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Julia Rose Lewis

Julia is working on her PhD in Creative Writing at Cardiff University. Julia has published the pamphlets Zeroing Event and Exhalation Halves Lambda. Julia is beginning to build a molecular model of Taxol. Julia is done with the oncology department at Nantucket Cottage Hospital forever. Julia is unsure about how to write a bio. Julia's favorite knickknacks are laboratory goggles. Julia can be found @lilysbarnmate.

Kirsten Voris

Kirsten is currently processing her storage units. Kirsten has spent more time acquiring than tossing. Kirsten is beginning to see that she has two units; one three miles from her house and another inside her, which is just as full of stuff she doesn’t want anymore. Kirsten is done collecting plates and barware forever. Kirsten is unsure about what to do with the journals and the ghosts; you can’t toss ghosts. Kirsten's favorite knickknacks are borrowed from the sea. Kirsten can be found under a tree (or in a chair, thinking about one).

Mariya Deykute

Mariya is a rehabilitated feral high school teacher. Mariya has great respect for trees. Mariya is beginning to wilt around the edges. Mariya is done waiting forever. Mariya is unsure about parallel structure. Mariya's favorite knickknack is a hedgehog salt shaker. Mariya can be found at mdeykute.com.

Preeti Vangani

Preeti is a spoken word poet from India. She has work published or forthcoming in Juked, Public Pool and Lines+Stars. She is beginning to write creative non fiction too. Preeti has loved Bollywood forever. Her favorite knickknacks are banana chips and bookmarks. She can be found as @Pscripturient on twitter or on https://www.facebook.com/preetivanganipoetry/.

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