jona-xhepa daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f4deb850-bdc8-41c7-80ab-d3f3c16417a8/TBKT1436+%282%29.jpg Jona Xhepa - jona xhepa Having grown up in Canada, I worked in fiction and music in Ireland and developed a passion for research into space and mythology. I'm currently living in northern Albania and working on a folklore project and novella. https://www.presspausepress.org/mark-mitchell daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3ecd1b82-5bf2-49eb-a9aa-696761ab7c4f/presspausepressdoordecal_onlylogo_suite515.png Mark Mitchell - MARK MITCHELL Mark J. Mitchell was born in Chicago and grew up in southern California. His latest poetry collection, Roshi San Francisco, was just published by Norfolk Publishing. Starting from Tu Fu was recently published by Encircle Publications. He is very fond of baseball, Louis Aragon, Miles Davis, Kafka and Dante. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, the activist and documentarian, Joan Juster where he made his marginal living pointing out pretty things. Now, like everyone else, he’s unemployed. He has published 2 novels and three chapbooks and two full length collections so far. His first chapbook won the Negative Capability Award. Titles on request. A meager online presence can be found at https://www.facebook.com/MarkJMitchellwriter/ A primitive web site now exists: https://www.mark-j-mitchell.square.site/ I sometimes tweet @Mark J Mitchell_Writer https://www.presspausepress.org/paula-harris daily 0.75 2021-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/15495f13-5255-4b3a-92dc-9b2a0828d2cb/Paula+Harris_%28c%292020_Tabitha+Arthur+Photography--10.jpg Paula Harris - paula harris Paula Harris lives in Aotearoa/New Zealand, where she writes and sleeps in a lot, because that's what depression makes you do. She won the 2018 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize and the 2017 Lilian Ida Smith Award. Her writing has been published in various journals, including Hobart, Berfrois, New Ohio Review, SWWIM, Diode and Aotearotica. She is extremely fond of dark chocolate, shoes and hoarding fabric. website: www.paulaharris.co.nz | Twitter: @paulaoffkilter | Instagram: @paulaharris_poet | Facebook: @paulaharrispoet https://www.presspausepress.org/samir-knego daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/dcb06af4-043f-4ece-927f-0254ef6ee5e1/Samir+Knego+-+Beacons+-+Painting.jpg Samir Knego Beacons - Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a17c4f00-a616-4a6c-8616-c04de33e1003/Samir+Knego+-+Crossing+-+Painting.jpg Samir Knego Crossing - Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/26213b2c-452e-4b2f-bb61-6d1eb3dec49e/SamirTrees1.jpg Samir Knego - samir knego Samir Knego edits for Decolonial Passage and has published poems, essays, and art in various journals and zines. He lives in North Carolina with a bright green wheelchair and a little black dog. Find him on twitter/instagram @SamirKnego or at VeryDecaf.blogspot.com https://www.presspausepress.org/madison-lee daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3c8070bc-314e-492d-9c9a-c0e705081c03/IMG_5845.jpg Madison Lee - madison lee Madison Lee is a previously unpublished author attending the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She is majoring in Social Work with a minor in Spanish. She has a passion for writing, animals, and coffee. https://www.presspausepress.org/james-miller daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/bc8da2c1-5ec6-4be2-875f-ee494e9b0091/Headshot+%28updated%29.jpg James Miller - james miller James Miller is a native of the Texas Gulf Coast. He is published in Best Small Fictions 2021 (Sonder Press) and in the Marvelous Verses anthology (Daily Drunk Press). Recent pieces have appeared or are forthcoming in Phoebe, Yemassee, Elsewhere, West Trade Review, Sledgehammer Lit, Watershed Review, Neologism and Indianapolis Review. Follow on Twitter @AndrewM1621. https://www.presspausepress.org/sam-rebelein daily 0.75 2021-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a8eda3bf-2193-4681-b0f4-8fc6a55d6aa8/Rebelein_Headshot.jpg Sam Rebelein - sam rebelein Sam Rebelein holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. His work has most recently appeared in Bourbon Penn, Coffin Bell Journal, The Dread Machine, and beyond. His story "My Name Is Ellie" was featured in Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year last fall. He currently lives in Lubbock, TX, which is sort of like Cactus Land but without all the rides. For random gifs, dog pics, and more, follow Sam on Twitter @HillaryScruff. https://www.presspausepress.org/erica-viola daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/31312f11-f954-4e24-9215-7009a20a55d4/IMG20211109175239.jpg Erica Viola - erica viola Erica Viola is a native of Nebraska, living and working as a copywriter in London. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Nebraska. Erica has been published in Spires, Attack!!!!, Stone Soup, and various other trade publications. She was recently shortlisted for Creative Future's 2020 Writers' Award. https://www.presspausepress.org/siya-randhawa daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b3b537a0-4165-4b2d-b31e-fdff9670335b/Siya+Randhawa+-+Untitled+-+Soft+Pastel+-+18+and+under+%281%29.jpeg Siya Randhawa Untitled - Soft Pastel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7da8050c-76a6-43f6-acce-24d1aa07fbd3/Siya+Randhawa+-+Untitled+-+Mixed+Media+-+18+and+under.PNG Siya Randhawa Untitled - Mixed Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a68833d5-7aaf-46ee-b84e-b4c62f6cf19a/Siya+Randhawa+-+Untitled+-+Mixed+Media+-+18+and+under.jpg Siya Randhawa Untitled - Mixed Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/e7e46413-1bb6-4d56-b2e2-17777184aaa9/IMG_1813.jpeg Siya Randhawa - siya randhawa Hello, my name is Siya Randhawa and I am currently a rising high school senior living in Northern California. I have obtained many leadership roles through clubs, internships, and volunteer work. Along with this, I have been indulged in art for the past six to seven years with various art studios and by personal growth as well. Throughout the body of my artwork, there is a common thread of the feeling of being stuck, misplaced, and the internal comparison I experiences with everyone around me. During my free time, I enjoy making art, designing flyers, and watching horror movies. https://www.presspausepress.org/lukas-hall daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8f2179ee-5c2d-49aa-b346-c7db47396d14/presspausepressdoordecal_onlylogo_suite515.png Lukas Hall - lukas ray hall lukas ray hall is a queer non-binary poet. they are the author of "loudest when startled" (YesYes Books, 2020). their poems have appeared in The Florida Review, Moon City Review, Atlanta Review & Raleigh Review, among others. they live in St. Paul, MN. https://www.presspausepress.org/laura-lea daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d7c4a83e-bc7b-4797-9c60-1fcfd79467b5/Laura+Lea.jpg Laura Lea - laura lea Laura Lea is a Californian, a writer and birdwatcher. She's a full-time nomad with her partner of sixteen years, Carol, in their '89 Winnebago, looking forward to new horizons. https://www.presspausepress.org/adam-wan daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/0dd88610-5686-4300-a2e2-d99465a645ce/IMG_20211010_103508.jpg Adam Wan - adam wan Adam Wan is a novelist and short story writer, who also writes songs from time to time. Growing up in a cultural mosaic, they are fascinated with the contours of the human experience and how life and culture shape a person's identity. A lover of Japan and a cosmopolitan, they write stories that explore what it means to be human—typically set in Japan, with Japanese characters, and sprinkles of anime, manga, literature, philosophy, pop, and J-Rock on the side. Compassion and love are virtues they wholeheartedly embrace, and though a casual advocate of self-love they still struggle with it themselves. They believe in the power of fiction to unite disparate souls through space and time, and write about both the highs and lows that life can bring, from one's wedding day to the death of a loved one (including that of a kitten). When not chained to their desk writing, they can be found listening and singing to their favorite songs or chatting the hours away with friends while struggling to pull the strings of their life together amidst whirlwinds of self-doubt, burnout, and anxiety. P.S. They go by he/they pronouns. https://www.presspausepress.org/caitlin-buxbaum daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/98697aee-81bb-4dfd-aefb-123a8cfc70d5/ANCcircle300dpi-png.png Caitlin Buxbaum - caitlin M.s. buxbaum Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum is a writer and teacher from Wasilla, Alaska. She has published several books through her company, Red Sweater Press, and has work featured in Alaska Women Speak, Cirque, The Cabinet of Heed, The Daily Drunk, The Ekphrastic Review, and Verse-Virtual, among others. She currently serves as the Mat-Su Vice President of Alaska Writers Guild and Editor in Chief of The Poets' Touchstone. Learn more at caitbuxbaum.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/dsmaolalaivolume5 daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3122baac-3596-4097-811b-c25c12162ceb/DS-Maolalai.jpg DsMaolalaivolume5 - DS MAOLALAI DS Maolalai has been nominated eight times for Best of the Net and five times for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in two collections, "Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden" (Encircle Press, 2016) and "Sad Havoc Among the Birds" (Turas Press, 2019). https://www.presspausepress.org/akshay-as daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/2453b0b3-b1e6-4bed-9097-ce28fcda2572/IMG_20211026_170024+%281%29.jpg Akshay AS - akshay a.s. Akshay is a poet and spoken word artist from Kerala, India. He has been in love with literature for as long as he can remember and is committed to getting others to love it too, or die trying. Akshay currently reads poetry at the Seamus Heaney Center in Queen’s University, Belfast. His work appears in The Honest Ulsterman, Samyukta Poetry, The Poetry Unbound Podcast and other vague, nondescript places. https://www.presspausepress.org/vasilios-moschouris-volume5 daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/29537a71-0148-44fb-8bf3-b77ff0989cba/Vasilios+M+photo+issue+4.jpg Vasilios Moschouris - vasilios moschouris Vasilios Moschouris is a queer writer from the mountains of North Carolina. His writing has appeared in Press Pause Press and on (mac)ro(mic).org, and he is currently a first-year Fiction MFA candidate at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. When he's not writing, he's fantasizing about the tattoos he probably ins't going to end up getting and memorizing the lyrics of French rap songs. Unfortunately, he can be found on Twitter @burnmyaccountv. https://www.presspausepress.org/linda-macdonald daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5c6aa889-e8fd-47c1-b797-200d9bf1478d/fullsizeoutput_afe.jpeg Linda MacDonald - linda macdonald Linda MacDonald’s creative non-fiction explores multiple dimensions of family relationships, including codependency, compassion and forgiveness. Her work has appeared in The Globe and Mail and The Write Launch. In her forthcoming memoir, Dad, the Box, and Me; In Search of Meaningful Connection, she offers the reader a seat at the table during a series of lunches with her seventy-eight-year-old father in which she examines how life events shaped their relationship. In the process, she not only gets to know her father. She gets to know herself. https://www.presspausepress.org/lia-mageira daily 0.75 2021-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/cf0bde7c-8dee-403b-a8ac-6eea05664bb2/lia_mageira_reflection_2.JPG Lia Mageira Reflection of a Tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/e96a3fd9-2882-4dd7-b564-aa533aa4f41e/20161231_152747%2B%283%29.jpg Lia Mageira - lia mageira Lia Mageira is a Greek travel photographer and writer based in Athens. She is a holder of a degree from the University of West Attica. She focuses on Culture and History. Her work has appeared on more than 80 websites and magazines, most recently in BBC, Efsyn Newspaper, Ethnos Newspaper and Gonomad Travel. https://liamageiraphotostories.smugmug.com/ https://www.presspausepress.org/smolfair-2022 daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/6c17ab14-e666-4a09-a5c1-deaeca7c2473/Screen+Shot+2022-02-15+at+9.00.44+PM.png SMOL Fair 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4f38c5a9-9314-470c-a1e9-d25f55f4611a/Screen+Shot+2022-04-12+at+1.14.37+PM.png SMOL Fair 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.presspausepress.org/volume-6 daily 0.75 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8b8b8a45-3b4b-42a8-a09f-2fb9a95ab591/PPP+V6+Display+Book.png Volume 6 - it’s always better in print. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718204121-IBUZMG20N3I74SAFJ1VQ/Bio+Photo.jpg Volume 6 - Carl Scharwath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718317711-7RSZDVIMRWTSJ78UHBMT/fabio+sassi.jpg Volume 6 - Fabio Sassi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718320273-WGPG0S57RF9GBG86OGD7/jimzola.jpeg Volume 6 - Jim Zola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718321547-BQ2KWRQKU478S9HK1KHE/Labdhi+Shah+Photo+.jpg Volume 6 - Labdhi Shah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718320976-6IU9D5DP1KHRDIWYP8KD/unnamed.jpg Volume 6 - Matthew Klane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718321672-KD21DAQPCRJGZD8PLCIR/Forman+-+Headshot+Press+Pause+Press.jpg Volume 6 - J.R. Forman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718322229-ZIZ1GVADDCP84WL80U90/IMG_7017.JPG Volume 6 - Rob Colgate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718323923-6321NGIDLV0QNIYCHI20/20211106_092524.jpg Volume 6 - Ivan de Monbrison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718327527-Z0N06ICUYACHCVVVD47A/IMG_5277.jpg Volume 6 - Gabrielle Hogan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718325042-NVUEX6BS0V2ZVDWLTZIH/Poet+finds+solace+at+Folly+Beach.jpg Volume 6 - Eugene Platt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718326771-HNPQVPSJU14A14190H47/AG+Hudson+3.jpg Volume 6 - Andrey Gritsman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718327753-G8SRUTBWXN8A6EK6FXCX/Photo.jpg Volume 6 - BEE LB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718328372-7HRHSPQ3WHS030GOXUYI/received_1319515541552616+%281%29.jpeg Volume 6 - Alise Versella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718328629-JNGJXOBU1HZTHT3K756H/IMG_9937+%281%29.jpg Volume 6 - Kayla Jessop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718334103-5IB2DQE6JYBMN76LY8KT/OLIVIA+-+Headshot.JPG Volume 6 - Olivia Savoie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718331637-7ES6G8XEE43DQR4BOH8D/CBFB5966-9765-4657-B21A-DD0B0D76ED77_1_201_a.jpeg Volume 6 - Dahlia Solomon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718332808-URSX98ULFLQN9H5Z1I3T/Felipe+Rodolfo+Hendriksen+Picture.jpeg Volume 6 - Felipe Rodolfo Hendriksen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718335797-QPOP3H3IXY6R9XE94VBX/zachmurphy.jpeg Volume 6 - Zach Murphy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718335289-SQPQFQPETPOWZ2HKIZ3K/Brad+Petit+heads.JPG Volume 6 - Brad Petit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718337255-SCY6M8Y0AEF6NBTT2GZB/IMG-2708.jpg Volume 6 - Marilyn Isabel Ramirez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718337060-Q1FQ8MPS06NK678SARZ9/RT+Bio+Photo.jpg Volume 6 - Regina Thomas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718337587-0K9TOFMATRJQC6MNZNOS/3E94A5C3-75FB-4145-AC23-08F47DEC0CD4.jpeg Volume 6 - Ruth Ticktin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718337857-3MQKGHBG0U0VGCXJRFQU/MW+Photo.jpg Volume 6 - Maria Wickens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718338266-T9EIMN4TNR6LQK5QG0KL/image0.jpeg Volume 6 - Alia Georges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718339900-Q9NI1YDHVG45Z5NWKMUU/author+photo+.JPG Volume 6 - Heather DeBel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649718348415-65CJF6P5Z9Y87KM6EQ34/Sarah+Dickenson+Snyder.JPG Volume 6 - Sarah Dickenson Snyder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649719130681-A7JSLRX7XZ1OSOSCXXWT/presspausepressdoordecal_onlylogo_suite515+copy.png Volume 6 - Kelly Houle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649719232961-S09AD1B55JLYSSX6Z67A/nickolasduarte.jpeg Volume 6 - Nickolas Duarte https://www.presspausepress.org/sarah-dickenson-snyder daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/82acead9-25bf-4580-80ef-72f20b39e35b/Sarah+Dickenson+Snyder.JPG Sarah Dickenson Snyder - sarah dickenson snyder Sarah Dickenson Snyder lives in Vermont, carves in stone, & rides her bike. Travel opens her eyes. She has three poetry collections, The Human Contract (2017), Notes from a Nomad (nominated for the Massachusetts Book Awards 2018), and With a Polaroid Camera (2019) with recent work in Rattle, Lily Poetry Review, and RHINO. sarahdickensonsnyder.com https://www.presspausepress.org/regina-thomas daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7c2a542f-69e4-4ddc-b425-360438647741/RT+Bio+Photo.jpg Regina Thomas - regina thomas Regina Thomas is a writer based in Pacifica, California Her mission statement as a writer is to create the sort of works that were missing from the bookshelves when she was a young Black girl in Kentucky always maxing out her checkout limit at the local library. https://www.presspausepress.org/brad-petit daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5386ba78-8647-4212-9036-ce8bc27fa20d/Brad+Petit+heads.JPG Brad Petit - brad petit Brad Petit was born in the nation’s capital. He grew up in Maryland then moved to New Orleans, then Houston, then South Carolina. He lives in Columbia, the capital of South Carolina, with his wife and one-year-old son. He’s working on an MFA at USC, the big university situated downtown. His neighbors include a rock band, a barred owl, a few quiet churches, and several raccoons. https://www.presspausepress.org/heather-debel daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/cfec6dda-2e63-4c43-a63d-098af69386cb/author+photo+.JPG Heather DeBel - heather debel Heather DeBel earned her MFA from the University of Maryland. Her stories have appeared in Salamander, New South, The Masters Review, Contrary, Hobart and elsewhere. She writes and teaches in New Jersey. You can find her work at heatherdebel.