Visual Art

Larena Nellies-Ortiz

Between a Rock

Photograph

Larena Nellies-Ortiz (she/her) is a self-taught photographer from Oakland, California. Her work explores themes of belonging, identity, everyday wonder and the relationship we have with our environment. Her work has been featured in The Sun Magazine, Stonecoast Review, Sunlight Press, The Ilanot Review, The Indianapolis Review, and others. She loves to color, texture and shadow hunt in golden hour. You can find her on Instagram @lalifish.

The Tenderness of the Whisper's Hesitation

Bill Wolak has just published his eighteenth book of poetry entitled All the Wind’s Unfinished Kisses with Ekstasis Editions. His collages and photographs have appeared as cover art for such magazines as Phoebe, Harbinger Asylum, Baldhip Magazine, and Barfly Poetry Magazine.

Tiffany Dugan is a writer and artist based in NYC and D.C. She has spent years running events at arts nonprofits and colleges. Her artwork has been exhibited in solo and group shows in New York and across the US. She recently completed "Love and Art," a memoir about growing up as the daughter of an abstract painter and the creative legacy she inherited after his death. Passionate about food and building community, she enjoys experimenting in the kitchen and sharing meals with friends. Visit her work at   @tiffany.dugan and tiffanydugan.com"