Ash Bowen's poetry has appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Blackbird, and Black Warrior Review, among other publications. He lives and works in Texarkana, AR.
Jennifer Jabaily's poetry has appeared in Mannequin Envy and Fickle Muses. She's a second-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Ashley Anna McHugh is a third-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Measure, DIAGRAM and Memorious as well as other publications.
Johnathon Williams's poetry has appeared in Best New Poets 2009, the Pebble Lake Review, and Unsplendid. He lives in Fayetteville, AR, with his wife and daughters.
Brent Goodman elaborates on the writing and real-life background of his poem “Evaporation,” which we published on Tuesday.
One of the things Brent mentions is that we requested a revision after reading the poem’s original submission. Revisions aren’t something we ask for very often — generally we either take a poem as submitted or not at all — but it worked out in this case. Brent’s second take on the poem won us over immediately.
Thanks to Lori Lamothe for the reading.