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/ruthticktin daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d0bcd6f1-e8e2-409a-8be6-88819301da4b/3E94A5C3-75FB-4145-AC23-08F47DEC0CD4.jpeg Ruth Ticktin - ruth ticktin Ruth Ticktin has coordinated international programs, advised students, taught ESL and writing in Washington DC and MD since 1977. From Madison and Chicago, graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Ruth encourages sharing stories. Inspired by students, family, and community, she is Author: Was Am Going; Recollections in Poetry & Flash (New Bay Books, Dec. 2021) Co-editor: Psalms for Contemplation (Poetica Publishing 2020.) Co-author: What's Ahead? (ProLingua Learning 2013.) Contributor: BendingGenres Anthology 2018-19; Art in Covid-19 (San Fedele Press 2020;) Washington Writers WWPH Writes#4 https://rticktindc.wixsite.com/ruth https://www.presspausepress.org/alia-georges daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f270c5df-c0f0-4840-ad0f-d33cc85a4693/image0.jpeg Alia Georges - Alia georges Alia Georges is a writer based in Boston, MA. https://www.presspausepress.org/maria-wickens daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/af014c1d-2a8f-4c9f-a37c-93c6dabed760/MW+Photo.jpg Maria Wickens - maria wickens Maria’s first novel Left of Centre (published Secker & Warburg) won the 1993 Reed New Writers Fiction Award. In the past year her short stories have featured in Mystery Tribune, Atricity, Cobalt Review and The Penmen Review. Her unpublished novel Drown ‘Em Like Puppies was a finalist in the 2021 Screencraft Cinematic Novel Contest. After spending more than a decade in the UK and the US, Maria returned to her home country, New Zealand, where she now resides. She has worked in PR, NZ Defense Forces, and Australian Rules football––and is a huge fan of T.S. Eliot. https://www.presspausepress.org/marilyn-isabel-ramirez daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/2c528b6f-8d42-4637-a37b-fc1eefed9f19/IMG-2708.jpg Marilyn Isabel Ramirez - marilyn isabel ramirez Marilyn Isabel Ramirez is a writer based in Pico Rivera, CA. She received her B.A. in Creative Writing and B.A. in Rhetoric and Composition from Cal State Long Beach. Her work appears in ¡Pa'lante!, The Plentitudes Journal, Limeoncello Magazine, and Saint Lunita Magazine. When not writing, Marilyn is competing in Apple Watch challenges with her cheater friends and family, buying paints and journals she refuses to ruin, drinking an obscene amount of water, and apologizing to her new husband daily about how messy she can be. She has additionally taken on website design and blogging, so if you’re interested in that ridiculous journey, find her at www.marilynisabelramirez.com https://www.presspausepress.org/zach-murphy daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/2646ae08-8618-4b5a-b301-4450bba8112e/zachmurphy.jpeg Zach Murphy - zach murphy Zach Murphy is a Hawaii-born writer with a background in cinema. His stories appear in Reed Magazine, The Coachella Review, Maudlin House, Still Point Arts Quarterly, B O D Y, Ruminate, Wilderness House Literary Review, Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine, and more. His debut chapbook Tiny Universes (Selcouth Station Press, 2021) is available in paperback and e-book. He lives with his wonderful wife Kelly in St. Paul, Minnesota. https://www.presspausepress.org/ivan-de-monbrison daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b6623b70-df42-4a49-9c57-fe89c41ac50a/20211106_092524.jpg Ivan de Monbrison - ivan de monbrison Ivan de Monbrison is a poet, writer and artist living in Paris, born in 1969. He has studied oriental languages there after high school, not with great success. Ivan has autistic and schizophrenic tendencies that he has been trying to cope with through art in the past twenty years of his life. His writing and art reflect maybe also the feeling of the decadence of today's society, centered on its own vacuity and its lack of real purpose. He has been published in literary magazines globally. https://www.presspausepress.org/jim-zola daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/0f620c8f-f378-4a83-8835-dc317c0f8258/C1FEEC29-BD76-41F9-8879-4662987C9C11.jpeg Jim Zola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/879617f9-dcd6-4206-83e7-fb23c7b61aca/80311D23-F522-4AD6-9204-1F6C18A74E67.jpeg Jim Zola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/2c7b00d6-3f0a-4b7b-9e6f-b7d3b292afb6/4878CBBB-43EE-4C61-9E12-D26985D797AF.jpeg Jim Zola - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a0b2da28-5be7-4647-9e5b-f638fa0546bf/29BDFB79-5FCD-4DEC-9267-E270FF09FB3F.jpeg Jim Zola - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b555a3d4-65e9-4e70-9877-10b8802120e1/6A27A78F-92B1-4CDE-A16D-5EC0CF918663.jpeg Jim Zola - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/ea406d4d-f656-4645-bd5f-54f7be5ac9a2/jimzola.jpeg Jim Zola - Jim zola Jim Zola is a poet and photographer living in North Carolina. https://www.presspausepress.org/andrey-gritsman daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/498e2439-2dfa-4905-884e-12416e1b7e48/AG+Hudson+3.jpg Andrey Gritsman - andrey gritsman Andrey Gritsman came to the US from Russia in 1981. He is a physician, poet and essayist who writes in two languages. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize several times, received Honorable Mention and was shortlisted for Poetry Society of America prize. Poems, essays, and short stories have appeared in more than 80 journals including New Orleans Review, Notre Dame Review, and Denver Quarterly, and anthologized. Poetry and essays have been translated into several European languages. He edits the international poetry magazine INTERPOEZIA and runs a poetry reading series in New York City. https://www.presspausepress.org/kelly-houle daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/58353a03-8691-4963-bdff-e1b810f5aeb2/presspausepressdoordecal_onlylogo_suite515+copy.png Kelly Houle - kelly houle Kelly Houle is a writer and artist whose poetry has been published in Crab Orchard Review, Radar Poetry, Red Rock Review, Sequestrum, The Round, and Written Here and There: Community of Writers Poetry Review 2020 Anthology. She was a semifinalist for the Emily Dickinson Award (2003) as well as the Red Rock Poetry Award (2004). She has an MFA in creative writing from Arizona State University, where she also received a Virginia G. Piper Summer Creative Writing Fellowship. Kelly has been an academic tutor for the past twenty years and has worked at the National Weather Service in Phoenix and Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. She enjoys watching the sky. https://www.presspausepress.org/matthew-klane daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1342ec55-83c3-49f0-92b6-74588b955047/UmbrellaInReverse_2.jpeg Matthew Klane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c9438421-992d-46d5-9e9d-4afb65179259/MastersPotatoChips_2.jpeg Matthew Klane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c8a21a67-8aa6-41ea-b66b-aaaffb9d44a0/InteriorExterior_1.jpeg Matthew Klane - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/9ec87463-189a-4bf8-b4c6-2d8478120093/FreeRein2_1.jpeg Matthew Klane - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1f8114e1-8fdf-4346-843f-b3f173cf4f3e/unnamed.jpg Matthew Klane - matthew klane Matthew Klane has an MA in Poetics from SUNY Buffalo and an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His books include Canyons (w/ James Belflower, Flimb Press 2016), Che (Stockport Flats 2013) and B (Stockport Flats 2008). An e-chapbook from Of the Day is online at Delete Press, an e-book My is online at Fence Digital, and a chapbook Poetical Sketches is available from The Magnificent Field. Recent collages can be found online in Afternoon Visitor, Breakwater Review, Dream Pop, and Sixth Finch. He currently lives and writes in Albany, NY. See: matthewklane.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/featured-throwback-volume-6-ventilation-copy daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/ac8224e3-c2e2-423e-8445-4450efc39fb8/Screen+Shot+2022-04-11+at+3.48.34+PM.png Featured Throwback Volume 6 - Letters from a Cat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649717913142-OQBJQAKDXJHJ3SARU233/Screen+Shot+2022-04-11+at+6.54.50+PM.png Featured Throwback Volume 6 - Letters from a Cat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1649717912573-7WVZOGJGLKEZ4NL1LMUU/Screen+Shot+2022-04-11+at+6.55.11+PM.png Featured Throwback Volume 6 - Letters from a Cat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1618255886571-8WL52UDHM5RE66YG88V5/unsplash-image-2mfDc2x4cO4.jpg Featured Throwback Volume 6 - Letters from a Cat - public domain Creative materials and intellectual property the public owns due to waived or expired copyrights. This funny little book by an American writer and activist on the behalf of Native Americans can be found at The Public Domain Review. Support them if you can! They are amazing! The full book, Letters from a Cat (1879) by H.H. can be found here. For more throwbacks from the public domain, check out Throwbacks in The Family Room. https://www.presspausepress.org/bee-lb daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7aa10092-4fd4-459c-9aa4-a70d4314c8e8/Photo.jpg BEE LB - bee lb BEE LB is an array of letters, bound to impulse; they are a writer creating delicate connections. they have called any number of places home; currently, a single yellow wall in Michigan. they have been published in Badlung Press, opia mag, Revolute Lit, and half empty mag, among others. they are a poetry reader for Capsule Stories. their portfolio can be found at twinbrights.carrd.co. https://www.presspausepress.org/rob-colgate daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3c7e9494-7a24-4e4b-ae7d-00d6541ddb59/IMG_7017.JPG Rob Colgate - rob colgate Rob Colgate is a Filipino-American poet from Evanston, IL. He holds a degree in psychology from Yale University and is currently pursuing his MFA in poetry with the New Writers Project at UT Austin, where he is also working towards a certificate in critical disability studies. In Austin, he teaches workshops in both creative writing and emotional intelligence. His work is featured in Best New Poets 2020; his first chapbook, So Dark the Gap, was published by Tammy in March 2020 and won the ReadsRainbow Prize for poetry. You can find him at robcolgate.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/dahlia-solomon daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/936ce122-3cd8-42c8-bc37-f7d7b6e7f5e6/CBFB5966-9765-4657-B21A-DD0B0D76ED77_1_201_a.jpeg Dahlia Solomon - dahlia solomon Dahlia Solomon is a sophomore at Syosset High School. She has had a passion for writing since a very young age. In her free time she enjoys reading, spending time with friends, and listening to music. This is her first published piece of work. https://www.presspausepress.org/felipe-h daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/ef3b5a91-9acc-4a92-87b0-e2429264bebf/Felipe+Rodolfo+Hendriksen+Picture.jpeg Felipe H - Felipe Rodolfo Hendriksen Felipe Rodolfo Hendriksen recently graduated from Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina with a Professor Diploma in Humanities. He is twenty-five and has been writing (with some ups and downs) since he was a child. He is now seeking to attend graduate school in America to study popular culture in general and comic books in particular. In his writings, he humbly follows the steps of Borges, Bolaño, and Murakami. https://www.presspausepress.org/gabrielle-hogan daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d80d9075-e5ed-4440-8984-58e2641b3784/IMG_5277.jpg Gabrielle Hogan - gabrielle grace hogan Gabrielle Grace Hogan is a poet from St. Louis, Missouri. She is currently pursuing her MFA from the New Writers Project through the University of Texas at Austin. Her work has been published in Kissing Dynamite, DIAGRAM, Nashville Review, Peach Mag, and others. More of her work and her social media can be found on her website gabriellegracehogan.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/nickolas-duarte daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5229cd27-4473-4c05-9dac-f4479d418247/nickolasduarte.jpeg Nickolas Duarte - nickolas duarte Nickolas Duarte is a writer and director based in Tucson, AZ. His work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, NALIP, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros, the Ryan Murphy HALF Initiative, the Webby Awards and online platforms Vimeo Staff Picks, Omeleto, and Short of the Week. He has recently begun sharing his poetry appearing (or to be appearing) in Press Pause Press, The Avalon Literary Review, FRiGG, The Cape Rock, The Conglomerate, The Round, The Ignatian, and The Evening Street Review. https://www.presspausepress.org/labdhi-shah daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/6acc962e-3878-45db-92d0-faf75ac4566b/Padma-1.jpg Labdhi Shah Painting - Padma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/132bda99-014c-4040-8b99-157aa414c61b/Labdhi+Shah+Photo+.jpg Labdhi Shah - labdhi shah Labdhi Shah is an artist currently living in Atlanta, GA. She is formally trained (BA, MA) in Economics, and Clinical Psychology, and a certified Arts-Based Therapist. Having grown up in India, in an atmosphere where art and culture were highly regarded but being an artist was not considered a viable profession, she worked in the corporate world for over five years in India, Oman, and Australia, while working part-time as an artist, before deciding to become an artist, full-time, in 2019. Her very first art installation at a celebrated art festival, Abhivyakti, in early 2020, gave her further motivation to follow her heart. Her effort as an artist is to share her faith in the capacity of love, and to accept the uniqueness of every human being irrespective of race, color, gender, and culture. https://www.presspausepress.org/eugene-platt daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/587c189d-578e-4178-b5e9-f653554ab92d/Poet+finds+solace+at+Folly+Beach.jpg Eugene Platt - eugene platt Eugene Platt, an octogenarian striving to remain active in an era of increasing ageism, was born in Charleston, South Carolina. After serving in the Army, he earned degrees at the University of South Carolina and Clarion University of Pennsylvania as well as a Diploma in Anglo-Irish Literature at Trinity College Dublin. His poems have appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, Poet Lore, Tar River Poetry, Crazyhorse, South Carolina Review, Southwestern Review, Poem, etc., and some have been choreographed. His 2020 collection Nuda Veritas was published by Revival Press (Ireland). He lives in Charleston with his main muses: Montreal-born wife Judith, corgi Bess, and cats Finnegan and Maeve. https://www.presspausepress.org/fabio-sassi daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/96580f13-26ce-4ec1-b8c3-7b8e7e5aa35d/urban_rituals_1.jpg Fabio Sassi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4424fa7c-eb63-4c32-bd08-c531d2c92bde/dripping_barcode_1.jpg Fabio Sassi Crossing - Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3daeea7e-2443-40c3-a2a1-fd5954bc398a/fabio+sassi.jpg Fabio Sassi - fabio sassi Fabio Sassi makes acrylics and photos using whatever is considered to have no worth by the mainstream. He really enjoys taking the everyday and ordinary and framing it in a different way. Fabio lives and works in Bologna, Italy. His work can be viewed at www.fabiosassi.foliohd.com https://www.presspausepress.org/library daily 0.75 2025-10-25 https://www.presspausepress.org/jr-forman daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c2a607c4-69f1-4128-9266-704941e13d77/Forman+-+Headshot+Press+Pause+Press.jpg J.R. Forman - J.R. FOrman J. R. Forman’s (lecturer, Tarleton State University) poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Round, Borderlands, Brief Wilderness, Better Than Starbucks, Ramify, Make It New, Ekphrastic Review, Apricity, Stirring, Matter, Visitant, Streetlight, Glint, Agave, and anthologies by Clemson University Press. He has been a finalist for the Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize and holds a BA from St. John’s College, Santa Fe, and PhDs from the University of Dallas and the University of Salamanca. drjrforman.com @drjrforman https://www.presspausepress.org/olivia-savoie daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4dc8d312-dc32-41d8-9a64-8a29b311a972/OLIVIA+-+Headshot.JPG Olivia Savoie - olivia savoie Twenty-seven-year-old Olivia Savoie resides in Lafayette, Louisiana, the heart of Cajun Country,with her husband, daughter, and labradoodle. She graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor's degree in creative writing. Along with her husband, she co-founded an heirloom life story writing company. Olivia has penned over forty memoirs. Outside of life story writing, she enjoys presidential trivia, playing the harp, and writing essays, middle-grade fiction, and poetry. https://www.presspausepress.org/kayla-jessop daily 0.75 2022-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d85db01a-eaee-421d-be26-1ab79ff7b52f/wordlist.png Kayla Jessop - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f6828c9f-acc5-4cce-b64d-57a4cbc88ea4/IMG_9937+%281%29.jpg Kayla Jessop - kayla jessop Kayla Jessop is an MFA candidate at Lindenwood University. Her nonfiction has been published in Tempo, Harpur Palate, Broad River Review, You Might Need To Hear This, Lindenwood Review, Variant Literature, Welter, and Press Pause Press. She does her best writing while sitting in coffee shops and daydreaming about possibilities. In her free time, when she’s not teaching, she enjoys cross-stitching and watching New Girl. https://www.presspausepress.org/alisa-versella daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/6b38144b-16b6-4f20-9551-035b2f782391/received_1319515541552616+%281%29.jpeg Alisa Versella - alise versella Alise Versella is a Pushcart nominated contributing writer for Rebelle Society whose work has been published widely in journals such as Entropy, Poydras and The Opiate. She is forthcoming in The Courtship of Winds and The Poeming Pigeon. Her full length collection When Wolves Become Birds is available now with Golden Dragonfly Press and you can find her at www.aliseversella.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/carl-scharwarth daily 0.75 2022-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/e2614b38-ed78-45e8-97db-6926e62fe921/GhostTruck.jpg Carl Scharwath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/fdff41e2-4b3b-48d0-83fd-ea5e1dc47f10/Florida_snow.jpg Carl Scharwath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d14d9732-9fae-4466-9610-4b2e115d550c/arches_sunset.jpg Carl Scharwath - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/acbe4c3a-e5cb-421d-a13f-a3c4722cbffe/Bio+Photo.jpg Carl Scharwath - Carl Scharwath Carl Scharwath has appeared globally with 170+ journals selecting his poetry, prose, interviews, essays, plays or art. Two poetry books Journey to Become Forgotten (Kind of a Hurricane Press) and Abandoned (Scars Tv) have been published. His new book “The Playground of Destiny” (Impspired Press) features prose, poems, and photography. His first photography book was published by Praxis in Africa. His photography was also exhibited in the Mount Dora and Leesburg Center for The Arts galleries. Carl is the art editor for Minute Magazine (USA,), a competitive runner, and a 2nd degree black- belt in Taekwondo. Carl was recently nominated for Best of the Net 2021 award. https://www.presspausepress.org/marysa-eve daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d9e9a1ca-725a-42bd-a221-5698500ec77e/limbo.jpg Marysa Eve “A favorite writing spot of mine, a cabin in Appalachia on a remote horse farm where I lived for several summers. The solace of that space, to me, is holy. Time stops in that room.” - Marysa Eve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8cec2dc1-0400-44b8-8220-b29a6714e387/Marysa+Eve.jpeg Marysa Eve - marysa eve Marysa Eve is a free spirit, singer-songwriter, horse trainer, painter, poet, & traveler. Raised in Boston, she spent her university years in Philadelphia and then lived in Florida, Ecuador, Northern Ireland, and most recently St. Vincent as she trains horses internationally for work. She learned how to play guitar while working in New Zealand, and learned how to play piano from her grandmother. Her voice developed after 12 years of professional training in an international youth choir based in Boston. She sung in a few bands, performing for years in the underground music scene. She has a background in poetry, and published an anthology in 2017; lyrics are the driving force behind her songs. https://www.presspausepress.org/rafael-rosa daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/16a79998-c091-40ce-b283-9b5aa7636128/Axiomatic+-+FRONT.jpg Rafael Rosa - Make it stand out Axiomatic: Music for the People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/937f7d85-c58d-424d-9ed4-c2d535a58c11/Rafael+3+color+edit.jpg Rafael Rosa - rafael rosa Rafael has established himself as a premier guitarist and composer since his arrival in NYC in 2010. He has received rave reviews on his playing as a sideman with Tony Award Winning Singer Luba Mason and her project Mixtura, The Prince Of Bollywood Jeffrey Iqbal & Unity Through Music, Cody Geil’s Bon Musique, Night Of The Living Funk, Ben Rosenblum’s Nebula Project amongst others performing at renowned venues such as the Blue Note Jazz Club, ShapeShifter Lab, DROM, Shrine World Music, The Bitter End, The Rainbow Room, The Metropolitan Room, 54 Below, Dizzy’s Coca Cola Club, The 55 Bar, The Edison Ballroom and Bowery Electric, Small's etc... Rafael is an accomplished composer. His debut as a leader “Portrait” (2014) was co-produced by Multi-Grammy Award Winning Bassist/Composer John Benitez and was awarded 4 stars from both international and local publications. “Portrait” features an incredible cast of master musicians bringing together Puerto Rico’s Bomba and Plena rhythms, Jazz harmony, and rock’s aggressive nature to form a unique and original canvas of sound beyond the normal clave. