jjournal.org/post/to-bury-a… Her poetry collection "For Those Who Don’t Know Chocolate" was published (2/19) by Poetic Justice Books & Arts. Her illustrated children book "The Cocoa Boy and Other Stories" was published (2/20). "To Bury A Curious Girl" was published by Bedazzled Ink.

jjournal.org/post/a-song-fo… Author of six books: The O in the Air (Franciscan University Press). Her work has appeared widely in journals on both sides of the Atlantic, including 32 Poems, Rattle, and the Los Angeles Review of Books (US) and The Dark Horse and PN Review (UK).

jjournal.org/post/horror Tim Raymond works as a barista in Seoul, South Korea. His fiction has appeared recently or will appear in Boulevard, CRAFT, and Southeast Review, among other publications. He posts comics about autism, gender, and writing on Instagram at Carlos Salamanca.

jjournal.org/post/the-last-… Born and raised in rural North Dakota, Brorby holds a PhD in nineteenth-century English literature and has taught at institutions in St. Louis; Columbia, MO; Zhuhai, China; and Atlanta, where he currently resides. This story marks his fiction debut.

jjournal.org/post/i-labor Wrote feminist noir novel Found, Committal, poet-friendly spy-fy, & spare change, finalist Stafford/Hall Award, poetry. Denver Quarterly, The Feminist Wire, The Rumpus + more. Supports creative writing at regional prison, teaches, editor at Airlie Press.

jjournal.org/post/murmurati… Poems published in The Atlantic, The New Republic, Plume, Ploughshares, Innisfree Poetry Journal, The Literary Review, and others. Two poetry collections by CavanKerry Press: The Fork Without Hunger; Without Wings. Professor emeritus, Whitworth University.

jjournal.org/current-issue The cartoon voice, "I am what I am," sounds simplistic.  But, we are what we are and like. We like low-to-the ground, less-is-more, tangential routes to justice. Still, in #35, more than real seems possible; possible enough to move toward the fantastic.

jjournal.org/post/new-terri… Nina Ellis’s short stories have appeared in Granta, American Chordata, Carve Magazine, The London Magazine, Ambit, 3:AM, the Mays anthology and elsewhere. Her essays have appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, The Oxford Review of Books and elsewhere.

jjournal.org/post/the-barbe… De is a Visiting Research Fellow at Penn State. She specializes in masculinity studies and global south literatures. Her creative works have appeared in Café Dissensus, Aaduna, Muse India, Cerebrations, Snarl, Barricade, Hong Kong Review.

jjournal.org/post/customer-… A documentary poet who writes using a unique method of homophonic translation. Authored Arizona SB 1070: An Act (Downstate Legacies) and How I Pitched the First Curve (Lit Fest Press), + forthcoming chapbook Suppose / a Presence (Action, Spectacle).

jjournal.org/post/wilding J. E. Robinson's poem “Panaetius” appeared in J Journal in Spring 2024 and received a “Best of the Net” nomination. Currently, he enjoys retirement.

jjournal.org/post/smoke-bre… Books: SCAR ON/SCAR OFF, When Trying to Return Home and Kinds of Grace. Fellowships from NEA, Kimbilio, CantoMundo. Heralded by NYT, Kirkus Reviews, Elle, Latinx in Publishing, Ms. Magazine. Fiction editor, Pleiades. Assistant professor U Missouri.

jjournal.org/post/past-life Billie Pritchett is an English professor in the Department of Creative Convergence at Kyungnam University in Changwon, Korea. His work has appeared in Delmarva Review, Washington Square Review, and most recently in Arkana.

jjournal.org/post/things-yo… Authored Meet Me at the Bottom, The Only Country Was the Color of My Skin, Umberto’s Night (won poetry prize from Washington Writers’ Publishing House). + James Still Award, Thomas Merton prize, H.O.W. Journal, Washington Square Review.

jjournal.org/post/untitled-… Author of 8 poetry collections: Frida Kahlo in Fort Lauderdale, Self-Portrait in a Door-Length Mirror (2017 Miller Williams Prize winner), The Garden of Earthly Delights Book of Ghazals, Rorschach Art Too (2014 Donald Justice Prize, 2021 +

jjournal.org/post/severe-fi… A 30-year cooking career led to moderate renown. Today, after fallout from destructive choices, Jim is in prison preparing meals for fellow incarcerees, writing with wry humor about the care and feeding of those behind bars.

jjournal.org/post/my-deal Her stories appear in Big Muddy, Moment Magazine, Cherry Tree; essay “The Perfect Height for Kissing” won Columbia University’s Non-Fiction Prize (# 53 of Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art). “Taking Mary Oliver’s Advice” is online Cotton Xenomorph.

jjournal.org/post/maybe Wright authored the comic novel Me and Gepe and forthcoming science fiction novel Being. Short work has appeared in over forty literary magazines, including Dark Yonder, Oyster River Pages, and Paris Lit Up. He lives in North Dakota.

jjournal.org/post/decision-… Michael Jones poetry appears in journals such as Salamander, J Journal, Sugar House, and Beloit Poetry Journal. He has taught since 1990 in Oakland (CA) public schools.