Contributors

Tara McCarthy Altebrando is a third-generation spoon collector who lives in Queens, New York. Her most recent passion project is adapting one of her novels into a musical with the help of her musician husband.

Christina Berke waits all year for apricot season in Los Angeles while teaching and writing. You can follow her on Instagram: @whereischristina

Richard Chess is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Love Nailed to the Doorpost. He was once given meditation instructions by Allen Ginsberg while driving him across New Jersey.

Finn Cohen is an associate editor of The Sun.

Stephen Knauth lives with his wife, Sally, in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he likes to walk in what’s left of the woods. A compendium of his earlier work, All Calm Beyond, will be released this fall.

Michele Morano is the author of the memoirs Like Love and Grammar Lessons: Translating a Life in Spain. She is currently at work on a book-length essay about the concept of a good death. She lives in Chicago.

Susan Perabo is the author of two novels and two collections of short stories. She teaches creative writing at Dickinson College. Her favorite month is April because when the weather turns, anything seems possible.

Sparrow lives in an inconspicuous double-wide in Phoenicia, New York, and studies French at night while brushing his teeth. One of his books is Small Happiness & Other Epiphanies.

Leath Tonino is a freelance writer living in Colorado who agrees with Gerard Manley Hopkins: “We must not insist on knowing where verse ends and prose (or verseless composition) begins, for they pass into one another.”

Dominique Philippe Bonnet is a seasoned traveler, a literature enthusiast, and a photographer based in central France. His years as a street mime have trained him to anticipate and respond to human behavior. (dpb-fineartphotography.com)

Eric Davidove is a street photographer in the Bay Area. He is currently documenting the San Jose Flea Market, which has been around since 1960. Instagram: @edovephotos.

Cyrille Druart has been designing architectural projects and taking photographs for around twenty years. He lives in Paris. (cyrilledruart.com)

Gloria Baker Feinstein is a photographer living in Oregon. One of her most treasured pastimes is baking, and she is particularly proud of her ginger-molasses cookies and chiffon cake with berries and cream.

Michael Galinsky lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and has contributed to The Sun for more than thirty-five years. Instagram: @rumurpix.

Lucas Lammott resides in southern New Jersey, where he works in the world of dental technology. He finds inspiration for his photography in both natural landscapes and gritty urban environments.

Sutton Raeburn, an eighteen-year-old high school senior, was initially introduced to photography by her stepfather. She finds that mosh-pit crowds make for the best subjects, with their unique and exciting energy.

Eric Redder is a videographer and editor based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Last year he took up photography as a hobby, and it quickly became an obsession.

Karen Rubin has traveled the world, connecting with people, cultures, and places through her reporting and photography. She seeks to reveal the common threads that unite us all. (goingplacesfarandnear.com)

Debra Sugerman is an artist and filmmaker. The ability of a single image to inspire and connect us is what drives her to keep making photographs. (liquidsugarfilms.com)

Cynthia S. Warner lives in Concord, North Carolina, and finds that focusing on the small details leads her to a better understanding and appreciation of the bigger picture. Instagram: @warnercynthias.

Kim Weimer has been documenting her Philadelphia community for decades, striving to capture the essence of everyday life there. (kawphoto.com)

Forest Woodward is an interdisciplinary visual artist based in Missoula, Montana. His work is informed by time spent within the edgelands: places where the shifting currents of human presence and absence are etched in the landscapes.

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