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Rafael taught himself the guitar at age 14. During his time in Puerto Rico, he performed and recorded with local greats there such as Eric Figueroa(Batacumbele), Ramon Vazquez(Bakere), Edmar Colon, Jonathan Suazo, Felipe Fournier and his band [menos es mas], who was nominated for Best Jazz Album from ACAM with their self titled album, performing in Festivals all throughout the island. Rafael has been teaching for the past 11 years in Brooklyn. He is currently part of the Faculty at LIU's ROCNATION, and has taught at other colleges like NYU, CUNY, Saint John’s University, The Brooklyn Music School, Stevens Cooperative and his private studio: The Brooklyn Rock Academy, helping students graduate to colleges like Berklee College of Music, Wells College, Indiana University, etc. He regularly performs in NYC as a sideman and as a leader so be sure to check the calendar. He is currently putting the finishing touches on his second album as a leader titled “Axiomatic: Music For The People” set to be released early 2022. https://www.presspausepress.org/volume-7 daily 0.75 2023-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3207f1e5-8738-45b7-ad12-5644900c631a/Untitled+design.png Volume 7 - It’s always better in print. Order Press Pause 7 now. It is beautiful, inside and out. And ready to ship. Thank you to those who donated for printing costs and pre-ordered this amazing volume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872557430-QMUGU6FU5E44CO3LJ4VS/Frank+William+Finney-Jan+2022-Photo+by+Elise+Le+Fay+Finney+%283%29.JPG Volume 7 - FRANK WILLIAM FINNEY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872554572-GDOCYE1OQ2KZOPK9UZM4/Aaron+Craig.jpg Volume 7 - AARON CRAIG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872557483-1380UTBOH95KT2RPY11D/Erick+Buendia.jpeg Volume 7 - ERICK BUENDIA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872559419-GK6UB6PTT6VXM88AO9M6/Mike+Lee.jpg Volume 7 - MIKE LEE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872561785-CZ6H78ON6FKA6TD7AM1K/Michael+Chin.jpg Volume 7 - MICHAEL CHIN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872561912-JERN9JJQBHQYHDM8OWQ2/Anushree+Nande.JPG Volume 7 - 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GULIZ MUTLU https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872573024-0LL39408SNS93H6LV9QL/Cheryl+Snell.jpg Volume 7 - CHERYL SNELL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872573872-WZ833776FNA95I4G1PBZ/Mukethe+Kawinzi.jpg Volume 7 - MUKETHE KAWINZI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872576007-VC8BHNVDG5VP6CTZ3TN9/Mikhael+Antone-D%E2%80%99Angelo.jpg Volume 7 - KJ HANNAH GREENBERG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872580884-51DX75MAGNFJWGQLUPW6/Alan+Bern.jpg Volume 7 - ALAN BERN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872578666-P7I9QM0SB3IC07VE4DUZ/maliyah.jpg Volume 7 - MALIYAH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872585904-NRYWBIUL2WOK7LZDHYX2/Mikey+Montoni.jpg Volume 7 - MIKEY MONTONI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872582537-1HZ4H9GL8CLKVTV6Z97Z/Kelsey+Swintek.jpg Volume 7 - KELSEY SWINTEK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872585299-L5RQLMUCIABERB2VA9Y4/Meredith+Davies+Hadaway.jpg Volume 7 - MEREDITH DAVIES HADAWAY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872585950-JEBHFV6RX8Y613EFQHAL/Martina+Reisz+Newberry.jpeg Volume 7 - MARTINA REISZ NEWBERRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872589111-IQ1T5LCGHOOMBC39KGEG/Joseph+Goosey.jpg Volume 7 - JOSEPH GOOSEY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872589639-COE56JTQ8BDY2SQRR7P5/Dan+Fuchs.jpg Volume 7 - DAN FUCHS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872590502-ZCEWTLJMSFVKQIFIMAKQ/Julia+Laurie.jpg Volume 7 - JULIA LAURIE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872593973-BP2BRFYYPHBGCH7A13F7/Melissa+Darcey+Hall.png Volume 7 - MELISSA DARCEY HALL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872715668-VJILLTK5GJKXTWK7L8OK/Leila+Farjami-pic-Camden.jpg Volume 7 - LEILA FARJAMI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872705715-CJ48GRJHIOBRRZBTYNNH/HughesSimon.jpg Volume 7 - JACQUELINE HUGHES SIMON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872725789-LODH1WFGXEYXXZMZ1K12/mikhael.jpeg Volume 7 - MIKHAEL ANTONE-D’ANGELO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669872728411-XQBE9N08LJRDMGB2FDGU/Screen+Shot+2022-11-30+at+11.48.44+PM.png Volume 7 - REBA ELLIOTT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669873578277-4UOKATW3OHCLYZSTS1ZK/Rafael%2B3%2Bcolor%2Bedit.jpeg Volume 7 - RAFAEL ROSA https://www.presspausepress.org/mukethe-kawinzi daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669863326694-Y98M5V2TYAZXX2KGP7RW/mukethe1.jpg Mukethe Kawinzi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669863326713-C8TA6584ZB06383VLZSU/mukethe2.jpg Mukethe Kawinzi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/ea69fd57-f98d-4f36-afa4-595586f91abd/Mukethe+Kawinzi.jpg Mukethe Kawinzi - mukethe kawinzi Mukethe Kawinzi herds sheep in Carnation, Washington. Her work has been nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology and has appeared in HOBART, Puerto del Sol, and Obsidian. Her chapbook saanens, nubians, one lamancha (2022) won the Quarterly West Chapbook Contest; her micro-chapbook rut (2022) was published as part of Ghost City Press' Summer Series. https://www.presspausepress.org/nicola-brayan daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f9cee988-aa35-4018-b6b7-165ec6c60e57/Ruby.jpg Nicola Brayan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5161e174-5acf-4e4f-b666-b7262dd2789c/Eye_of_the_Beholder.jpg Nicola Brayan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8370c37f-79a4-4914-904f-52792db922e7/Nicola+Brayan.jpeg Nicola Brayan - nicola brayan Nicola Brayan is a young, aspiring artist from Sydney, Australia. She rediscovered her passion for art during the pandemic. She uses vivid colours and contrast to capture emotions and expression. Her work is a love letter to what it means to be human. More of her work can be found on Instagram at @an.aesthetic.mirror. https://www.presspausepress.org/kelsey-swintek daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4e3874a8-8e17-4fac-899f-4578ea3797ce/Kelsey+Swintek.jpg Kelsey Swintek - kelsey swintek Kelsey Swintek is a writer who lives in Pittsburgh. You can find more of her work at kelseyswintek.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/joshua-bird-collage daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4dd0bb02-c8c3-4446-b217-559c221de06d/Picture1.png Joshua Bird - Collage - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/93b9bfe9-9fd0-412a-b15e-095c43b80a96/JoshuaBird_1Collage.jpeg Joshua Bird - Collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/9f75fb26-2c7a-49a5-9523-1f97dbf60d14/JoshuaBird_2Collage.jpeg Joshua Bird - Collage - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/671bc8b4-3e3e-4b49-bc62-9b7dbed12278/Joshua+Bird.jpg Joshua Bird - Collage - joshua bird Joshua Bird continues to saturate the I of his I with a salvaged IBM Selectric II typewriter. His ontological speaking voice will misfire before our very eyes. He once was a mild-mannered birth certificate before the dawn of the red herring. When not writing, he can be found sleeping in a simulacrum. Visit joshuabirdpoetry.com for further self-defenestration. https://www.presspausepress.org/guliz-mutlu daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/61db822c-acea-4ae1-bc97-da7c279158b1/GulizMutlu_The+Mustard.jpeg Guliz Mutlu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/ab758ee4-1d1b-40fb-b00a-d25d19ddc6e4/GulizMutlu_Virginity.jpg Guliz Mutlu - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/68584f33-fa54-463f-b6cd-a0f198af56ec/Guliz+Mutlu.jpeg Guliz Mutlu - guliz mutlu My name is Guliz Mutlu. I am... a paintress. I live in Ankara. I am navigating life with art without any separation. I draw on the newspaper or a book page, listening to the kitchen radio, the rainfall, when sitting with friends, at work even if for a few seconds, solving puzzle... I also write some verses. I draw to love, I draw to do and I draw to hope for. I keep my imagination close to my heart. The real art in life is between hanging on and letting go. I hang on art in life and this is my gratitude. Instagram Account: Iamapaintress Twitter account: Iamapaintress Youtube Channel https://www.presspausepress.org/featured-throwback-volume-7 daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669876392573-Q7QTQULZ3GBN75G3BXE0/themoleandhismother.png Featured Throwback - Volume 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669876360546-0E3ZL22NMELK2N2Z447B/thefarmerandhisdogs.png Featured Throwback - Volume 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669876362051-L21ULFQOWZXJCSZ4LX0N/thegoatandthewolf.png Featured Throwback - Volume 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669876363431-TUM1F2Q21CY4DJXSRMJS/thegeeseandthecranes.png Featured Throwback - Volume 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669876364587-RGVX7LBF2CR72AZOWKNS/thefoxwiththecroppedtail.png Featured Throwback - Volume 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1669876999577-4ZR3QGGQNSHE7431S6KH/Screen+Shot+2022-12-01+at+1.27.58+AM.png Featured Throwback - Volume 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a4c629cf-7f57-4a47-9dfd-9df4b076ed9d/Screen+Shot+2022-12-01+at+1.30.36+AM.png Featured Throwback - Volume 7 - NYPL DIGITAL COLLECTIONS The New York Public Library is killing it with their digital collections of public domain material. Check out this beautiful visualization from the NYPL Labs. The NYPL has one of the largest collections of illuminated works. The snippets above were authored by Aesop himself circa 1480 and illuminated by Gherardo, del Fora, ca. 1444-1497. Wikipedia describes Aesop as a “Greek Fabulist and storyteller”. We like that. https://www.presspausepress.org/dan-murphy daily 0.75 2023-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b336e1d9-3704-4f51-832a-4d4855756aae/Daniel+Murphy.jpg Dan Murphy - dan murphy Dan is a writer, editor, and artist, raised in a river city by a lactation consultant and a former mayor. Dan lives in Maine with his wife and their two children. https://www.presspausepress.org/michael-chin daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/afc4a058-34f7-4aa7-9a8a-087dee22f0af/Michael+Chin.jpg Michael Chin - michael chin Michael Chin was born and raised in Utica, New York and currently lives in Las Vegas with his wife and son. His debut novel, My Grandfather’s an Immigrant and So is Yours (Cowboy Jamboree Press) came out in 2021, and he is the author of three previous full-length short story collections. His essay collection, Stories Wrestling Can Tell, is forthcoming in 2023. Find him online at miketchin.com and follow him on Twitter @miketchin. https://www.presspausepress.org/anushree-nande daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f2391c9b-e3b8-4ac3-8663-8a9802aeb4df/Anushree+Nande.JPG Anushree Nande - anushree nande Anushree Nande is a Mumbai-born writer, editor, and publishing professional. Her publications include novelette Summer Melody (Alien Buddha Press, November 2021) and digital-only microfiction collection 55 Words (Underground Voices, October 2015), and you can find her other fiction, CNF and essays, football, poetry writing in various magazines and journals, in print and online. https://www.presspausepress.org/liya-ding daily 0.75 2023-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/0c1d1f5b-8955-4d42-bd07-e8cd2140489e/Liya+Ding.png Liya Ding - liya ding Liya Ding is currently a student in grade eight. She enjoys reading mystery novels, writing, and playing the piano in her free time. https://www.presspausepress.org/julia-laurie daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/358c9b98-b28e-4ae6-94a7-8bceeecc78ab/Julia+Laurie.jpg Julia Laurie - julia laurie Julia Laurie lives in Cape Town, South Africa, where she is completing an MA in linguistics and working as a freelance copywriter. When not writing or reading, she is usually on the mountain looking at bugs, in the sea looking at anemones, or in bed listening to podcasts. Her work has appeared in Levitate and October Hill Magazine and is upcoming in The Headlight Review. https://www.presspausepress.org/reba-elliott daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/69a32a21-0b25-4541-b654-8580c8879d40/Screen+Shot+2022-11-30+at+11.48.44+PM.png Reba Elliott - reba elliott Reba Elliott is a writer and artist living in Chicago, where they make books and other publishing projects as a member of Meekling Press. https://www.presspausepress.org/jody-rae daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/21a4fd31-65eb-4703-8df5-5856db217397/Jody+Rae.png Jody Rae - jody rae Jody Rae was a 2021 Pushcart Prize nominee for her creative nonfiction essay, “Ice Chest” in Flyover Country. Her short story, “Beautiful Mother” was a finalist in the Phoebe Journal 2021 Spring Fiction Contest. Her work appears in various outlets, including X-R-A-Y, Rejection Letters, MASKS Literary Magazine, Sledgehammer Lit, Cowboy Jamboree, and Red Fez. Her work can be found at www.criminysakesalive.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/alan-bern daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b265a63f-2fbc-438f-a78f-024c1cc20be1/special_deliveries.jpg Alan Bern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/ad346f6d-0f9b-4372-a8fa-62d9fe9b482a/Alan+Bern.jpg Alan Bern - alan bern Retired children’s librarian Alan Bern is a published and exhibited photographer and cofounder with artist/printer Robert Woods of the fine press/publisher Lines & Faces, linesandfaces.com. Among his awards: honorable mention for the 14th annual Littoral Press Poetry Prize (2021); finalist in flash fiction for Ekphrastic Sex: The Contest (2021); first runner-up for Raw Art Review’s first Mirabai Prize for Poetry, 2020; and a medal in 2019 from SouthWest Writers for a WWII story set in Assisi. Recent and upcoming writing and photo work in HAUNTED WATERS PRESS, Aletheia Literary Quarterly, CERASUS, Mediterranean Poetry, Slouching Beast Journal, Feral, and Mercurius. Alan is the author of three books of poetry and performs with dancer/choreographer Lucinda Weaver as PACES: dance & poetry fit to the space and with musicians from Composing Together, composingtogether.org. https://www.presspausepress.org/dan-fuchs daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7f7fdd12-5234-4823-a2cb-9ce20a5d7e45/Dan+Fuchs.jpg Dan Fuchs - dan fuchs Dan Fuchs is the author of numerous short stories, including "Dr. Muller's Next Move," which won the Gold Medal prize for Best Published Short Story at the Florida Writers Association's 2022 Royal Palm Literary Awards. Dan's novel, Sergio the Ninja, won the Silver Medal Royal Palm this year, in the Unpublished Young Adult/New Adult Novel category. https://www.presspausepress.org/mike-lee-volume-7 daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/68a33e2b-5a4a-4a83-8e82-a9af6869b4ab/Mike+Lee.jpg Mike Lee - Volume 7 - mike lee Mike Lee is a writer and editor at a trade union in New York City and the chief blogger for Focus on the Story. His work appears in or is forthcoming in Press Pause, Flash Boulevard, BULL, The Quarantine Review, Drunk Monkeys, and many others. He was also recently nominated for Best Microfiction. His story collection, The Northern Line, is available at most online booksellers. https://www.presspausepress.org/joseph-goosey daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/603c19de-88d7-476a-9191-c971b2d32f93/Joseph+Goosey.jpg Joseph Goosey - joseph goosey Joseph Goosey lives in North Carolina. Recent poems have shown up in Peach Mag, Annulet Poetics Journal, The Glacier, and Banshee. He is the author of the chapbook, STUPID ACHE (Greybook Press, 2013) and one full length collection, Parade Of Malfeasance (EMP Books, 2020). https://www.presspausepress.org/frank-william-finney daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b1018b4e-98f6-4de8-8280-458069897c27/Frank+William+Finney-Jan+2022-Photo+by+Elise+Le+Fay+Finney+%283%29.JPG Frank William Finney - frank william finney Frank William Finney is the author of The Folding of the Wings (Finishing Line Press). Some of his recent work appears in Quibble Lit, Spank the Carp, Wildfire Words, and other places. Born and raised in Massachusetts, where he currently resides, he taught literature at Thammasat University in Thailand from 1995 until 2020. https://www.presspausepress.org/maliyah daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3f39eabf-721d-4f47-bdb8-72291becc638/Eyes+Glued.png maliyah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/e1c3c9a9-4eee-4fed-9f76-d92e0dd5a3d6/maliyah.jpg maliyah - maliyah maliyah (she/her) is a daughter and friend born and raised on the east coast of the US. https://www.presspausepress.org/cheryl-snell daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/9d2233e1-b3ec-44da-8e5a-6364c9e68196/cataracts.jpg Cheryl Snell - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/53d85747-50bf-4848-ba0c-384c847c8802/thelightfantastic.jpg Cheryl Snell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/0973c62e-f364-4858-a4a7-61e7a3147dfd/bleed.jpg Cheryl Snell - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/461a3ec2-66cd-4828-86f8-93a9d8423bd7/Cheryl+Snell.jpg Cheryl Snell - cheryl snell Cheryl Snell's books include poetry collections from Finishing Line, Pudding House, Moria Books, and others. She is the author of the Bombay Trilogy series of novels. Widely published online and in print, her work has been nominated seven times for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, and one poem was included in a Best of the Net anthology She won the Lopside Press Chapbook Competition with Prisoner's Dilemma, illustrated by her late sister Janet Snell. Recent work has appeared in the Ilanot Review, Cafe Irreal, The Drabble, and elsewhere. She was trained as a classical pianist and lives in Maryland with her husband, a mathematical engineer. https://www.presspausepress.org/martina-reisz-newberry daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5bc38db1-d116-4d1d-bf50-7831876860e0/Martina+Reisz+Newberry.jpeg Martina Reisz Newberry - Martina Reisz Newberry Martina Reisz Newberry is the author of 6 books of poetry. Her most recent book is GLYPHS (available in April 2022 from Deerbrook Editions), BLUES FOR FRENCH ROAST WITH CHICORY, available from Deerbrook Editions. She is the author of NEVER COMPLETELY AWAKE (from Deerbrook Editions), and TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME (Unsolicited Press). She is also the author of WHERE IT GOES (Deerbrook Editions). LEARNING BY ROTE (Deerbrook Editions) and RUNNING LIKE A WOMAN WITH HER HAIR ON FIRE: Collected Poems (Red Hen Press). She has been included in "The Sixty Four Best Poets of 2018" (Black Mountain Press/The Halcyone Magazine editorial staff). Newberry has been included in The Cenacle, Cog, Blue Nib, Braided Way, Roanoak Review, THAT Literary Review, Mortar Magazine, Sisyphus, Courtship of Winds, Red Fez, Poesis, Cultural Daily, and many other literary magazines and anthologies in the U.S. and abroad. She has been awarded residencies at Yaddo Colony for the Arts, Djerassi Colony for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Disciplinary Arts. Passionate in her love for Los Angeles, Martina currently lives there with her husband, Brian, a Media Creative. https://www.presspausepress.org/meredith-davies-hadaway daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3260fd69-5f47-4941-81de-ceac177ea3ba/Meredith+Davies+Hadaway.jpg Meredith Davies Hadaway - Meredith Davies Hadaway Meredith Davies Hadaway is the author of three poetry collections, including At The Narrows (winner of the Delmarva Book Prize for Creative Writing). She has received fellowships and awards from the Virginia Center for Creative Arts and the Maryland State Arts Council as well as multiple Pushcart nominations. She holds an MFA in Poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts and was, for ten years, poetry editor for The Summerset Review. Hadaway served as the Sophie Kerr Writer-in-Residence at Washington College, Spring 2022. https://www.presspausepress.org/mikhael-antonedangelo daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3645f53d-51f6-468b-acbf-7fa14acb2b6f/04_abandoned_landfill_ANTONEDANGELO.jpg Mikhael Antone-D’Angelo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a8ced0ca-6148-435a-941e-8407cbb66027/05_Trainyard_ANTONEDANGELO.jpg Mikhael Antone-D’Angelo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/817006b6-ca32-431f-b9bb-2ba54f129857/07_PlacetoLive.jpg Mikhael Antone-D’Angelo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/9db3dc8e-59ce-4a86-9958-5ad529890eb8/mikhael.jpeg Mikhael Antone-D’Angelo - Mikhael Antone-D’Angelo Mikhael Antone-D’Angelo is a filmmaker and visual artist. Born 1975 in Rhode Island. She received a BA from Salve Regina University in Studio Art with a concentration in Photography and an MFA in Video & Photography from School of Visual Arts. She has exhibited and screened her own work in New York at Anthology Film Archives, Void, Remote Lounge, BAM Rose cinemas, Praxis Collective, Studio 150, College of Staten Island, Lumen Waterfront Video Festival, and Camera Works Gallery. Her work has also been shown throughout the United States and in Mexico City. While at the School of Visual Arts, Ms. Antone received the Aaron Siskind Award and has received a Council for the Arts and Humanities of Staten Island Premier Grant funded through NYSCA and a NY Department of Cultural Affairs Grant for her documentary film To a Man about white suburban middle class young men from Staten Island’s South Shore. Mikhael is currently continuing her body of work “Sense of Place” about our turbulent emotionally connection to the landscape. https://www.presspausepress.org/erick-buendia daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/898e7bdd-d231-4b29-b3dc-e5e8715b0aad/Purgatory.jpg Erick Buendia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/240da5df-4ec3-4d26-b278-080c2e82b118/Quien_Murio.jpg Erick Buendia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/cb8c499d-1e5d-41ad-a4ed-3d7014a69c15/Erick+Buendia.jpeg Erick Buendia - erick buendia Erick Buendia is an artist from the DC area who enjoys writing and filmmaking. He has won the Doodle4Google DC territory award and has been the recipient of two silver keys from the Scholastic Regional Art Awards. https://www.presspausepress.org/aaron-craig daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c72fec46-644f-4dff-bd55-1bb8aff61754/Aaron+Craig.jpg Aaron Craig - aaron craig