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Updated as of August 2023

Alex Manebur

Alex Manebur

Poetry Editor

Alex Manebur is a poet and editor whose work explores themes of identity, memory, and place. They bring a keen eye for language and form to the poetry selection process.

Zoe Elisabeth

Zoe Elisabeth

Poetry Editor

Zoe Elisabeth is a poet from Washington, DC and a student at Sarah Lawrence College. She has been published in Kissing Dynamite, Caesura, Rust + Moth, and Counterclock. She is also the Associate Editor for Thrush Poetry Journal.

Abigail Chang

Abigail Chang

Poetry Editor

Abigail Chang is a poet and student passionate about exploring the intersections of language, culture, and emotion through verse.

Smile Jiang

Smile Jiang

Poetry Editor

Smile Jiang is a poet dedicated to discovering fresh voices and innovative approaches to contemporary poetry.

Jannah Yusuf Al-Jamil

Jannah Yusuf Al-Jamil

Poetry Editor

Jannah Yusuf Al-Jamil brings diverse perspectives and a love for lyrical expression to the poetry team.

Ruoyu Wang

Ruoyu Wang

Poetry Editor

Ruoyu Wang is a queer writer from Washington state. Recognized by the Adroit Prize for Poetry, their poems appear in The Shore, Sine Theta Magazine, and COUNTERCLOCK. They love cold drinks and telling their friends they are so full of light and joy.

Arden Frost

Arden Frost

Prose Editor

Arden Frost is a student and writer from the DC area. She edits with Polyphony Lit and her school's literary magazine, and her work has been featured in BLANK Magazine. She is fueled by dark roast coffee, indie folk, and obscure historical facts.

Katie Grierson

Katie Grierson

Prose Editor

Katie Grierson believes in aliens. She is a 2020 YoungArts Finalist in Novel-Writing, a Presidential Scholar in the Arts Semifinalist, and an alumni of the Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program. She also overuses the em dash.

Previous Editors & Staff

Poetry

Nicole Hur, Ariel K. Moniz, Richard Zhu, Daniel Liu, Bianca Alyssa Pérez, Olaitan Humble, Dhwanee Goyal, Rebecca Choe, Zarnab Tufail, Vaishnavi Sharma, Yejin Suh, Joy Mathebula

Prose

Kris Busch, Miye Sugino, Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim, Elliot DelSignore, Antara Gupta, Jessica Lampard, Jennifer Chiu, Cindy Tran, Nikki P, Chinonye Omeirondi, Lou Willmott, Anne Greenawalt, Ellen Scherer