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Featured Poets

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Each month, the Kissing Dynamite team selects the work of one poet to discuss in detail.  See our featured poets below!

February 2023

Marina Hope Wilson

Marina Hope Wilson’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in journals such as The Massachusetts Review,  Horse Less Review,  Mulberry Literary, The Racket, and $. Her chapbook, Nighttime, was a finalist in the Black Lawrence Press Spring 2022 Black River Chapbook Competition. Marina lives in San Francisco with her partner, stepdaughter, and two cats, and makes her living as a speech-language therapist.

January 2023

Ava Ye

Ava Ye/叶曳 (she/her) is a Chinese writer attending high school in Los Angeles. She has been recognized by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and is an alumna of the Iowa Young Writers' Studio. Aside from writing, Ava is often enjoying iced coffee and waiting for the next rainstorm. You can find her on Instagram @avayeye.

December 2022

Sadie McCarney

Sadie McCarney (she/her) is a queer, neurodivergent writer-performer based on Prince Edward Island, Canada. She is the author of the poetry collections Live Ones (University of Regina Press, 2019/ tall-lighthouse uk, 2020) and Your Therapist Says It’s Magical Thinking (forthcoming from ECW Press, 2023) as well as the found poetry performance text chapbook/ mental health memoir Head War (Frog Hollow Press, 2021). Sadie’s work has appeared in Best Canadian Poetry, The Walrus, Literary Review of Canada, and The Gay & Lesbian Review, as well as in various literary journals.

Current Issue

     featuring artwork by Nadia Arioli

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Welcome to Issue 50, which includes work by Marina Hope Wilson (this month's featured poet), Stephanie Holden, Tyler Michael Jacobs, and Kiran Park.

THE TEAM

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Christine Taylor

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Shon Mapp

MANAGING EDITOR

Belinda Munyeza

GENERAL EDITOR

Morgan Ridgway

GENERAL EDITOR

Dia Roth

GENERAL EDITOR

Adrienne Crezo

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Zoe Elisabeth

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Clive Uche

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Andrew Walker

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Matthew Weddig

BOOK REVIEWS EDITOR

aq hanna

COMMUNITY CONTENT MANAGER

​Adeola Victoria Olatunji

COMMUNITY CONTENT MANAGER

Anthony Salandy

SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT

Dave Stolarz

MUSIC

Matt Hsu

ASSISTANT EDITOR