Aaron grew up in Tawa, New Zealand. He used to work as a programmer. Now he does odd jobs while travelling around Europe, mostly in the Netherlands. He has a blog about books at https://apposition.substack.com https://www.presspausepress.org/jacqueline-hughes-simon daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/69534191-6d9a-4640-8159-b2b799e13532/HughesSimon.jpg Jacqueline Hughes Simon - Jacqueline Hughes Simon Jacqueline Hughes Simon’s writing has appeared in the Cal Literature & Arts Magazine, The Cortland Review, Okay Donkey, Pine Hills Review, Pennsylvania English, The Rail, Stirring: A Literary Collection, and the anthology Processing Crisis (Risk Press). She was nominated for Best of the Net by Okay Donkey in 2020. Jacqueline attended the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference and The Community of Writers’ Writing Conference on numerous occasions. She received her Master of Fine Arts in poetry from Saint Mary’s College of California. Jacqueline is a volunteer and board member of an environmental education nonprofit, where she works with and trains donkeys. https://www.presspausepress.org/leila-farjami daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c7b1b76b-75ea-4ef3-8b4c-9e34185710d5/Leila+Farjami-pic-Camden.jpg Leila Farjami - leila farjami Leila Farjami is a poet, literary translator, and trauma-focused psychotherapist based in Los Angeles, CA. In addition to publishing several poetry books in Persian, her work has appeared in Hey, I’m Alive, Nimrod Journal, Poetry Porch, Poetic Sun, Saint Ann’s Review, and Non-Conformist magazine; was published by Tupelo Press for their 30/30 Project; and has been translated and published in Swedish, French, Arabic, Turkish, Spanish, and Urdu. She enjoys translating sacred poetry by Rumi into English and has an upcoming book of her Persian translation of Sylvia Plath’s poetry. https://www.presspausepress.org/kj-hannah daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4471dd7f-d19a-48de-b841-3508bc75c73c/Siesta.JPG KJ Hannah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/02d5c3b9-cbcb-4cec-a167-7ca1664360a6/KJ+Hannah.jpg KJ Hannah - KJ Hannah greenberg KJ Hannah Greenberg tilts at social ills and encourages personal evolutions via poetry, prose, and visual art. Her images have appeared as interior art in many places, including Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Kissing Dynamite, Les Femmes Folles, Mused, Piker Press, The Academy of the Heart and Mind, The Front Porch Review, and Yellow Mama and as cover art for Impspired [sic], Pithead Chapel, Red Flag Poetry, Right Hand Pointing, The Broken City, and Torah Tidbits. Additionally, some of her digital paintings are featured alongside of her poetry in One-Handed Pianist (Hekate Publishing, 2021). https://www.presspausepress.org/mikey-montoni daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b50ffb93-2bf0-4674-bc28-c38d5f90cd02/Mikey+Montoni.jpg Mikey Montoni - mikey montoni Mikey Montoni is a nonfiction writing student at the University of Pittsburgh, originally hailing from New York. When she's not writing, she's bruising herself attempting skateboard tricks, playing with her punk rock band, digging through bookstores for '70s pulp sci-fi paperbacks, and wandering Pittsburgh in search of good coffee. https://www.presspausepress.org/melissa-darcey-hall daily 0.75 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/ddf9f9f1-ebeb-438c-a702-f6b4b0d5d401/Melissa+Darcey+Hall.png Melissa Darcey Hall - melissa darcey hall Melissa Darcey Hall is a writer and high school English teacher in San Diego, California. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Santa Fe Literary Review, Fugue, The Coachella Review, Five South, The Florida Review online, and others. View more of her work at www.melissadarceyhall.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/brandon-hansen daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8547e1aa-be09-46e8-abda-081495cb45b6/BrandonHansen.jpg Brandon Hansen - brandon hansen Brandon Hansen is from a village in northern Wisconsin. He studied writing along Lake Superior, and then trekked out to the mountains, where he earned his MFA as a Truman Capote scholar at the University of Montana. His work has been Pushcart nominated, and can be found in The Baltimore Review, Quarterly West, Puerto Del Sol, and elsewhere. Find him on Twitter: @BatBrandon_ https://www.presspausepress.org/paul-rabinowitz-photographs daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3f1f3af4-ecf8-47ca-bca1-955d63baea2a/Portrait+With+Chair.jpg Paul Rabinowitz - Photographs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/491d443e-2e30-4dc7-a8f9-2b10d0c89ea7/Woman+With+Turquoise+Shoes.jpg Paul Rabinowitz - Photographs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/cf45b48d-cd9e-4d94-a597-a415c0aa408d/PaulR.jpg Paul Rabinowitz - Photographs - paul rabinowitz Paul Rabinowitz is an author, poet, photographer and founder of ARTS By The People. His works appear in The Sun Magazine, New World Writing, Burningword, Evening Street Press, The Montreal Review, and elsewhere. Rabinowitz was a featured artist in Nailed Magazine in 2020 and Mud Season Review in 2022. He is the author of The Clay Urn, Confluence and Limited Light, a book of prose and portrait photography, which stems from his Limited Light photo series, nominated for Best of the Net in 2021. His poems and fiction are the inspiration for four award-winning short films. His first book of poems called truth, love and the lines in between (Finishing Line Press) is due out in 2023. https://www.presspausepress.org/jesse-curran daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/37ab4a3c-65c7-4049-91e4-d7aa72efdffe/JesseCurran.jpg Jesse Curran - jesse curran Jesse Curran is a poet, essayist, scholar, and teacher who lives in Northport, NY. Her essays and poems have appeared in a number of literary journals including About Place, Spillway, Leaping Clear, Ruminate, The Whale Road Review, Blueline, and Still Point Arts Quarterly. www.jesseleecurran.com https://www.presspausepress.org/cosby daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/fb3bfc31-6924-45d3-afc3-c1abbe9e28ee/SophiaCosby.JPG Sophia Cosby - sophia cosby Sophia Cosby is a writer based in Berlin, Germany. Her work has appeared in Suburban Witchcraft Magazine, Coffin Bell Journal and the bilingual lit mag The Transnational. https://www.presspausepress.org/florence daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d6aad36d-1ef2-4c82-8cec-24e65dc82c6b/SandraFlorence.jpg Sandra Florence - Sandra florence Sandra Florence received her Master’s in English/Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, and has been writing and teaching in Tucson, Arizona for the last forty years. She taught at the University of Arizona for 19 years, at Pima Community College, and in a number of community education settings working with refugees, the homeless, adolescent parents, women in recovery and juveniles at risk. She has also run writing groups for children and parents. She is the recipient of two NEH grants, one in 1997 under the initiative, The National Conversation on American Pluralism and Identity, and through the grant ran a community writing project for three years, and the second in 2015 entitled Border Culture in the Classroom and in the Public Square. She has published scholarly articles on writing and healing and writing as a tool for public dialogue. She published a book of poems, entitled, The Radiant City, in 2015 and is currently working on a short story collection. In 2021, Midway Journal nominated Sandra for the Pushcart Prize for her short story “Café Metropole”. https://www.presspausepress.org/ashley-kim daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d1b4e9c9-68dc-4229-afec-d8f32c9f23b1/AshleyKim.jpg Ashley Kim - ashley kim Ashley Kim is a Korean-American writer located in California. She is the author of the forthcoming chapbook Hyangsu (Dancing Girl Press, 2023). Her poetry and short stories have appeared in Spill Stories’ anthology entitled Powerful Asian Moms, Hyphen Magazine, Stirring, Autofocus, and FEED, among others. She also reads for Variant Literature. Find her on Twitter @ashlogophile. Soli deo gloria! https://www.presspausepress.org/ying-xuan daily 0.75 2023-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/48b4d61e-581d-4d27-a856-9201b5e5be0d/YingXuan.JPG Ying Xuan - Chian ying xuan Chian Ying is an urban designer and structural engineer who divides her time between Singapore, the UK, and France. When not otherwise preoccupied with her day job, curating memes, or daydreaming about doing stand-up, she can be found scribbling and typing away; in the latter regard, she takes writing greeting cards rather seriously. While dipping her toes into poetry-prose and epistolary writing, she is also working on a satirical urban fiction graphic novel. https://www.presspausepress.org/cl-hoang daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/02bc8ba4-f148-4ad6-8a56-b5cf0ff53df7/CLHoang.jpg C.L. Hoang - c.l. hoang C. L. Hoang was born and raised in Vietnam during the war and came to the United States in the 1970's. He graduated from Ohio University and the University of California, Berkeley and earned his living as an engineer, until bitten by the writing bug a few years back. He has since published a novel, a travelogue, and a collection of stories. His writing has also appeared or is forthcoming in The Threepenny Review, Consequence, The Louisville Review, and Louisiana Literature Journal, among other publications. https://www.presspausepress.org/kevin-coons daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7ba05ff5-9752-4dc8-902a-75ef43a1a880/KevinCoons.jpg Kevin Coons - kevin coons Kevin Coons is a writer, musician, and scientist by trade, who lives in Nipomo, CA. His fiction and poetry has been featured previously in the Steelhouse Review, the Helix, the Cape Rock, Grey Sparrow, Forge Magazine, Black-Listed Poetry Review, and more. You can find him on instagram @kevin_coons. https://www.presspausepress.org/liang daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/771abeb8-08d4-461a-abf7-2c89a01454fa/XinyuLiang.jpg Xinyu (馨予) Liang - Xinyu (馨予) Liang Xinyu Liang, a 14-year-old Chinese girl studies in Class 5, Grade 9 in the No.30 Middle School in China. Her works have been published in 《少年诗刊》(China)、《海燕•儿童文学》（China), etc. She has also won National Excellence Award in Lu Xun Youth Literature Award, etc. https://www.presspausepress.org/zamzow daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b70af906-6286-4852-a812-50d2f10431d4/MikeZamzow.jpeg Mike Zamzow - mike zamzow Mike Zamzow is a writer living on the road with his wife somewhere in the American West. Next year, he is moving to South Korea. https://www.presspausepress.org/josh-rank daily 0.75 2023-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/38f8110d-776c-42de-8ea2-e48e693f1dfe/JoshRank.jpg Josh Rank - josh rank Josh Rank graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee before moving to various cities around the country only to return to his hometown. His fiction has appeared in The Emerson Review, The Feathertale Review, Hypertext Magazine, and elsewhere. He keeps himself busy putting together ugly woodworking projects, cooking for his wife, and wishing his dogs were better behaved. His debut novel THE PRESENT IS PAST is now available from Unsolicited Press. Learn more at www.joshrank.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/michael-milligan daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d4dae107-6fba-47ad-8f0a-5b46165767a3/MichaelMilligan.jpg Michael Milligan - Michael milligan Michael Milligan has worked as a construction laborer, migrant fruit and grape picker, homestead farmer and graphic arts production manager. Also a musician/composer, artist and writer. He co-founded Poetry Oasis Worcester and was privileged to be an editor with Diner. His poetry book reviews, fiction and poems have appeared in Agni, Diner, The New Orleans Review, The Valparaiso Review, Chaffin Journal, Blue Earth Review, Illuminations and others. He is the author of Unless I Came Back to Tell You from Kelsay Books. https://www.presspausepress.org/michael-loyd-gray daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3928f10a-9462-443b-a0f7-165201e9e58b/MichaelLoydGray.jpg Michael Loyd Gray - michael loyd gray Michael Loyd Gray's stories have appeared in Alligator Juniper, Arkansas Review, I-70 Review, Westchester Review, Flashpoint!, Black River Syllabary, Verdad, Palooka, Hektoen International, Potomac Review, Home Planet News, SORTES, The Zodiac Review, Literary Heist, Evening Street Press & Review, Two Thirds North, JONAH Magazine, The Waiting Room, Press Pause, El Portal, and Johnny America. His awards include the 2005 Alligator Juniper Fiction Prize, the 2005 Writers Place Award for Fiction, the 2008 Sol Books Prose Series Prize, and a grant by the Elizabeth George Foundation. Gray's most recent book, The Armageddon Two Step (Redbat Books, 2019), winner of a Book Excellence Award, is his sixth published work. Other full-length publications include Sort of Still Original in Unoriginal Times (2016), Exile on Kalamazoo Street (2013), King Biscuit (2012), The Canary (2011), Not Famous Anymore (2009), and Well Deserved (2008). https://www.presspausepress.org/jessi-jarrin daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/e6cc3399-5615-4b0a-901d-898087ec8dec/JessiJarrin.png Jessi Jarrin - jessi jarrin Jessi Jarrin is an Ecuadorian-Korean writer from Lakewood, California. She received her BA in Creative Writing from California State University, Long Beach and is a co-founder of the literary journal Art of Nothing Press. She will be pursuing her MFA at UC Davis in the fall. Her poetry deals with different types of trauma, including childhood and family, in order to understand the experiences and people who have shaped her. https://www.presspausepress.org/aly-allen daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4a45ba51-a179-413a-aaff-5a1235710726/ChrisAllen.JPG Aly Allen - Aly allen Aly Allen is a trans writer and parent. Her writing focuses on family, trauma, and identity. Her chapbook "Approaching Valhalla" is available from Bottlecap press. Her recent words appear in Two Hawks Quarterly, New Note, and Consequence. She earned a BA creative writing from University of Houston and an MFA creative writing at Oklahoma State University, where she now teaches composition. Her first full-length collection, Paying for Gas with Quarters, debuts this October from Middle West Press. https://www.presspausepress.org/alison-hicks daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/36400642-ce1a-4a05-b235-0fc5abba1983/AlisonHicks.jpeg Alison Hicks - alison hicks Alison Hicks was awarded the 2021 Birdy Prize from Meadowlark Press for Knowing Is a Branching Trail. Previous collections are You Who Took the Boat Out and Kiss, a chapbook Falling Dreams, and a novella Love: A Story of Images. Her work has appeared in Eclipse, Gargoyle, Permafrost, and Poet Lore. She was named a finalist for the 2021 Beullah Rose prize from Smartish Pace, and nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Green Hills Literary Lantern and Quartet Journal. She is founder of Greater Philadelphia Wordshop Studio, which offers community-based writing workshops. https://www.presspausepress.org/cliff-saunders daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/08b99556-c487-4ebe-b439-4edda8e57e85/CliffSaunders.JPG Cliff Saunders - cliff saunders Cliff Saunders is the author of several poetry chapbooks, including Mapping the Asphalt Meadows (Slipstream Publications) and The Persistence of Desire (Kindred Spirit Press). His poems have appeared recently in I-70 Review, Orchards Poetry Journal, Hidden Peak Review, New Feathers Anthology, and The Heartland Review. https://www.presspausepress.org/jeff-bender-etchings-and-collages daily 0.75 2023-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f5b0092f-d44d-4e0b-bd77-e49f26aa7bc9/Jonathon%27s+Lunch+Tray.jpg Jeff Bender - Etchings and collages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/aab67506-2088-4580-b84c-e82dd2c2a26b/At+War+With+Jack%27s+Rats.jpg Jeff Bender - Etchings and collages - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c609217c-e85d-47ae-ab0a-d5959748f324/Jeff+Bender.jpeg Jeff Bender - Etchings and collages - jeff bender Jeff Bender is a writer/artist who writes about life and has a life that is about his art. While the two skills often intersect, both reflect a zeal for the spontaneous, the curious and most things that are breathing. Always supplementing his stories with constructions and collages, his artwork is held in collections both public and private, both regionally and internationally. He holds an MFA in printmaking from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and a BA in Art from the College of Wooster. Coming from a long line of story tellers, Jeff’s writing reflects the kinds of conversations one has at a yard sale, or possibly in a dentist’s chair. After getting his head caught in a sink as a child, he vowed to avoid all small areas, and currently resides with his wife on a wind-swept plateau in Indiana. He shares his many entertaining, but slightly endearing flaws with his three grandchildren, but his greatest accomplishment to date is teaching his neighbor’s cat how to sit. Artistically, he is an multidisciplined person, however he prefers English, and then only in short sentences with one syllable words. His favorite texture and beverage is Styrofoam. More about Jeff can be found at Jeffmbender.com, Instagram: @authorjeffbender, or through his podcast Knee Deep. https://www.presspausepress.org/evalyn-lee daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/cefda81a-93d1-4628-9f5f-72aa12d6ff3e/EvalynLee.jpeg Evalyn Lee - evalyn lee Evalyn Lee is a poet and former CBS News producer currently living in London. Over the years, Lee has produced television segments for 60 Minutes in New York and the BBC in London. https://www.presspausepress.org/michael-noonan-drawing-on-cartridge-paper daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b027cdf9-104c-4e93-b5c7-cde253afdd45/A+Bohemian.jpg Michael Noonan - Drawing on cartridge paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/bf92cfae-3e3d-4c3a-b24f-bf9fef74e677/MichaelNoonan.jpg Michael Noonan - Drawing on cartridge paper - michael noonan Michael Noonan comes from Halifax (home of the Piece Hall), West Yorkshire, and has a background in retail, food production and office work. Has had artworks published in literary journals in the US and UK, including After the Pause, Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, Noctivigant Press, the Hooghly Review, OddMagazine, and Spellbinder, a literary and art quarterly. His drawing, The Pedestrian Centre, and his painting, Fun Girl, for which he has been awarded certificates, were shown at the CityScapes and Figurative art exhibitions, run by the Light, Space and Time online art gallery in America; and can be seen on their youtube videos. His own painting can be seen on the cover of a volume of his short stories, entitled, SEVEN TALL TALES, available at Amazon, as a book or a kindle. He admires the great surrealist artists like Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, and Chirico; and his particular favourite is Yves Tanguy. He likes the visionary and dreamlike qualities of their work, and his own artworks have a tendency towards the offbeat and the unusual. https://www.presspausepress.org/elinora-westfall-paintings daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/2118333b-8179-40ff-b236-2448c34c3deb/Untitled+1.png Elinora Westfall - Paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/cc4d238e-6122-441f-b27b-49f483e3d7bf/Untitled+2.png Elinora Westfall - Paintings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/6da5eb10-8e98-48c3-8d31-42b9bd40aa10/Untitled+3.png Elinora Westfall - Paintings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/76699969-301f-4553-9931-4f3fcd5c5470/Untitled+4.jpg Elinora Westfall - Paintings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/9e88ba75-3cdb-4646-86c6-2b59cd93da52/ElinoraW.jpg Elinora Westfall - Paintings - elinora westfall Influenced by David Bowie, Virginia Woolf and Sally Wainwright, Elinora Westfall is a lesbian writer of stage, screen, fiction, poetry and radio from the UK. Her novel, Everland has been selected for the Penguin and Random House WriteNow 2021 Editorial Programme, and her short films have been selected by Pinewood Studios & Lift-Off Sessions, Cannes Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, Camden Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, while her theatre shows have been performed in London's West End and on Broadway, where she won the award for Best Monologue. Elinora is also working on The Art of Almost, a lesbian comedy-drama radio series as well as writing a television drama series and the sequel to her novel, Everland. https://www.presspausepress.org/featured-throwback-volume-8 daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8fd97b68-11b0-4240-97d3-f77397dbf636/Screenshot+2023-06-19+at+4.43.16+PM.png Featured Throwback - Volume 8 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1687207914607-BFWVYZVPP0UG8019ETWE/image-asset.jpeg Featured Throwback - Volume 8 - the internet archive “The Unappreciated Joke” is sourced from the Internet Archive. If you fall in love with this film, you can find many of Edison Studio’s other silent films there as well. According to IA’s website, the “Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.” Also at the Internet Archive, check out The Wayback Machine, a collection of websites saved over time. Can’t find that one website anymore? Try The Wayback Machine! https://www.presspausepress.org/nam-hoang-tran-collages daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/928a8d28-0f8f-486e-9ea8-9e643f4f3ba7/Unbothered.jpg Nam Hoang Tran - Collages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/86f21e50-a6b1-455f-a97b-1fa95dee1711/Introversion.jpg Nam Hoang Tran - Collages - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/bca47896-2469-45f6-b89f-0962e7569f1a/NamTran.jpeg Nam Hoang Tran - Collages - nam hoang tran Nam Hoang Tran is a writer and photographer with work appearing in various places. Find him online at www.namhtran.com. He enjoys slaw. https://www.presspausepress.org/hm-cotton daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/27beb5ac-9e9c-43e1-bd38-e974d03da4a4/H.M.Cotton.jpg H.M. Cotton - h.m. cotton H. M. Cotton is the managing editor of the Birmingham Poetry Review, contributing editor for NELLE, and production manager for both publications. She is the founding director of the SPARK Writing Festival, and her work has appeared in places such as The Greensboro Review, Poetry South, and Smokelong Quarterly, among others. Cotton teaches freshman composition and literature courses at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. When she’s not busy kayaking or finding four-leaf clovers, she’s studying folklore and writing/reading poetry. https://www.presspausepress.org/donald-patten-oil-painting daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/62d58f10-c92d-4a79-b669-a879554f7249/Fruits+on+Mars.jpg Donald Patten - Oil painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4009d20f-00cb-4769-b3d9-3245996e95d4/DonaldPatten.jpeg Donald Patten - Oil painting - donald patten Donald Patten is an artist from Belfast, Maine. He is currently a senior in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the University of Maine. As an artist, he produces oil paintings and graphic novels. Artworks of his have been exhibited in galleries across the Mid-Coast region of Maine. His online portfolio is donaldlpatten.newgrounds.com/art https://www.presspausepress.org/brian-michael-barbeito-photographs daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/eb3e239e-396b-46d4-bae0-7191874524b4/20D5E9EE-31A6-4934-8F97-A7EC301EE2C6.jpeg Brian Michael Barbeito - Photographs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4562537f-994f-4559-af85-56d6fb1af90f/2E460709-0A00-40AC-A383-669774EB5A6B.jpeg Brian Michael Barbeito - Photographs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/468a944a-607d-4b52-ba6c-2a2993b5acc3/BA264434-7048-45D6-A0CF-E4421CC47126.jpeg Brian Michael Barbeito - Photographs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/28e316d0-983a-4aa0-9497-02358611a750/BrianBarbeito.JPG Brian Michael Barbeito - Photographs - brian michael barbeito Brian Michael Barbeito is a Canadian poet, writer, and photographer. Recent work appears at The Notre Dame Review. https://www.presspausepress.org/ann-calandro-mixed-media-collages daily 0.75 2023-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f31d7207-d151-4c0c-b467-9ef96b5bb725/Armchair.jpg Ann Calandro - Mixed media collages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/fd8315cd-19d7-402a-a0ec-5d9cced9fae3/Benches.jpg Ann Calandro - Mixed media collages - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3c21f245-5ee0-4bd8-8907-ceb2e9099f01/Bringing+Bread+and+Salt.JPG Ann Calandro - Mixed media collages - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/75ebc556-08fa-4e6a-8402-d5f56ee05911/Corner+Laundry.jpg Ann Calandro - Mixed media collages - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f8ff4477-8975-428e-bfd1-cb0620b2cb7a/AnnCalandro.jpeg Ann Calandro - Mixed media collages - ann calandro Ann Calandro is a writer, artist, and classical piano student. Her short stories have been accepted by The Vincent Brothers Review, Gargoyle, Lit Camp, The Fabulist, The Plentitudes and other literary journals. Duck Lake Books published her poetry chapbook in 2020. Calandro’s mixed media artwork has been exhibited, awarded prizes, and published in Mayday, Nunum, Bracken, Zoetic Press, Mud Season Review, Stoneboat, and other journals. Shanti Arts published her three illustrated children's books. See artwork and information at www.anncalandro.webs.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/alan-bern-photo-haiga daily 0.75 2023-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/aec2c854-88b3-426a-a86e-8640451c0d8b/Tiger+Eyes+Blind.jpg Alan Bern - Photo haiga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c6a37b99-33a3-4b28-89a8-65f0e12fb313/Stepping+Into+a+Vertigo+of+Bright+Ghosts.jpg Alan Bern - Photo haiga - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/e0dca6a7-82bf-4e14-a8e3-d4bc466e18ee/picture+for+Alan+Bern.jpg Alan Bern - Photo haiga - alan bern Alan Bern, a recently retired children’s librarian, is a poet, storywriter, and photographer with two books of poetry from Fithian Press: No no the saddest (2004) and Waterwalking in Berkeley (2007). His third book of poetry, greater distance (2015), was published by his press, Lines & Faces, a fine press and publisher specializing in illustrated poetry broadsides, collaborating with the artist/printer Robert Woods, linesandfaces.com. IN THE PACE OF THE PATH is Alan’s first full-length hybrid of poetry, prose, and photos, forthcoming from UnCollected Press. Recent awards include: Winner, Saw Palm Poetry Contest (2022); Flash Fiction Finalist, Ekphrastic Sex (2021); and Winner, Littoral Press Poetry Prize (2015). Recent and upcoming writing and photo work in: Haunted Waters Press, Feral, DarkWinter Literary Magazine, and swifts & slows: a quarterly of crosscrossings. Alan is also a published/exhibited photographer and a performer with dancer/choreographer Lucinda Weaver as PACES: dance & poetry fit to the space and with musicians from Composing Together. The photo-haiga "stepping into" was first published by The Minison Project. https://www.presspausepress.org/volume-8-1 daily 0.75 2023-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8870477e-eec1-4c44-ad47-07876afe790b/Untitled+design+%281%29.png Volume 8 - It’s always better in print. This insanely beautiful, (especially and wonderfully heavy on poetry and art), volume is ready to ship. 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Photographs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a50ac68c-371f-477e-b0b9-67d549ed4ba6/Ghost_Town_Photo_Shahan.jpg Sherry Shahan - Photographs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/fd7153d8-d9e0-43b1-9fe2-ac9125a8068f/California_Mission_Photo_Shahan.jpg Sherry Shahan - Photographs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/16babd55-2f74-4e76-a4a8-c02fdf2a45e9/Paris_Photo_Shahan.jpg Sherry Shahan - Photographs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/ce86b507-97fb-4ecd-a059-67ef2793be0f/HavanaCuba_Photo_Shahan.jpg Sherry Shahan - Photographs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/348d75d4-13fb-41a5-bde8-2d7ad40a97ef/sherry.jpeg Sherry Shahan - Photographs - sherry shahan Sherry Shahan is a teal-haired septuagenarian who lives in a laid-back beach town in California. She's wandered the globe on her own, often watching the world and its people from behind; whether in the hub of London, a backstreet in Havana, or alone from a window in a squat hotel room in Paris; whether with a 35 mm camera or an iPhone. She’s currently nominated for a Pushcart Prize in Poetry, 2024, and holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Sherry is a former Press Pause contributor. :) Find her past work here. https://www.presspausepress.org/sarah-harley daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c16b302b-caea-4d63-907f-94e1fc86d1b5/sarahharley.png Sarah Harley - sarah harley Sarah Harley is originally from the UK. She works at Milwaukee High School of the Arts where she supports her refugee students in telling their own stories. Sarah holds a BA in Comparative Literature and French, as well as an MA in Foreign Language and Literature. Her essays have appeared in Halfway Down the Stairs, Idle Ink, The Thieving Magpie, Quail Bell Magazine, and elsewhere. You can find her online here: https://www.sarahharley888.com https://www.presspausepress.org/john-sweet daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/2b501281-79a1-4cf0-a6a6-4ec387b5162c/j%5Esweet.jpg John Sweet - john sweet John Sweet, b 1968, still numbered among the living. A believer in writing as catharsis. Opposed to all political ideologies. His latest collections include A DEAD MAN, EITHER WAY (2020 Kung Fu Treachery Press) and THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY THIS IS GOING TO END (2023 Cyberwit). All pertinent facts about his life are buried somewhere in his writing. https://www.presspausepress.org/michael-betancourt-typoetry daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5140fae9-e48f-4104-a427-36fa3a18057c/Betancourt_Typoems_Page_1.jpg Michael Betancourt - typoetry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/e39a5168-1bc2-4799-949d-084ce76ddce2/Betancourt_Typoems_Page_2.jpg Michael Betancourt - typoetry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/10a5abce-8bef-49e6-bad5-94baba28b76a/Betancourt_Typoems_Page_3.jpg Michael Betancourt - typoetry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d19696c7-4f13-480a-a270-ad2da4d26ee6/Betancourt_Typoems_Page_4.jpg Michael Betancourt - typoetry - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/e0c5ca93-3778-4a73-ace1-73a710228f1d/_Michael_Betancourt_300dpi.jpg Michael Betancourt - typoetry - michael betancourt Michael Betancourt’s typographical asemic poetry has been published by Red Fox Press, Timglaset, Post–Asemic Press, and nOIR:Z, as well as in Die Lerre Mitte, To Call magazine, aurapoesiavisual, and Utsanga.it. More information is available online at michaelbetancourt.com https://www.presspausepress.org/mark-hurtubise daily 0.75 2024-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/9da78578-2bdc-4952-9822-eaad6ac8f377/Hummingbirds_View+%281%29.JPG Mark Hurtubise - Photographs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/0ae56086-9f43-4e12-8838-2d680726db77/Trapped_in_Pain.JPG Mark Hurtubise - Photographs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/fb702897-3ad5-4c61-b6d6-de8d09072f01/Almost.JPG Mark Hurtubise - Photographs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/0e515d13-af7f-4b64-910e-8f130212da3b/1.+Mark+Hurtubise.JPG Mark Hurtubise - Photographs - mark hurtubise During the 1970s, numerous works were published. Then family, two college presidencies and a community foundation CEO. After four decades, he is creating again from the Pacific Northwest like a pregnant bird balancing on a twig. Recently, his poetry, fiction, essays, interviews, and photographs have appeared in such locales as pacificREVIEW; San Pedro River; Burningword; Ink in Thirds; Alliance magazine; Fourth River; december; Wayne Literary Review; Artemis; North Dakota Quarterly; Stanford Social Innovation Review; University of San Francisco, interview, Alum News; Aji Magazine, interview with photos; Aura, Artist Spotlight; Penumbra, Editors’ Pick; Bard College Center/Study of Hate, Interview; honorable mention awards: Monovisions (2020, 2021, 2023) and Monochrome (2022); and Art Impact International exhibition (2023). https://www.presspausepress.org/se-harsha-photographs daily 0.75 2024-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/24a4ee82-3585-4ac3-93d6-b9e8d605af3d/Park+in+Winter.jpeg SE Harsha - Photographs home of future Little Hill Amphitheater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c5de533d-bf86-493c-b7b2-39fd1329404c/Swing.jpeg SE Harsha - Photographs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/e697067a-6021-4aa6-876a-684827446402/Lightning.jpeg SE Harsha - Photographs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/09249451-9651-48e2-ba45-9589b1018f57/Fall+Sunset.jpeg SE Harsha - Photographs - Make it stand out featuring Luke the horse, a national champion in dressage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/62e7a76d-75bf-476e-b5ea-9b4c005ef025/Morning+Fog.jpeg SE Harsha - Photographs - Make it stand out featuring Calvin the horse (and Kix the horse way in the back). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1517fec8-8d82-425d-81fc-564ffa79fbc8/IMG_4348.jpeg SE Harsha - Photographs - se harsha SE Harsha is the founder and Editor in Chief of Press Pause. She’s a writer, artist, musician & new mother, as well as an educator & instructional designer. She’s currently working on a horror novel, helping faculty bring their courses online, and building a Press Pause writers and artists retreat center on Flying Fox Farm in coastal Jacksonville, North Carolina. https://www.presspausepress.org/yannickrobin-eike-mirko daily 0.75 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1706302393542-19B33SCIJX75JM20N3Z1/image-asset.jpeg yannick-robin eike mirko - Music - Make it stand out picture sourced from Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d23267a0-dec9-46a2-b811-b98b490cce63/yannick.jpeg yannick-robin eike mirko - Music - yannick-robin eike mirko My name is yannick-robin, I am a Manhattan, NYC-based two-spirit [they/he] Boricua multidisciplinary artist and activist with a rare disease. After Berklee College of Music, I began working with nonprofits in 2020, most notably working for Imara Jones (one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2023), owner of TransLash Media, where trans stories are centered in order to save trans lives. While under her wing, I was nominated for a Webby Award as an associate and digital producer for the TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones, worked on The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: A Plot Against Humanity series as a producer and fact checker, and wrote obituaries for my TGNC siblings lost to violence in the United States and its Territories (which is 90% fact checking the person's name and the cause of death, and detailing whether or not it is reflected in the same way everywhere, based on the next of kin's relationship to that person being TGNC, more on this here), digital accessibility work, among other tasks. I have since then worked for a publication, TalkDeath (read Racial Disparities and Discrimination in the Death Care Industry, here), focusing my writing on Queer and BIPOC end-of-life preparations and equality, as well as have made strides as a disability activist within the performance space, being Off-Broadway in the first TGNC Theatre Festival in the professions history, + being the first wheelchair user to perform in several iconic regional theatres of the US (#saverickypotts, which now has 8.6 million views and counting). I currently volunteer with the National Organization for Rare Disorders and Diseases, and will be a part of the upcoming rebranding of the National Hemophilia Foundation, to include a broader range of rare blood diseases, like the one I have. The media hub for all my works and online community is yannickmirko.com where you can find Rare Disease Daily, live performances, visual art, music, short films, and more. https://www.presspausepress.org/francesca-spiegel daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/e54d91e8-4b63-499b-b9a3-018999aadf63/Francesca+Spiegel+photo.jpg Francesca Spiegel - francesca spiegel Francesca Spiegel is a nonfiction writer in Los Angeles. She is working on a memoir of madness and the Classics, and has a PhD on the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles. She's interested in all things experimental, literary, the lesser-known, and she also writes book reviews. Find her at francescaspiegel.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/troy-pancake daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5e3eaf4f-06ef-4f11-8152-3b84101b1bf9/troy.png Troy Pancake - troy pancake Troy Pancake is a writer and pastor in Denton, TX. His work has appeared in Brevity, the Windhover, Plough online, and other publications. He loves his family. https://www.presspausepress.org/kaitie-st-jean daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7511aae7-75e0-4fed-9079-b97dd62b7d9a/kaitie.jpeg Kaitie St. Jean - kaitie st. jean Kaitie St. Jean is a newly emerging author who will complete her memoir in early 2024. She is finishing her MFA in January and hopes to continue her feminist centered research in a Ph.D program next! Kaitie lives in Maine with her husband, three children, and two mischievous cats, Lucy and Nova. https://www.presspausepress.org/christiana-zidor daily 0.75 2024-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/68a57d41-7a7f-4d53-b4ee-a8e1b41f4963/christiana.jpeg Christiana Zidor - christianIa zidor Christiania Zidor is a 16 year old writer from Florida. She mainly enjoys writing and educating others about her own experiences and fictional experiences as well. https://www.presspausepress.org/xu-xi daily 0.75 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a1f0e5bd-304c-479c-84ba-b7d01ea85b1e/1.jpg Xu Xi - Make it stand out Inside the gym at Exchange Square in Hong Kong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/9b67d847-85bd-42c0-ba4b-23d6df86c58b/2.jpg Xu Xi - Make it stand out View from the treadmill: Shoreline construction and Ferris wheel, Hong Kong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/97f81152-494e-4b46-8aae-9fefb69542d0/3.jpg Xu Xi - Make it stand out The enclosed courtyard on the Wall Street of Worcester, Massachusetts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4773cbfb-4ad9-4c7a-b9e3-0ad665ea60e5/4.jpg Xu Xi - Make it stand out Federal Square, Worcester, Massachusetts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b0897bc0-90d7-48c1-aa48-5b77c6953b5c/XU-Lisbon+cr+Alizah+Holstein-crop.jpeg Xu Xi - xu xi XU XI 許素細 www.xuxiwriter.com has authored fifteen books, including Monkey in Residence & Other Speculations (2022), This Fish is Fowl: Essays of Being (2019), Dear Hong Kong: An Elegy for A City (2017) and That Man in Our Lives (2016). An Indonesian-Chinese, she is one of Hong Kong’s leading writers in English. She was distinguished writer-in-residence at University of Iowa’s Nonfiction MFA and ASU’s Virginia G Piper Center for Creative Writing and directed two international MFA programs in creative writing and literary translation in Hong Kong and Vermont. Previously, she held management positions at the Asian Wall Street Journal and Federal Express Asia-Pacific and in New York at Milbank Tweed and Pinkerton’s. Co-founder, Authors at Large, she is currently William H.P. Jenks Chair in Contemporary Letters, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts. A diehard transnational, she now splits life between New York and the rest of the world. https://www.presspausepress.org/margaret-hayertz daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/58132328-afbd-49ad-a168-a45e05190d98/Meg+Hayertz_forWeb_+Credit+Nye+Lyn+Tho.jpg Margaret Hayertz - margaret hayertz Margaret Hayertz (she/they), is the author of Tarot for Beginners (Althea Press) and the founder of Creative Momentum, where she reads tarot to help writers deepen their inspiration and finish their projects. She holds an MFA from California Institute of Integral Studies and is an alum of Lit Camp. Her fiction has appeared in The Louisville Review and VoiceCatcher, among others, and she has been interviewed in LitHub. "Minimal Contact Hug" is an excerpt from her novel-in-progress, How to Hug a Lion. https://www.presspausepress.org/alex-behm daily 0.75 2024-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/447153a8-ae34-468a-8ffc-423cff0418c2/alexb.jpeg Alex Behm - alex behm Alex Behm is a writer from West Virginia. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Cleaver, The Allegheny Review, The Haverford Coterie, Zeniada, and elsewhere. In her free time, she enjoys working on her family farm. https://www.presspausepress.org/avah-dodson daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/6237ceea-7b0b-4b1c-b899-aaaf213306fe/IMG_3336.JPG Avah Dodson - avah dodson Avah Dodson is 15. Her writing has won recognition in the Bluefire 1,000 Words Contest, the Royal Nonesuch Humor Contest, the Scholastic Writing Awards contest (National Gold Medalist), the Sarah Mook Poetry Contest, the Kay Snow Poetry & Fiction Contests, and the Betty Award Contest, among others, and has appeared in Incandescent Review, Echo Lit, Parallax, Voices de la Luna, Stone Soup Magazine, Highlights Magazine, Skipping Stones Magazine, DePaul’s Blue Book: Best American High School Writing, and others. She has been a member of the Creative Writing Team for Incandescent Review since 2022 and Team Manager since 2023. She lives in California with her family and two adorable tabbies. https://www.presspausepress.org/max-krugerdull daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f67bc798-e926-4310-9efb-b4746ed9b4b9/Max.jpeg Max Kruger-Dull - max kruger-dull Max Kruger-Dull holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. His recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in AGNI, Litro Magazine, Roanoke Review, Quarterly West, The MacGuffin, Hunger Mountain Review, among other outlets. He lives in New York with his boyfriend and two dogs. For more, please visit maxkrugerdull.