Curated by Tom Cole & Christen Clifford
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry & performance texts by the most adventurous, cross-genre established & emerging writers.
Meet Our Authors:
Ru Marshall is a nonbinary writer and visual artist. Twenty years in the making, American Trickster, their biography of Carlos Castaneda, was published by OR Books in June 2026. Their novel, A Separate Reality, was released by Carrol and Graf in 2006 and was nominated for a Lambda Award for Debut Fiction. They are the recipient of the Hazel Rowley Prize from the Biographers International Organization, and have twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Their work has appeared in Salon, N + 1, The Evergreen Review, The Kenyon Review, The Barcelona Review, Your Impossible Voice, The Michigan Quarterly Review, Waxwing and elsewhere. Their visual work has been exhibited at Participant Inc., Art in General, White Columns, and at numerous venues in the United States and Europe. Photo Credit Allen Frame rmarshallstudio.com
Alina Pleskova is a poet, editor, and Moscow-born immigrant turned proud Philadelphian. She’s the author of the poetry collection Toska (Deep Vellum), a 2024 Lambda Literary Award finalist. Her writing has appeared in American Poetry Review, blush, the tiny, Jewish Currents, Dusie, Peach Mag, and elsewhere. More at: alinapleskova.com