Addie wears her hair short, with a black dress, and a floral and black bolero. They are wearing green and gold earrings, a gold watch, and gold necklaces, with their left hand tucked under the jacket at their right shoulder.
Addie Tsai
she/they
founding director
Addie Tsai is the author of Dear Twin (2019), included in American Library Association's Rainbow List in 2021, Unwieldy Creatures (2022), a Shirley Jackson finalist for Best Novel, and Straight White Men Can't Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture (2025). She collaborated with Dominic Walsh Dance Theater on Victor Frankenstein and Camille Claudel, among others. Addie is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Creative Writing at William & Mary, where she is Affiliate Faculty in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies. Find her on Instagram and Bluesky @addieisunwieldy.
colour as the point instead of the accent, ballgowns and waistcoats, men's oxfords and tango heels, seersucker bowties, ruffled shirts, dandy collars, and mixing patterns.
☼ virgo ↑ libra ☽ capricorn
Alison wears their long dark hair down while holding a copy of their book, The Other Tree. Their eyes, which are lined in eyeliner, are closed and they are smiling.
alison lubar
they/themme
contributing editor, culture; futch enough
alison lubar is a queer, biracial Nikkei poet and educator who teaches literature to teenagers, writing to adults, and yoga to all ages. They're the author of two poetry books, The Other Tree, winner of Harbor Editions' 2023 Laureate Prize, and METAMOURPHOSIS, and the chapbooks Philosophers Know Nothing About Love, queer feast, sweet euphemism, It Skips a Generation, and American Kintsugi.
botanical prints, cotton-silk blends, leather-lined shoes, linen vests, vintage brass, and anything iridescent.
☼ cancer ↑ libra ☽ scorpio
jj stands in a doorway looking down at the camera, with a curly blond mullet, dark tortoiseshell glasses, and a black sleeveless top. Around their neck and shoulders is a sculptural necklace made of long ribbons of white paper, each covered edge to edge in handwriting, looping and trailing down past the frame. At the centre of their chest the paper coils into a flat spiral, its innermost words asking what forms of tenderness a person reserves only for others.
jj rowan
they/them
managing editor, keep jfd scrappy
jj rowan is a queer nonbinary writer and dancer working in a web of fusion-based movement practices, diary, correspondence & collaboration, intuitive ritual, traveling scraps of paper, and, most recently, in a treehouse in a little wooded corner of New Hampshire. Their chapbook, a simple verb, is available from Bloof Books. Find them at jayjayrowan.com and on Instagram @stepswritely.
monochromatics, bolo ties, pattern mixing, overalls, body armor jewelry, cropped t-shirts & slacks, toddler-inspired outfits, and thrifted everything.
☼ capricorn ↑ virgo ☽ aries
The illustration of Jo shows her in large black-framed glasses, and a tank top, with various tattoos showing across her shoulders and neck.
Jo davis-mcelligatt
she/her
illustrator
Jo davis-mcelligatt is a queer black woman and mama to the best kid ever. She is the co-editor of three collections: Narratives of Marginalized Identities in Higher Education: Inside and Outside the Academy; Narrating History, Home, and Nation: Critical Essays on Edwidge Danticat; and BOOM! Splat: Comics and Violence. She is currently writing her first monograph, Black and Immigrant: The New African Diaspora in American Literature after 1965.
bright primary colors, rompers and jumpsuits, whimsical patterns, African wax cloth prints, big glasses, sandals, eclectic handbags and backpacks, thrifted dresses, peplum shirts, embroidery, large necklaces, interesting sleeves, and vintage textiles.
☼ gemini ↑ scorpio ☽ leo
Qing wears a black suit with a white shirt and a black bow tie around his collar. He holds an old fashioned microphone in one hand and their other hand is at their waist.
qing blaze
they/he
Ambassador of Storytelling + Culture
qing blaze is a multidisciplinary international performer, writer, and host known for their magnetic stage presence and unapologetic queer storytelling. Qing uses humor, vulnerability, and bold honesty to create work that celebrates queer joy, resilience, and community.
When not on stage, you can find them chasing good trouble, championing local artists, and raising hell with their wife and creative partner, Jo'Rie Tigerlily.
bolo ties, clean lines, mixing elements of dandyism and Black Ivy aesthetics with streetwear, leather or silk vests, casual shirts and hoodies with slacks and loafers, functional fashion, layering vintage pieces with formal or streetwear, gold accessories, being slightly overdressed.
☼ aquarius ↑ leo ☽ capricorn
Felix leans against a wall painted with pale chalk colours, wearing a denim jacket over a floral-print shirt.
felix salmoran
he/him
editor-at-large
felix salmoran is a poet, photographer, and musician of Mixtec ancestry. His creative practice centers the necessity to archive revolutionary lives, loves, and communities as a function of individual and collective grief. His work appears on Poets.org, Oyster River Pages, Hayden's Ferry Review, and elsewhere. He is one half of Last Plum Press, a collaboration with his husband, writer and artist Arden Shostak. Felix is currently pursuing his MFA in Creative Writing at Randolph College. Find him on Instagram @kite.wings.
denim, flames, chains, woven textiles of all kinds, large-scale patterns, zippers, buckles, monochromatic looks.
☼ libra ↑ libra ☽ cancer 