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/frank-jamison daily 0.75 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/93cb9724-8d76-4ced-a6bb-b152b74f05aa/Frank+Jamison+Bio+Pic+for+Two+Hawks.JPG Frank Jamison - frank jamison Frank Jamison’s work has appeared in numerous literary journals, most recently, Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Arkana, Avalon Literary Review, Big Muddy, DASH Literary Journal, Evening Street Review, Glint Literary Journal, Literally Stories, The MacGuffin, Moon City Review, Nimrod, The Penmen Review, Pennsylvania English, The Phoenix, Plainsongs Poetry Magazine, Spoon River Poetry Review, South Carolina Review, Two Hawks Quarterly, The Wax Paper, and many others. His book of poems, Marginal Notes, was published in 2001, and his book of poems, Songs of Unsung People, was published in 2021. His poems have won the Still Poetry Prize, the Robert Burns/Terry Semple Memorial Poetry Prize and the Libba Moore Gray Poetry Prize. He has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Frank is a member of the Tennessee Mountain Writers and the Knoxville Writers’ Guild. He lives and writes in Roane County, Tennessee. https://www.presspausepress.org/ari-koontz daily 0.75 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8b876334-90ba-4900-88f0-f1d4ea7b75ef/Ari-Koontz.jpeg Ari Koontz - ari koontz Ari Koontz (they/he) is a queer nonbinary writer and artist with their head in the clouds and feet in the soil. They are currently a creative nonfiction MFA candidate at Northern Michigan University. Ari’s work has been previously published in Wizards In Space Magazine, Oyster River Pages, Ruminate, and Under The Gum Tree, among others. You can find him online at arikoontz.com or on Instagram @ari.october. https://www.presspausepress.org/molly-montgomery daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/db836c3f-4523-4bdf-8eb7-f7f470403570/mollym.jpg Molly Montgomery - molly montgomery Molly Montgomery is a mixed race Chinese American writer who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has an M.A. in Creative Writing from UC Davis. Her work has been featured in several publications, including Entropy, X-R-A-Y, Sinking City, The Wondrous Real Mag, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. She was a 2022 Jack Hazard Fellow for creative writers who teach high school. https://www.presspausepress.org/josie-kochendorfer daily 0.75 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/89ed6b53-dd2a-4af8-b447-e217f5025d0c/IMG_1764.jpeg Josie Kochendorfer - josie kochendorfer Josie Kochendorfer (she/her) is a writer and educator based in Portland, Oregon. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the Ohio State University and is a Ph.D. candidate in Literature and Criticism at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. A Best of the Net nominee and Tin House Scholar, her work appears or is forthcoming in Hippocampus, The Account, Atticus Review, Barrelhouse, New Flash Fiction Review, and elsewhere. https://www.presspausepress.org/beth-gylys daily 0.75 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8b417917-6403-49aa-b3ae-e65023825433/bethg.jpg Beth Gylys - beth gylys Award-winning author and the co-founder/Principal Investigator of Beyond Bars, a Mellon sponsored literary journal for incarcerated writers and artists, Beth Gylys is the author of five books of poetry—the last two (The Conversation Turns to Wide Mouth Jars—co-written with Cathy Carlisi and Jennifer Wheelock—and Sky Blue Enough to Drink) were both named Books All Georgians Should Read. Her work has recently appeared in West Branch, The James Dickey Review, and on the Best American Poetry blog. https://www.presspausepress.org/joanna-hope-bricher daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/dfa417fe-d0d0-450b-8d17-7e1a7a9ce075/joannahb.jpg Joanna Hope Bricher - joanna hope bricher Joanna Hope Bricher lives with chronic illness in a beautiful valley in the North of England. Her writing has appeared in Rogue Agent, Eunoia Review, Twin Bird and BlueHouse Journal. She doesn't have a smartphone. You can see some of her linocut and letterpress printing at pennybloodpress.wordpress.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/miles-varana daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c6ea1f12-c1c3-408d-b188-e639b56e1653/Miles+Varana.jpg Miles Varana - miles varana Miles Varana’s work has appeared in Typehouse, The Penn Review, and Passages North. He has worked previously as a staff reader and editor at Hawai’i Pacific Review. Miles lives in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he works in journalism and does his best to be a good Millennial despite disliking tandem bike rides. https://www.presspausepress.org/sharon-kennedyknolle daily 0.75 2024-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8b7b96a7-c6af-415d-989e-7379ac06564b/SharonKennedy-Nolle_FFDenny_0309.jpg Sharon Kennedy-Knolle - sharon kennedy-knolle A graduate of Vassar College, Sharon Kennedy-Nolle received an MFA from the Writers’ Workshop as well as a doctoral degree in nineteenth-century American literature from the University of Iowa. She also holds MAs from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University and New York University. In addition to scholarly publications, her poetry has appeared in many journals. Her chapbook, Black Wick: Selected Elegies was a semi-finalist for the 2018 Tupelo Snowbound Chapbook Contest. Chosen as the 2020 Chapbook Editor’s Pick by Variant Literature Press, Black Wick: Selected Elegies was published in 2021. Kennedy-Nolle was winner of the New Ohio Review’s 2021 creative writing contest. Her full-length manuscript, Not Waving, was just chosen as a finalist for the 2023 Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award. It was also chosen as a 2021 finalist for the Black Lawrence Press’s St. Lawrence Book Award, a 2021 and 2022 semifinalist for the University of Wisconsin Poetry Series' Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes, and a 2022 semifinalist for the Two Sylvias Press’ Wilder Prize and for the Brick Road Poetry Contest. Recently appointed the Poet Laureate of Sullivan County for 2022-2024, she lives and teaches in New York. Kennedy-Nolle has just been awarded a Poet Laureate Fellowship for 2023-2024 from the Academy of American Poets. https://www.presspausepress.org/samir-knego-three-things daily 0.75 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b1a221f3-3691-404b-9cdd-5e2383e85000/samirk.jpg Samir Knego - samir knego Samir Knego spends his days photographing archival materials and thinking about the past. His essays, poems, and visual art have appeared all over the place, including in Religion Dispatches, Anti-Racism Daily, and Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature and he has had solo shows at the Hillsborough Arts Council Gallery, Art Therapy Institute of NC, and Eno Arts Mill Gallery. He is the Contemplative Practices Editor for Vita Poetica, a journal at the intersection of art and faith. Samir is a former Press Pause contributor. :) Find his past work here. https://www.presspausepress.org/jacqueline-morgan daily 0.75 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/cecd7c33-5068-47b8-a86e-9a9c06c554ca/jmorgan.png Jacqueline Morgan - jacqueline morgan Jacqueline Morgan is a voracious reader and orange cat enthusiast based in Minneapolis, MN. She is pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing at Hamline University. Follow her work on Instagram @jgmorganwrites. https://www.presspausepress.org/brendan-rowland daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8f9f77b1-efab-43f8-8d53-95d936dc0444/brendanr.JPG Brendan Rowland - brendan rowland Brendan Rowland lives in Westford, Massachusetts, several lots down from Edgar Allan Poe’s brief residence, with his wife and unruly cat. He is pursuing a master's in English Literature at the University of Glasgow. While writing, he sports black denim and Sennheiser headphones blasting rock ‘n’ roll. He drives a Honda Odyssey. https://www.presspausepress.org/vicki-nyman daily 0.75 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a94305b3-b96c-4991-aaf5-022944044fdd/vickin.jpeg Vicki Nyman - vicki nyman Vicki Nyman studied writing in Hamline University’s MFA program. Her essays have been accepted by journals including Relief, Pacifica Literary Review, and Caveat Lector. Originally from Chicago, Vicki now happily lives in Minneapolis after two interminably-long decades in rural Minnesota. 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Her essays and poems have appeared in dozens of literary journals and she is the author of two chapbooks of poetry, Elegy & April and Double Stroller Dreams (Finishing Line Press, 2019 and 2020). She teaches in the Department of English at SUNY Old Westbury and is the mother of two bright stars, Leona and Valentine. www.jesseleecurran.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b5a47c1c-c77d-406d-a79a-d1bc4a9778ef/Amy+Marques+%281%29.JPG Beautiful Pause Prize Winners 2024 - amy marques Amy Marques grew up between languages and places and learned, from an early age, the multiplicity of narratives. She’s been nominated for multiple awards, longlisted twice in Wigleaf 50, and has visual art, poetry, and prose published in journals such as Streetcake Magazine, South Florida Poetry Journal, Fictive Dream, Unlost, Ghost Parachute, BOOTH, Bright Flash Literary Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, and Gone Lawn. 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A song from SLO Pony is also forthcoming in Press Pause Volume 10! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/749e8aec-2bc6-4c4e-abdf-aa409c6d25d3/logotransparent.png Beautiful Pause Prize Winners 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.presspausepress.org/volume-10-1 daily 0.75 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b06a4d37-a197-4194-ab44-da810041bd82/Volume+10+Cover Volume 10 - It’s always better in print. This beautiful milestone is ready to ship and already making waves! 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Heather Carvell Heather Carvell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471085814-A317DMCSK4I4X1ZE072P/chesser.jpeg Volume 10 - Kevin Chesser Kevin Chesser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471155007-CKCVT8V98ICLGGMX7DY2/coomer.png Volume 10 - Phil Coomer Phil Coomer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471058842-SAWMU6L2PKXWZS0VFWHF/wyattbrion.png Volume 10 - Timothy Froessel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471119314-MTBENSMETHUVAKPT7ELK/abigail+ann+gray+headshot.jpg Volume 10 - Abigail Ann Gray Abigail Ann Gray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471071083-U2VN6ZJL1HQKXDR5H2FN/colehammer.JPG Volume 10 - Cole Hammer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471113576-KU5QAE6GXWOIS0USISOJ/soramimi.jpeg Volume 10 - Soramimi Hanarejima Soramimi Hanarejima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471079288-ZO1DJU67XXFKU3WRMQAI/monique.jpg Volume 10 - Monique Harris Monique Harris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471072144-M28HBQXMEK9TVGNWRQUG/maleka.jpg Volume 10 - Maleka Kakkar Maleka Kakkar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471060833-FBCP984OCGZ02JN0CQVH/carolyn_-_press_pause_press.JPG Volume 10 - Carolyn Lu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739472039349-FFX6M6YXMSC3X3S45ZO6/danelyn.jpg Volume 10 - Dane Lyn Dane Lyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471098979-8KWI6PUXFVCCB2N7M2UX/Colleen_Markley_headshot_1.jpg Volume 10 - Colleen Markley Colleen Markley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471111415-B83YBC0A2Z3O89VJ4IQF/Amy+Marques+%282%29.JPG Volume 10 - Amy Marques Amy Marques, 2nd place winner of the Beautiful Pause Prize https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471154414-SF2DG5T1UCP1DXN1YAGE/nina.png Volume 10 - Nina Patrica Martinez Nina Patrica Martinez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471072420-LQEZ5FQW28176UG81747/giamasih.jpg Volume 10 - Gia Masih Gia Masih https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739472139237-VEA7XAO9HKSIIJU7YP9L/TImesSquareMiller.jpg Volume 10 - Ben Miller Ben Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471147244-4MMTMCYQ7FJY9PMMRX3R/zach.jpeg Volume 10 - Zach Keali'i Murphy Zach Keali’i Murphy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471086390-QWI20W2ZI1LGBSQWDRR0/rushingp.jpg Volume 10 - Rushing Pittman Rushing Pittman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471057624-P3XL9U71Z43YHN4XR2XU/pia.JPG Volume 10 - Pia Quintano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471095332-NGZ7DL1IC2Q9FPH3USIG/reema.jpg Volume 10 - Reema Rajbanshi Reema Rajbanshi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471054613-GVH9CW7SR3LZ8WYJ6425/kasia.jpg Volume 10 - Kasia Runte Kasia Runte https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471132085-TKZR1H7O5INWIO9DZVVV/stanciu.png Volume 10 - Brett Ann Stanciu Brett Ann Stanciu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471065248-UCHCU7QJG77DB9XOTKON/sullivan.png Volume 10 - Sullivan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471093922-8J6IKYM44X7WFXCBSYZT/thurman.jpg Volume 10 - Lindsay Thurman Lindsay Thurman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471140670-Y4PASUNBM7L7200ZG270/wan.jpg Volume 10 - Adam Wan Adam Wan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739472106038-WFVYTWRRNGMZSOFCNROR/Sabahat.jpg Volume 10 - Sabahat Ali Wani Sabahat Ali Wani https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471093326-GC8IKG4KSUXTEMFNIS4C/weatherbee.png Volume 10 - Ryan Weatherbee Ryan Weatherbee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471054177-PS26U2FUQ5NAT2D01ESC/ernest.jpeg Volume 10 - Ernest Williamson III Ernest Williamson III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739471104572-S6UVKEGA0F27JHXFAGQ2/AJW.jpg Volume 10 - AJW Adam John Wilshaw (AJW) https://www.presspausepress.org/featured-throwback-volume-10 daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739469254717-XP4GRWZ8NYJFQRLGDDM5/c1903%2BWashington%2BMonument%2B-%2BDetroit%2BPhotographic%2BCo..jpg Featured Throwback - Volume 10 - Washington Monument Detroit Photographic Co. Circa 1903 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739468652445-EHF9VL0RNI1TLNPXEC71/1904+-+Loop+the+Loop+-+Coney+Island+-+HC+White+Co.png Featured Throwback - Volume 10 - Coney Island Loop the Loop Ride H.C. White Co. 1904 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739468647267-MSW7Q161NW5KPZDQK5R8/c1931+Empire+State+Building+-+Irving+Underhill.png Featured Throwback - Volume 10 - Empire State Building Irving Underhill, circa 1931 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739468606016-UQTL4CZRRPDJ2R9MOJNG/Fort+Knox+Flag+-+Office+of+War+Info+US+-+1942.png Featured Throwback - Volume 10 - Fort Knox Flag United States Office of War Information, 1942 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739468618461-RIVOD7ACH1DH1PVU79AG/Hant+n+Boots+gas+station+1845+-+John+Margolies.png Featured Throwback - Volume 10 - Hat n' Boots Gas Station John Margolies, 1945 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739468607076-M8N0D991RC9OEJ3QIQYJ/May+11+1954+-+Nathan%27s+Hot+Dogs.png Featured Throwback - Volume 10 - Nathan's Hot Dogs from Boardwalk Al Ravenna, May 11 1954 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739468635157-AM29DLJPHZCX4T1T8J66/1971+-+clenched+fist+-+Gemini+Enterprises.png Featured Throwback - Volume 10 - Stars and Stripes Clenched Fist Gemini Enterprises, 1971 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739468632276-MNKFZ6YC1M5U6UBEBGC7/Smokey+the+Bear+-+App+Trail+Main+-+Between+1980+and+2006.png Featured Throwback - Volume 10 - Smokey the Bear along the Appalachian Trail in Maine Carol Highsmith - between 1980 and 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739468639808-1TAJW80L9RRXG9ELX1JA/Rusty+Bolt+souvenir+store+-+July+4+2006+-+Carol+Highsmith.png Featured Throwback - Volume 10 - Rusty Bolt Souvenir Store, Route 66 Sign Carol Highsmith, July 4, 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739468618594-LHQ11IA12ILIQQ2G5II8/Hollywood+Sign+-+2012+-+Carol+highsmith.png Featured Throwback - Volume 10 - Hollywood Sign Carol Highsmith, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739468659303-2ETPC3XE6DT8OZUQV5KA/July+12+2013+-+Liberty+Bell+-+Carol+Highsmith.png Featured Throwback - Volume 10 - The Liberty Bell Carol Highsmith, July 12, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739468631360-GYQUM08JL37W0R2VPKGX/May+14+2018+-+The+Space+Needle+-+Carol+Highsmith.png Featured Throwback - Volume 10 - The Space Needle Carol Highsmith, May 14, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739468625241-57WM0DAR0CD1I0CQRZL4/April+8+2021+-+Tornando+Alley+Lanes+-+Abilene%2C+Kansas+-+Carol+highsmith.png Featured Throwback - Volume 10 - Tornado Alley Lanes, Abilene, Kansas Carol Highsmith, April 8, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5d2b9d86-34d0-4cfc-be27-a77809fb759a/library-of-congress-xPes12KkVUg-unsplash.jpg Featured Throwback - Volume 10 - library of congress This series was sourced from the Library of Congress. Many thanks to photographer Carol Highsmith, who took many of these iconic pictures. https://www.presspausepress.org/phil-coomer-all-the-medicine-i-need daily 0.75 2025-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/06d86937-f25c-4128-8fa0-82e7430ed84f/All+The+Medicine+I+Need+%281%29.png Phil Coomer - All The Medicine I Need - Make it stand out picture sourced from Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/ded42fb7-ce77-4594-a419-a6537c0c76e9/image.png Phil Coomer - All The Medicine I Need - phil coomer Inspired by his maternal grandfather Tom Dennis, a songwriter and performer in Texas circa 1940 to 1965, songwriter Phil Coomer writes songs about life and love and sets these stories and images in motion and to life in front of you. Phil’s gentle guitar fingerpicking style combined with sweet melodies fit the lead of the lyrics and blend into focused truly original songs. Early on, Phil developed a passion for music and songwriting as he listened to WABC, a Pop music station beamed out of New York City to the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, John Denver and Jim Croce. Following his grandfather’s lead, Phil discovered he could write his own songs from his own experiences and take listeners on a unique uplifting journey. Formal training for songwriting began at the Kerrville Songwriter school from Steve Seskin, Steve Gillette, Jon Ims and others. Phil’s drive in sharing his voice has taken the music everywhere from coffee houses, house concerts, festivals, bars and even live streams with audiences as large as half a million viewers. Live streamed personal concerts from Phil’s kitchen and living room during the pandemic brought him more than six thousand fans from all over the world who follow him on Reddit, YouTube, Facebook, Spotify and all streaming platforms. Phil has performed live in venues from an island in Maine, to Florida and Texas. 2023 Song of the Year semi-finalist Award with "Still Lives" - 2023 Project North Festival National Songwriting Competition Winner with "Brown Trout" - Rhineland, WI; 2023 The Crooked Road National Songwriting contest finalist with "Brown Trout" - Abingdon, VA. https://www.presspausepress.org/adam-wan-one-i-want daily 0.75 2025-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/e355ad8c-0d44-4aad-857d-60bce286a4e1/One+I+Want+%282%29.png Adam Wan - One I Want - Make it stand out picture sourced from Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8f6c5602-d46d-4aff-8c1a-eca10cc12489/IMG_20240710_142252.jpg Adam Wan - One I Want - adam wan Adam Wan is a writer, songwriter, music producer, and audio engineer from the little-known of Malaysia. From a young age, they read and loved numerous works from the likes of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Yasunari Kawabata, Haruki Murakami, Donna Tartt and Sally Rooney. They still write from time to time, whenever life doesn't get in the way. https://www.presspausepress.org/slo-pony-i-think-its-working daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/39d06248-8b42-4d6c-a0aa-15195509d21e/I+Think+It%27s+Working.png SLO Pony - I Think It's Working - Make it stand out picture sourced from Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4283ae01-10bf-4eb6-a719-617ab91bb500/Image+2024-9-10+at+11.26+%282%29.jpeg SLO Pony - I Think It's Working - slo pony (Matt bender) Matt Bender currently works in the international school system teaching World Literature and Composition in beautiful southern China, home of dim sum and the Cantonese language. His work has been featured in Necessary Fiction, daCunha International, Infernal Ink, and other fine publications. He also worked as a journalist for Word Magazine (Ho Chi Minh City edition) during his time living in Vietnam (2011 - 2015). His book, 3rd place winner of Press Pause's Beautiful Pause Prize (2024) (excerpt forthcoming in PP Volume 11), You're a Ghost in a Meatball on a Rock in a Vast and Empty Universe. Just Fucking Go For It Already, is a queer, punk, coming-of-age hero's quest about heroes' quests told in three parts, 23 chapters, and nine interludes. Check out Matt's post-punk band SLO Pony wherever you get your music and/or read his nonfiction at BenderBBender.medium.