Contributors

Derek Askey is an associate editor at The Sun. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, but he’ll go on and on about his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, if you let him.

Nadia Colburn lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She’s the author of the poetry collection I Say the Sky and the founder of Align Your Story, an online writing school.

Michelle DuBarry is a grant writer, political activist, and union agitator in Portland, Oregon. Her hobbies, according to her children, include cleaning and “salads.”

Cynthia Marie Hoffman was first chair in her high-school classical-guitar ensemble but has since traded her musical knowledge for the music of words. Her newest book is Exploding Head, a memoir about obsessive-compulsive disorder. She lives in Wisconsin.

Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum’s most recent collection of short stories is What We Do with the Wreckage, and her first novel, Elita, is forthcoming in 2025. She teaches seventh grade and lives near Seattle, Washington, where she sails Puget Sound in a twenty-four-foot ketch.

Jim Moore lives in Minnesota. His next book of poetry, Enter, will be published by Graywolf Press in 2025.

Andrew Snee is senior editor at The Sun, where he has worked since 1994.

Erin Wood publishes nonfiction and children’s books through her small press, Et Alia Press, in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is the author of a book about women and creativity and the editor of Scars: An Anthology.

Tyler Brown enjoys art, food, travel, and film cameras. He writes software for a living and lives in Thetford, Vermont.

Cyrille Druart has been designing architectural projects and practicing photography for around twenty years. He lives in France.

Nelly Higginbotham is a photographer who lives in Hotchkiss, Colorado, where she works as an herbalist, soap maker, and farmer.

Frank Jackson developed an interest in photography after discovering that no matter how skilled he became at drawing, art supplies looked less attractive hanging from his neck than a camera. He lives in California.

Sarah E N Kohrs is a poet, potter, and photographer who lives in Virginia. Her work has appeared in Beyond Words, CALYX, and Culinary Origami.

Robert Louis is a former New Yorker of twenty-three years. In 2020 he relocated back to his hometown of Miami, Florida, where he is preparing for his first solo exhibition.

Ryan Malloy is a documentary filmmaker and photographer, which explains his habit of wandering around with a camera and talking to strangers. He’s based in Seattle, Washington.

George Meier lives in New Denver, British Columbia, Canada. He picked up photography after working for social change as a lawyer and then as a minister.

Anna Rees Morgan is currently on the road looking for a place to put down roots, dragging a suitcase full of cameras and film with her.

M. Elena Segantini is a single mom homeschooling a vibrant teen boy. She splits her time between the US and Italy.

Pauly V is a film photographer who lives with chronic illness in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He publishes Kzoo Film Photo, a free photography zine. You can request a physical copy by emailing him at kzoofilmphoto@pm.me.

Lloyd Wolf lives in Arlington, Virginia, and has been a photographer for over five decades. He’s still actively pursuing wisdom’s sometimes elusive trail.

Sol Anzorena was born in Argentina, raised in Spain, and now lives off-grid on the shore of Lake Superior. When she isn’t foraging mushrooms, she creates art and music. The image on this month’s cover is part of her photo series “The Skin I Leave,” which explores the changing beauty of human bodies. The model is her friend Abdoul.