Writers
John Holman enjoys yoga, riding his bike, and living in Atlanta. He is the author of two short-story collections—Squabble and Other Stories and Triangle Ray—and a novel, Luminous Mysteries.
MoreDash Lewis is a musician and writer who lives in Richmond, Virginia. He spends his free time in search of the great American sandwich. You can follow him on social media: @gardenerjams.
MoreBecky Mandelbaum has been attacked by an owl. She is the author of two books: Bad Kansas, a collection of short stories, and The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals, a novel. She lives in Bellingham, Washington.
MoreMishele Maron’s disordered eating eventually led her to train as a professional chef. Now retired from the food industry, she cooks at home in Seattle, Washington, with her cats and dogs.
MoreJessica Hendry Nelson is a writer and professor who lives in Richmond, Virginia. She was once a contestant on Wheel of Fortune, where she lost to an actual rocket scientist. Her latest book is a memoir titled Joy Rides Through the Tunnel of Grief.
MoreC.L. O’Dell lives in New York’s Hudson Valley and sleeps with his windows open. His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, and The New Statesman.
MoreErik Tschekunow, released from prison and repentant, is still searching for the right way to say he’s sorry. His writing has appeared in Poetry, Rattle, and The Freshwater Review. He lives in Minnesota.
MorePhotographers
Shayna Bruce lives in historic Danville, Kentucky, where she finds inspiration in everyday life.
MoreDoug Bruns has traveled extensively in pursuit of images and adventure. He resides in Maryland with his wife of several decades and Cooper, a cairn terrier.
MoreElliot Burg is from Middlesex, Vermont. He has created photo essays about a young amateur boxing champ, his grandfather’s origin in Ukraine, and the search for justice for massacred political activists in Argentina.
MoreKai Carlson-Wee has rollerbladed professionally, surfed north of the Arctic Circle, and traveled across the country by freight train. He lives in San Francisco and teaches creative writing at Stanford.
MoreMichael Day is the executive producer of the forthcoming film La Medicina and is currently on a yearlong road trip across the US that will end in Parker, Colorado. You can follow him on Instagram: @_absentstyle_.
MorePete Duval is a photographer and fiction writer who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His newest book is Night Work, a crime novel set in the 1980s. You can follow him on Instagram: @peteduval10.
MoreIsmael Fernandez’s day job is portrait photography, but after hours he’s an avid participant in New York’s late-night dance scene.
MoreLawrence Hardy lives in Houlton, Maine, and is a track operator for a small railway based in Canada. He discovered photography shortly after finding sobriety nearly five years ago. You can follow him on Instagram: @lawrencexhardy.
MoreIan Hill is an adventure athlete and cofounder of a med-tech start-up who lives in Colorado. He can frequently be found dangling from a rope, shooting pictures and video. You can find his work on YouTube: @ianhil.
MoreNancy Kaye is a photographer and educator who lives in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post and The New York Times.
MoreMatthew King lives in Pennsylvania. Their fascinations are farming and photography, and they are likely in their kitchen or garden now, gushing over a newfound connection with a plant or fungus.
MoreSusan Lirakis has been making photographs since she was six years old, the same year she learned she needed eyeglasses. The two have been linked in her mind ever since. She lives in New Hampshire.
MoreLisa Whiteman is happiest when documenting life with a camera. She lives with her family in Maplewood, New Jersey.
MoreOn The Cover
Robert Gyori is a photographer and retired architect. He took this month’s cover image on Pine Street in San Francisco, as people waited for a bus.
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