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/past-present-future daily 0.75 2024-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8d99b756-c7ed-4410-a65c-a0c7749c17eb/Screenshot+2024-12-20+at+8.57.24%E2%80%AFPM.png Past, Present, Future https://www.presspausepress.org/direct-donation-form daily 0.75 2025-07-01 https://www.presspausepress.org/zachmurphy daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/302c1417-700e-44fb-9acd-7b861c62b84e/image0.jpeg Zach Murphy - The Mallards of St. Catherine - zach keali’i murphy Zach Keali’i Murphy is a Hawaii-born writer with a background in cinema. His stories appear in Reed Magazine, Maudlin House, The Coachella Review, Raritan Quarterly, Another Chicago Magazine, Flash Frog, Still Point Arts Quarterly, and more. He has published the chapbooks Tiny Universes (Selcouth Station Press) and If We Keep Moving (Ghost City Press). He lives with his wonderful wife, Kelly, in St. Paul, Minnesota. https://www.presspausepress.org/ninamartinezart daily 0.75 2025-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/46534157-e853-4797-b6f8-f08152c56c00/nina+martinez+-+city+time+%281%29+%281%29.jpg Nina Patricia Martinez - Digital Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7f86fd89-d873-49ca-abb4-4423b6b6c58f/nina+martinez+-+flyover+%281%29.jpg Nina Patricia Martinez - Digital Art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/0c4b1a34-cfde-47c0-a7b5-3c74dfc72e69/190623a+%281%29.png Nina Patricia Martinez - Digital Art - nina patricia martinez Nina Martinez is an illustrator and writer from Metro Manila, Philippines. She holds a BFA in Visual Communication from the University of the Philippines, and, as of writing this, is on her way to earning her MFA in Illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design. When she's not storytelling with words, she's doing it with comics, which have been published by Drawn & Quarterly and Bad Student Press. She is working on her first graphic novel. Find her work at ninamartinezart.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/timothyfroesselrocketship daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7ebf96f9-c14f-48ef-be8a-2f9f6cb23f6f/presspausepressdoordecal_onlylogo_suite515%2Bcopy.png Timothy Froessel - This Rocket Ship is Undoubtedly Going to Explode - timothy froessel Timothy Froessel is a Professional Writing major at WCSU. When not talking to himself about the New York Islanders, he can be found listening to Beach House or looking at cute pictures of bears on the internet. https://www.presspausepress.org/heather-carvell-dead-weaver-sale daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c71a845b-592f-40a1-9172-a42ef48adef4/carvell.png Heather Carvell - Dead Weaver Sale - heather carvell Heather Carvell is a high school teacher and mom of teenagers in Maryland— which means she spends all day every day with adolescents. That also means she’s had countless opportunities to witness the alchemy of the written word transforming apathy and disregard into wonder and palpable excitement. She’s drawn to works that push our understanding of what should be done or said in a particular moment. Between obvious duties of a parent, teacher, and writer, she loves to weave, cook, hike, and marvel at her backyard critters. Heather holds a Master of Art in Creative Writing for Educators. She has published works in East by Northeast and Snapdragon: A Journal of Art and Healing. https://www.presspausepress.org/abigail-ann-gray-and-is-my-body-ocean daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/0e10a94d-2188-4d98-9b55-727eb4f74d83/abigail+ann+gray+headshot.jpg Abigail Ann Gray - And Is My Body Ocean - abigail ann gray Abigail Ann Gray is a new writer from Virginia. She holds a BA in literary studies from Roanoke College. These days, when she isn't writing, she works at a public library and as a freelance pianist (though generally not at the same time). Her work has appeared recently in The Mid-Atlantic Review. https://www.presspausepress.org/soramimi-hanarejima-before-the-extinction daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/92f87d7a-ec55-4772-8550-03d1670b2c0f/barred+owl+1000x1000+alternate.jpeg Soramimi Hanarejima - Before the Extinction - soramimi hanArejima Ever yearning to be spellbound by ideas of a certain fanciful persuasion, Soramimi Sanarejima often meanders into the euphoric trance of lyrical daydreams, some of which are chronicled in Soramimi’s neuropunk story collection Literary Devices for Coping. https://www.presspausepress.org/amy-marques-five-shorts-from-chrysalides daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c38acde7-72de-409f-96f8-c658d03f4cf8/Amy+Marques+%282%29.JPG Amy Marques - Five Shorts from Chrysalides - amy marques Amy Marques grew up between languages and places and learned, from an early age, the multiplicity of narratives. She’s been nominated for multiple awards, longlisted twice in Wigleaf 50, and has visual art, poetry, and prose published in journals such as Streetcake Magazine, South Florida Poetry Journal, Fictive Dream, Unlost, Ghost Parachute, BOOTH, Bright Flash Literary Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, and Gone Lawn. She is the editor and visual artist for the Duets anthologies and author and artist of the found poetry book PARTS and the chapbook Are You Willing?. More at https://amybookwhisperer.wordpress.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/nina-patricia-martinez-echoes daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/fcdfc390-c341-4451-9226-413341af7e55/nina.png Nina Patricia Martinez - Echoes - nina patricia martinez Nina Martinez is an illustrator and writer from Metro Manila, Philippines. She holds a BFA in Visual Communication from the University of the Philippines, and, as of writing this, is on her way to earning her MFA in Illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design. When she's not storytelling with words, she's doing it with comics, which have been published by Drawn & Quarterly and Bad Student Press. She is working on her first graphic novel. Find her work at ninamartinezart.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/ajw-when-the-leopard-hid-in-the-hellish-green daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/9468046e-5a3f-4ad2-a93a-1cddb0580e04/1687256330544+3+copy+3.jpg AJW - When the Leopard Hid in the Hellish Green - ajw AJW (Adam John Wilshaw) took a degree in English and American literature from the University of Manchester in the UK and has worked as a newspaper reporter, news editor, and teacher of English. His fiction has been published by Salt, Litro, and Propagule. In 2024 he finished a collection of short stories and has just finished writing a novel. He lives in Catalonia. An interview with AJW can be found in printed Volume 10. Buy it here. https://www.presspausepress.org/colleen-markley-breaking-and-entering daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/e7766185-3c46-40b5-989a-db5d3034c1e9/Colleen_Markley_headshot_1.jpg Colleen Markley - Breaking and Entering - colleen markley Colleen Markley has been published in multiple anthologies and magazines, including Sisters! Bonded by Love and Laughter, Grown & Flown, Ignatian Literary Magazine, Apricity Magazine, The Writing Cooperative, and Soundings East. Her essay, "Breaking and Entering", earned eighth place in the Writer’s Digest’s 92nd Annual Writing Competition Humor category, as well as a designation as a semi-finalist in the Tulip Tree Humor Story Contest. Colleen was awarded the Nickie’s Prize for Humor Writing and was the June 2021 winner of the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop Humor Writer of the Month. She earned a degree in film and television from Boston University with a focus on screenwriting. Colleen spent twenty years working in the nonprofit sector, starting with Channel Thirteen/WNET (New York Public Television), and is now a writing instructor and consultant. www.colleenmarkley.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/reema-rajbanshi-the-foyer-or-exhibit-for-travelers daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/fea02e46-daf1-4870-aef8-bfdb381ebfd4/reema.jpg Reema Rajbanshi - The Foyer or Exhibit for Travelers - reema rajbanshi Reema Rajbanshi is the author of Sugar, Smoke, Song (Red Hen Press, 2020), a linked story collection exploring the lives of Asian/American women and immigrants in the U.S. She is also a literary scholar, currently researching caste and bondage, and has taught literature, film, and creative writing at the college level. Samples of her publications and readings may be found at https://linktr.ee/reemarajbanshi. Rajbanshi was born in Miami to parents from Assam but grew up in the Bronx and worked for a decade as an artist and student in California. “The Foyer or Exhibit for Travelers” is an excerpt from her travel memoir project A Woman Named Lightning, A Man Named Victorious. https://www.presspausepress.org/brett-ann-stanciu-the-men-on-my-mothers-roof daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/653bc4a4-0eae-427f-86bb-1316fa66a15c/stanciu.png Brett Ann Stanciu - The Men on My Mother's Roof - brett ann stanciu Brett Ann Stanciu is the author of Call It Madness (Regal House Publishing, 2026), Unstitched: My Journey to Understand Opioid Addiction (Steerforth Press, 2021), and Hidden View (Green Writers Press, 2015). A recipient of a 2020 Vermont Arts Council Creation Grant, her writing has appeared in numerous publications. She lives in Hardwick, Vermont, in a 100-year-old house surrounded by yellow flowers and received a 2024 Fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center for the Arts. https://www.presspausepress.org/lindsay-thurman-the-torment-of-twisted-love daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c4830207-8a6c-4a88-ae6a-4e2bc4127196/thurman.jpg Lindsay Thurman - The Torment of Twisted Love - lindsay thurman Lindsay Thurman is an author, advocate, and teacher in Louisville, KY. She was diagnosed with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, a rare and chronic lung disease, when she was just 23. She was originally given less than a decade to live, inspiring her to leave an abusive marriage and start her career as a teacher. Now she is thriving after starting a treatment plan that includes three medications that didn’t exist when she was first diagnosed in 2008. She enjoys running, yoga, and spending time with her family. If you would like to read more from Lindsay, you can do so at Lindsay-Thurman.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/ryan-weatherbee-bros-on-the-road daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f606abc4-d708-4515-ac92-58f487c3fc51/Screen+Shot+2023-11-30+at+6.19.39+PM.png Ryan Weatherbee - Bros on the Road - ryan weatherbee Ryan Weatherbee has been writing since childhood, and has been playing music since he was 12 years old. Along with working full-time as a Writer/Content Developer at an advertising agency in his hometown of Buffalo, New York, he also plays the bass guitar in an alt-rock band, writes fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays, loves reading postmodern literature, and watches films whenever he can. https://www.presspausepress.org/hayden-armos-poetry daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/83b4e61b-49f4-4c06-bb09-0a9d7bf6e8db/Armos_author_photo.jpg Hayden Armos - Poetry - hayden armos Hayden Armos (he/they) was born on Whidbey Island in the PNW's Puget Sound and is currently based in San Francisco, California. He is queer, and finds new ways to grow into himself every day. In his free time, you can find him listening to niche internet music, sitting in the sun, and sautéing onions until they are golden-brown. His poetry appears in Gigantic Sequins and is forthcoming in Salt Hill Journal and Lost Pilots Lit. https://www.presspausepress.org/kaylie-barreda-poetry daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/91a8a739-5f12-4432-b91c-6ab5d58c8225/Screenshot+2025-02-13+at+10.40.24%E2%80%AFAM.png Kaylie Barreda - Poetry - kaylie barreda Kaylie Barreda is from Houston, Texas and is currently an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at New York University. Kaylie’s work appears in Volume 9, Issue 1 of Warwick Uncanny’s Undergraduate Literary Journal, Luvsick! Magazine Issue 1, and The Journal. https://www.presspausepress.org/kevin-chesser-poetry daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a1bd2775-a484-42a5-bec4-6c71c66c958d/chesser.jpeg Kevin Chesser - Poetry - kevin chesser Kevin Chesser is a writer and musician whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Hobart, Pithead Chapel, Lost Pilots, the Talking Book, drDOCTOR, and elsewhere. His first collection of poetry, “Relief of My Symptoms”, was published in 2023 by Ghost Palace Press. He lives in West Virginia. https://www.presspausepress.org/dane-lyn-poetry daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/46adbfbc-b849-4bd3-8f48-31a1ea711640/danelyn.jpg Dane Lyn - Poetry - dane lyn Dane Lyn (they-them) is a neurospicy, disabled educator, poet, and glitter-enthusiast in a dysfunctional relationship with LA, where they reside. Dane has an MFA from Lindenwood University, a ridiculous collection of succulents, and four scavenger hunt runner-up ribbons. Their debut chapbook by Bottlecap Press, “bubblegum black,” was released in 2023 to rave reviews from their mom. Dane is the poetry editor for Ink and Marrow. Find them @punkhippypoet, and read their work at danelyn.net. https://www.presspausepress.org/wyatt-brion-poetry daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7e4624f1-155f-4cd7-9d3a-d3daa7352e4b/wyattbrion.png Wyatt Brion - Poetry - wyatt brion Wyatt Brion (any) is an agender Filipino Creative Writing graduate from the Ateneo de Manila University. They are a recipient of the Dalisayan Art Award in both Poetry and Nonfiction categories. She has work previously published by HEIGHTS Ateneo, the Blue Marble Review, Cartridge Lit, and (now) Press Pause Press, too! He’s also recently self-published a collection of essays and poems about and from video games, titled these lives were made for us to writhe in under a different name. You can find their pieces in a lot of places, but they’re close enough to find here: wyattbrion.substack.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/monique-harris-poetry daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/2a7cd2bf-5116-47c2-ae6f-68ccde09a74d/monique.jpg Monique Harris - Poetry - monique harris Monique Harris has been a healer, a teacher, a dancer, an artist and fan of all things sci-fi and parallel realities. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Torch Literary Magazine, Packington Review, Yellow Arrow Journal, Collateral, Moria, Talon Review, and others. Recently, she was awarded the 2023 Ephemera Good Contrivance Writing Residency. She has an MFA in creative writing from Indiana University and currently teaches at a community college in North Carolina. Her work can be found at monique-harris.com and she’s currently working on her first collection of poetry. https://www.presspausepress.org/nellie-bridge-poetry daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f03697e1-e86d-4803-84b8-ab8f79d2916c/nellie.jpg Nellie Bridge - Poetry - Nellie bridge Nellie Bridge is a poet and high school teacher currently living and working in Sofia, Bulgaria with her daughter. She grew up in Washington State, apprenticed as a letterpress printer, and later attended NYU's graduate creative writing program. Her poems explore porousness. A short chapbook, Poemas Sueltos, was translated into Spanish by Rodrigo Rojas in 2019. Poems exploring the paradox of Theseus' Ship have recently appeared in Volume, Vagabond Multilingual, and in the Bulgarian newspaper Literatura Vestnik. https://www.presspausepress.org/rushing-pittman-poetry daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b0db1f07-bd9f-4f5c-8d27-ee8ce0f0c1eb/rushingp.jpg Rushing Pittman - Poetry - rushing pittman Rushing Pittman is a transgender man from Alabama. His writing has appeared in Sundog Lit, Annulet, jubilat, The Boiler, Hayden’s Ferry Review and other various journals. He is the author of the chapbooks Mad Dances for Mad Kings (Factory Hollow Press, 2015) and There Is One Crow That Will Not Stop Cawing (Another New Calligraphy, 2016). He earned his MFA in poetry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is an editor for Biscuit Hill, an online poetry journal. https://www.presspausepress.org/gia-masih-through-the-wind daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4e3738f6-d68d-4c7d-adf2-52fd63b8460c/giamasih.jpg Gia Masih - Through the Wind - gia masih Gia Masih is a writer from India. She is currently studying for her Cambridge A levels. She likes to read, write fiction, and create digital art of her own characters in her spare time. She is also passionate about music and theatre. https://www.presspausepress.org/maleka-kakkar-shifting-gears daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/f6e77d68-d93b-4c35-a942-f5868147c215/maleka.jpg Maleka Kakkar - Shifting Gears - maleka kakkar Maleka Kakkar is 17 years old and from Long Island, New York. In her free time, she likes to listen to music, read, dance, and play the piano. This is her first published piece of work. https://www.presspausepress.org/carolyn-lu-endless-separation daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/398d4de2-8815-458c-8ba2-0265ecbc4cc2/carolyn_-_press_pause_press.JPG Carolyn Lu - Endless Separation - carolyn lu Carolyn Lu is a 17-year-old senior at Cinco Ranch High School in Katy, TX. Her writing has won recognition in the Scholastic Writing Award Contests and The Poetry Society of Texas Student Contest and has also appeared in Stone Soup. She enjoys telling stories about her community, culture, and heritage. https://www.presspausepress.org/cole-hammer-poetry daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5e745f58-bd52-42d7-912d-141a03974135/colehammer.JPG Cole Hammer - Poetry - cole hammer Cole Hammer is a writer as well as a musician who writes about his mental health and his experiences as a queer person. He has been writing poetry since 2020, and this is his second publication after being published as an emerging poet by Oyster River Pages. https://www.presspausepress.org/sullivan-drawing-of-a-pirate daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d76136a3-2680-4964-9f2b-d7c4e17439dd/Pirate+%281%29.jpg Sullivan - Drawing of a pirate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/7fac2fb1-c35a-4454-a64b-b22d085f84d7/sullivan.png Sullivan - Drawing of a pirate - sullivan Sullivan is a happy, active six-year-old boy who loves all things pirate-y, whales, and trains. His favorite pastimes are drawing and gardening. https://www.presspausepress.org/ryan-agarwal-drawings daily 0.75 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a9e4bb92-c97d-406c-b707-ac188d99ea4a/Flutter+%281%29.png Ryan Agarwal - Drawings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/e281f123-f88d-439b-87f7-2622edd272b0/TheFacelessFollower+%281%29.png Ryan Agarwal - Drawings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/2666c4c3-34dd-4420-93d2-8cb5e716865b/Art_-_Wildflower+%281%29.jpg Ryan Agarwal - Drawings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/6a304579-44f3-49cb-b4da-f23075e76f2a/ryana.jpg Ryan Agarwal - Drawings - ryan agarwal Ryan Agarwal has been passionate about art since he could first hold a crayon. He loves to do it during his free time and has also studied at the Artworks Fine Art Studio in San Francisco for nearly a decade. He is a sophomore at St. Ignatius High School in San Francisco where he lives with his parents and his dog Valentino. https://www.presspausepress.org/pia-quintano-paintings daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/bd9441c1-22d3-4bc5-9f19-7528460ac1c0/Conair_132030+%281%29.jpg Pia Quintano - Paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b2513ae8-1751-4075-bfa6-5d76b57a06c8/Eyeonegg_212522+%281%29.jpg Pia Quintano - Paintings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/cbdd1bcb-9f92-4291-8d9a-ba081e255fec/Undertheweather_202032+%281%29.jpg Pia Quintano - Paintings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/eb15a908-803f-408e-a41a-535cbe0ce900/pia.JPG Pia Quintano - Paintings - pia