Meet Dawn Steiner! Dawn’s poem, “The Hanging of Wilbert Coffin,” will be featured in our upcoming poetry special issue, vol. 12.

How Dawn describes this poem in 12 words or less:
“Picking raspberries under the hangman’s noose”

Dawn Steiner began writing poetry under the guidance of Stephanie Bolster. She has collaborated on five chapbooks as well as a collection in book form called Oblique Strokes. She was the winner of Arc’s Diane Brebner Prize in 2019. Her poems have appeared in Bywords, In/Words, Feral, Prairie Fire and in the anthology Heartbeat.

Meet Michael Russell! Michael’s poem, “Hellfire,” will be featured in our upcoming poetry special issue, vol. 12!

How Michael describes this poem in 12 words or less:
“The body, overwritten with flashbacks, set to fire and rage”

Michael Russell (he/they) is the author of chapbook Grindr Opera (Frog Hollow Press). He’s queer, has BPD, Bipolar Disorder, and way too much anxiety. His work has appeared in Contemporary Verse 2, Heavy Feather Review and SICK Magazine among other places. He lives in Toronto and thinks you’re fantabulous. Instagram: @michael.russell.poet.

Meet Lauren Prousky! Lauren’s poem, “‘See those three stars over there?'”, will be featured in our upcoming poetry special issue. 

How Lauren describes this poem in 12 words or less:
“Intersection: wanting to be told what to do and realizing nobody can”

Lauren Prousky is a Kitchener-based play and research-based artist, writer and curator working primarily in sculpture, fibres and zines. Lauren’s work spans a variety of topics and generally consists of a fluctuating rotation of three to five projects. These currently include the aesthetics and linguistics of cultural Judaism, sudoku puzzles as a type of generative art, and slime as a cultural phenomenon.