quintano Pia Quintano is a New York City-based writer/painter who enjoys the heavily visual in fiction and the narrative in painting. Trapped in a concrete jungle one naturally needs a constant access to other worlds, even if "only" imaginative. Before it closed, Pia's paintings were sold at the Frank J. Miele Contemporary American Folk Art Gallery in NYC. https://www.presspausepress.org/kasia-runte-digital-art daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/d762d0d1-5c4e-4096-90e3-ddfc3851e221/Self-Reflection+%281%29.jpg Kasia Runte - Digital Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/bce949c4-51b6-46d5-a7ac-811b4cc93d91/TigerAndFish+%281%29.jpeg Kasia Runte - Digital Art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/268b0065-2b9f-423d-8536-e7f79a850ec6/kasia.jpg Kasia Runte - Digital Art - kasia runte Kasia Runte is a student in Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge. She is primarily a digital artist. She loves arts. She loves being creative. She is emotionally driven, so the art she creates is emotionally driven. Art is the passion she feels and the passion she wants to share. She always wants to tell a story with her art, even if she never shares what the story is. https://www.presspausepress.org/ernest-williamson-iii-paintings daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/653096ac-ab58-4d5d-bd21-927ff95bb293/Yayue_Dancers+%281%29.jpeg Ernest Williamson III - Paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5d29b607-7294-4cf6-a1cd-6275ecc13f45/writing-on-the-wall-dr-ernest-williamson-iii+%281%29.jpg Ernest Williamson III - Paintings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/dc467940-ebc9-4321-9e1d-ef88fb49f6b4/ernest.jpeg Ernest Williamson III - Paintings - ernest williamson III Ernest Williamson III has published creative work in over 600 journals. He has published poetry in over 200 journals, including The Oklahoma Review, Review Americana: A Creative Writing Journal, Pamplemousse, formerly known as The Gihon River Review, and The Copperfield Review. Some of his visual artwork has appeared in journals such as The Columbia Review, The GW Review, New England Review, and The Tulane Review. Williamson holds an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Memphis and a PhD in Higher Education Leadership, Management, & Policy from Seton Hall University. Currently, Ernest lives in Tennessee. https://www.presspausepress.org/sabahat-ali-wani-photograph daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/cb439549-86bc-42c5-a3b2-2a577a7465fd/Springs_Yellow_Dance+%281%29.jpg Sabahat Ali Wani - Photograph https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c139afa5-defc-4382-aeaf-7fcb8adf2381/Sabahat.jpg Sabahat Ali Wani - Photograph - sabahat ali wani Sabahat Ali Wani is a visual artist from Kashmir. Previously, her artwork has appeared in many journals and magazines like Club Plum Literary Journal, About Place Journal (Black Earth Institute), the long con magazine, Maaje Zevwe, Blue Marble Review, Variant Literature, Metonym Journal, and Josephine Quarterly. https://www.presspausepress.org/ben-miller-essay-as-collage daily 0.75 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739467353254-UZY3CYYCD6Z439TS11BW/BenMiller_Page_01_Image_0001.jpg Ben Miller - Essay as Collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739467353471-34JG8GKPOKI8YED7X0U5/BenMiller_Page_02_Image_0002.jpg Ben Miller - Essay as Collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739467357555-926POTF9N2KMJRD9YHDO/BenMiller_Page_03_Image_0003.jpg Ben Miller - Essay as Collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739467357681-TRB0MDLJZZ130LANDWVH/BenMiller_Page_04_Image_0004.jpg Ben Miller - Essay as Collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739467360867-EUFY941Q8GBN5I6WY8WF/BenMiller_Page_05_Image_0005.jpg Ben Miller - Essay as Collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739467361529-4MIX9N7S2O26DD2ZA39S/BenMiller_Page_06_Image_0006.jpg Ben Miller - Essay as Collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739467364309-K6JTTORWVZMEDCU73SA8/BenMiller_Page_07_Image_0007.jpg Ben Miller - Essay as Collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739467367940-XV31P5P65KFR20OEJ9S2/BenMiller_Page_08_Image_0008.jpg Ben Miller - Essay as Collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739467367992-IV7VU8LYWVLTU75N10LW/BenMiller_Page_09_Image_0009.jpg Ben Miller - Essay as Collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1739467370532-PPMZADYCNCEU4CAU2X1N/BenMiller_Page_10_Image_00010.jpg Ben Miller - Essay as Collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/6580bcaa-3731-4e92-92d8-e5530cc36b4c/TImesSquareMiller.jpg Ben Miller - Essay as Collage - ben miller Ben Miller is the author of the recently released Pandemonium Logs: Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2020-2022 (Raritan Skiff Books, an imprint of Rutgers University Press) and River Bend Chronicle: The Junkification of a Boyhood Idyll Amid the Curious Glory of Urban Iowa (Lookout Books). His work has been anthologized in Best American Essays and Best American Experimental Writing. Each segment in the Decimal Point Wonders series is crafted by hand. Content is drawn from notes about small experiences and visions that awakened consciousness in a big way, countering the numbing technological onslaught of our era. The visual intensity asks the reader to slow down and open up to the physicality of reading, as opposed to gliding over the predictability of texts tattooing a screen. The series counts as an opportunity to experiment with many expressive materials and the fresh infinite depth of a blank page. https://www.presspausepress.org/flying-fox-farm-aerials daily 0.75 2025-03-27 https://www.presspausepress.org/gerburg-garmann-two-songs daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8ed1bb5e-a45f-4fc3-b7d8-3f09c2d97b7b/garmann.png Gerburg Garmann - Two Songs - Make it stand out picture sourced from Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4f3fdf7b-2053-47b4-a7e2-5d5a93ea8fa5/Gerburg+Garmann+picture.jpg Gerburg Garmann - Two Songs - gerburg garmann is a former professor of Global Languages and Cross-Cultural Studies at the University of Indianapolis, USA. Her scholarly publications appear in English, German, and French in international journals. Her artwork and poems have appeared in various magazines and anthologies around the world. She specializes in creating art for women. https://www.presspausepress.org/joshua-kepfer-two-songs daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/ac564395-23eb-41a1-8412-1aad46c38ae9/kepfer_QR+Code+Spread.png Joshua Kepfer - Two Songs - Make it stand out picture sourced from Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/67316823-a2e1-4002-b12c-43941425bbd3/me+2.jpg Joshua Kepfer - Two Songs - joshua kepfer Inspired by his maternal grandfather Tom Dennis, a songwriter and performer in Texas circa 1940 to 1965, songwriter Phil Coomer writes songs about life and love and sets these stories and images in motion and to life in front of you. Phil’s gentle guitar fingerpicking style combined with sweet melodies fit the lead of the lyrics and blend into focused truly original songs. Early on, Phil developed a passion for music and songwriting as he listened to WABC, a Pop music station beamed out of New York City to the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, John Denver and Jim Croce. Following his grandfather’s lead, Phil discovered he could write his own songs from his own experiences and take listeners on a unique uplifting journey. Formal training for songwriting began at the Kerrville Songwriter school from Steve Seskin, Steve Gillette, Jon Ims and others. Phil’s drive in sharing his voice has taken the music everywhere from coffee houses, house concerts, festivals, bars and even live streams with audiences as large as half a million viewers. Live streamed personal concerts from Phil’s kitchen and living room during the pandemic brought him more than six thousand fans from all over the world who follow him on Reddit, YouTube, Facebook, Spotify and all streaming platforms. Phil has performed live in venues from an island in Maine, to Florida and Texas. 2023 Song of the Year semi-finalist Award with "Still Lives" - 2023 Project North Festival National Songwriting Competition Winner with "Brown Trout" - Rhineland, WI; 2023 The Crooked Road National Songwriting contest finalist with "Brown Trout" - Abingdon, VA. https://www.presspausepress.org/featured-throwback-volume-11 daily 0.75 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1760745080519-RKZYNKQHGOQCLXJ40AGY/PillowStudies1.webp Featured Throwback - Volume 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1760745064093-5COXV5EQ336IAXKRM05Y/Pillow+Studies+2.webp Featured Throwback - Volume 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1760745240529-MX20AJZV895SORNRUB0E/unsplash-image-45sjAjSjArQ.jpg Featured Throwback - Volume 11 - the public domain review This series was sourced from the Public Domain Review. 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Alise Versella Alise Versella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/9f4d8fce-f512-4a72-924a-ed00a7eb2d81/All+of+the+passengers+on+the+Mayflower+were+Americans+with+an+equal+blend+of+diverse+racial+and+ethnic+backgrounds.+They+took+a+photo+a+few+weeks+before+the+mission+start+date%2C+standing+in+their+s.png Volume 11 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.presspausepress.org/matt-bender-ghost-in-a-meatball daily 0.75 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/354c25c2-bc05-418e-b33c-537965a8764d/Matt.png Matt Bender - You're a Ghost in a Meatball - Make it stand out Play/click to watch/hear Matt read an excerpt of this excerpt! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/be2ace9a-7bb1-465f-b209-53d1bf32638f/matt.webp Matt Bender - You're a Ghost in a Meatball - matt bender Matt Bender currently works in the international school system teaching World Literature and Composition in beautiful southern China, home of dim sum and the Cantonese language. His work has been featured in Necessary Fiction, daCunha International, Infernal Ink, and other fine publications. He also worked as a journalist for Word Magazine (Ho Chi Minh City edition) during his time living in Vietnam (2011 - 2015). His book, 3rd place winner of Press Pause's Beautiful Pause Prize (2024), You're a Ghost in a Meatball on a Rock in a Vast and Empty Universe. Just Fucking Go For It Already, is a queer, punk, coming-of-age hero's quest about heroes' quests told in three parts, 23 chapters, and nine interludes. Check out Matt's post-punk band SLO Pony wherever you get your music and/or read his nonfiction at BenderBBender.medium.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/sarah-harley-the-rest daily 0.75 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/474493a3-fd8b-4530-a44a-82ab5b8f6473/sh.jpeg Sarah Harley - The Rest - sarah harley is originally from the UK. She works at Milwaukee High School of the Arts where she helps refugee students to tell their own stories. Sarah holds a BA in Comparative Literature and French, as well as an MA in Foreign Language and Literature. Her work is deeply informed by her lived experience navigating childhood trauma and PTSD. Her essays have appeared in West Trade Review, Glassworks Magazine, Mud Season Review, and elsewhere. You can read more of her work here. https://www.presspausepress.org/jamie-simons-the-clergy-collar-vodka-run daily 0.75 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/4013a2e9-9621-434f-ba03-25722ab61455/jamiesimons.jpg Jamie Simons - The Clergy Collar Vodka Run - jamie simons grew up amidst his family’s auto salvage business finding inspiration in the relics of forgotten lives—be it old golf clubs, unopened cans of beer, or dirty magazines. This curiosity fueled his writing, which explores the unfiltered side of youth and small-town life in the Upper Midwest. His work, a testament to these experiences, has found a home in Spring Thaw Magazine, Whiskey Tit Journal, and others. https://www.presspausepress.org/kaylie-saidin-mayflower daily 0.75 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/94e1e7d2-a372-4d62-9c95-288c15fad6da/Headshot2.JPG Kaylie Saidin - Mayflower - kaylie saidin grew up in California and now lives in North Carolina. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from UNC Wilmington, where she served as Fiction Coeditor of Ecotone Magazine. Her writing has appeared in Oxford American, Prairie Schooner, New Orleans Review, Los Angeles Review, Nashville Review, Fourteen Hills, and elsewhere. https://www.presspausepress.org/pia-quintano-the-river daily 0.75 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/c4ca8fcc-c0c6-4422-bfa2-2856780665f2/pia.webp Pia Quintano - The River - pia quintano is a New York based writer/painter who often explores the underside of living in a metropolis. She spent a winter at the MacDowell Colony focusing both on new work and revision. Her stories have appeared in Havik and Lunch Ticket among other publications. https://www.presspausepress.org/john-w-ballantine-get-thee-to-a-shrink daily 0.75 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/65a81c57-3359-4d58-bbd0-941e78432ef0/balantine.vert.jpg John W. Ballantine - Get Thee to a Shrink - john w. ballantine is an emeritus professor at Brandeis University. He received his masters degree and Ph.D. in economics from University of Chicago and NYU Stern, respectively. His economic commentary has appeared in Salon, The Boston Globe, and The Conversation, among others. Before turning to economics, he received his BA in English and film studies from Harvard. https://www.presspausepress.org/renee-shi-naturally-smart daily 0.75 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/6c2006f8-f2cb-4ba3-b3e6-0cd21c60ba3d/Renee.png Renee Shi - Naturally Smart - renee shi is from McLean, Virginia (USA). She is currently a student at Langley High School. As a National Young Arts Award winner and two-time Scholastic Arts and Writing National Medalist, she enjoys writing, drawing, animating, and crocheting. Several animated movies created by her have won "Best Animated Film" Awards in prestigious international film festival awards including the London Festival of Cinema (UK), Golden Nugget International Film Festival (UK), All-American High School Film Festival (US), Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival (Korea), Top Indie Film Awards (Japan), Festival del Cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli (Italy), etc. She is also an advocate for human rights, social justice, gun control, and environmental protections and has been raising awareness of those issues through her work on writing and animations that reach millions of readers and audiences around the globe. https://www.presspausepress.org/skylar-lynn-tibbetts-first-aid daily 0.75 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a9d3148e-29c6-40c6-9747-6fe72afde27c/skylar.JPG Skylar Lynn Tibbetts - First Aid - skylar lynn tibbetts is a hybrid writer from Seattle, WA. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Montana. In the summers, she moonlights as a whitewater guide on rivers across the West. https://www.presspausepress.org/charles-byrne-three-shorts daily 0.75 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5a7d2ab3-b3fb-4533-b47a-1dd664ed52dc/--Logo--PPP--Spine.png Charles Byrne - Three Shorts - Charles byrne is a writer with other stories in journals that include Emrys, Gavialidae, and Scarlet Leaf Review. https://www.presspausepress.org/barlow-crassmont-the-iconoclastic-rubble daily 0.75 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a0f5d299-bf5b-49bb-b8c4-60aba9e33764/Barlow.jpg Barlow Crassmont - The Iconoclastic Rubble - barlow crassmont has lived in the USA, Eastern Europe, Middle East and China. When not teaching or writing, he dabbles in juggling, solving the Rubik’s Cube, and learning other languages. He has been published by British Science Fiction Association, Mobius Blvd, and in the 41st anthology of Writers of the Future. https://www.presspausepress.org/alise-versella-special-kind-of-sadness daily 0.75 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/dc20302a-925e-476c-b903-f919668b40f4/Alise.png Alise Versella - Special Kind of Sadness - Make it stand out Play/click to hear Alise read this poem! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/fecf40cb-73dc-4e61-863f-8ed78fd4924e/Alise.jpeg Alise Versella - Special Kind of Sadness - alise versella is a Pushcart and Best of the Net nominated contributing writer for Rebelle Society. She is the author of the full-length When Wolves Become Birds (Golden Dragonfly Press 2021), the chapbooks A Psalm for the Weary (Alien Buddha Press 2023), Maenads of the 21st Century (Dancing Girl Press), Tender is the Body (Querencia Press 2023), and the forthcoming full length Inaccurate Histories (Golden Dragonfly Press). She has been published widely and long listed for Palette Poetry's 2021 Sappho Prize. Versella has worked with Women's Spiritual Poetry and is part of the Lunar Codex. You can connect with her at www.aliseversella.com. https://www.presspausepress.org/patrick-doerksen-nowhere-in-the-universe daily 0.75 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/a6a12006-6f9c-460c-85d8-fedffa3ef844/Patrick.png Patrick Doerksen - Nowhere in the Universe - Make it stand out Play/click to hear Patrick read an excerpt from this story! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/3cbb0bb7-9935-4b17-8fd8-db2c330db829/Patrick+Headshot.jpeg Patrick Doerksen - Nowhere in the Universe - patrick doerksen is a writer based in Brooklyn. He is a graduate of NYU’s MFA program, as well as the Clarion Writers’ Workshop in San Diego. His work has appeared in Penguin Canada’s Journey Prize Anthology, The Dalhousie Review, Mysterion, Aurealis, the Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, and other places. You can also find his work here. https://www.presspausepress.org/terence-patrick-hughes-as-the-night-the-day daily 0.75 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/1d2563e3-b164-4a53-8cef-b065184b67cd/Terence.png Terence Patrick Hughes - As the Night the Day - Make it stand out Play/click to hear Terence Patrick read an excerpt from this story! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/b71babe4-ff21-441d-b723-a66e041524bb/Terence_Patrick_Hughes_Pic_2024.jpg Terence Patrick Hughes - As the Night the Day - terence patrick hughes writes fiction and drama. Recent short stories appeared in Stonecoast Review, Ignatian Literary, Rock Salt Journal and Review Americana. His stage plays have been developed and produced around the USA and internationally. The New York Times noted that his work “…explores heavy subject matter with humorous dialogue and strong characters”. Born in Lawrence, MA, Hughes lives with his wife and two children in Woodstock, NY. https://www.presspausepress.org/melissa-loftus-operant-conditioning daily 0.75 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/8a3e720d-2e70-4395-a01d-3868f7734483/Melissa.png Melissa Loftus - Operant Conditioning - melissa loftus is a 25-year-old 2023 graduate of Boston University’s English program. She is currently a college and career advisor for AmeriCorps in the Boston area. She edits a LOT of college essays every day. This August she is starting an MFA at the University of Mississippi. She has a piece in an anthology for Free Spirit Publishing and is a reader for The Maine Review. https://www.presspausepress.org/rene-maori-the-city-that-never-sleeps daily 0.75 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/5f36b962-3ca0-4b21-9a04-d81389c9d9f4/rene.jpg Rene Maori - The City That Never Sleeps - renÉ maori I was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in 1960. I repatriated to Israel in 1997 and have lived there ever since. I've written a great deal – short stories, novellas, novels, and poetry. In the past, I wrote lyrics and scripts for cartoons, but that was a long time ago. I've been publishing since I was 12. I started with the children's newspaper "Pioneer of the East" where I was a young correspondent. Only my short stories were published, and this year my first co-authored novel was finally released. However, due to the war in Ukraine, all my contacts with Russia have been severed. I don't even know how I'll be able to get my author copies. I really want to break free from the confines of the Russian language because mentally, I feel little connection to contemporary Russian literature, and I prefer not to read much of what is being published there. That's why I decided to try reaching English-speaking readers. I hope they will appreciate my work. https://www.presspausepress.org/toluwaleyi-meadows-two-shorts daily 0.75 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57e17bb003596e2bdd427713/87989502-e8dc-448f-ac61-151e210f81c0/Tolu.jpg Toluwaleyi Meadows - Two Shorts - toluwaleyi meadows is a Nigerian Artist, writer, and poet. He uses writing along with art to convey parts of his story and experiences, and also as a form of advocacy. 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