Contributors

Jarod K. Anderson lives in a small house tucked between a park and a cemetery. His memoir, Something in the Woods Loves You, explores his struggles with depression and love of nature. He has a novel, Strange Animals, forthcoming from Ballantine Books. (jarodkanderson.com)

Robert Cording spends eight months out of the year in northeastern Connecticut and four in southwest Florida, and many of his poems are rooted in these two places. His latest book of poetry is In the Unwalled City.

Hannah Gersen lives in Maine with her family and two cats, Andre and Wally, named after the characters in one of her all-time-favorite movies, My Dinner with Andre. Her second novel, We Were Pretending, was published last summer.

Heather E. Goodman currently teaches high school and volunteers with adults working toward their GED, but one of her first jobs was dressing as the Kool-Aid Man. She and her partner and pups live in a log cabin along a creek in Pennsylvania. Her work has appeared in Gray’s Sporting Journal, The Boston Globe, and the Chicago Tribune, where her story won the Nelson Algren Award.

Rob Keast is the coauthor of Centered, Anthony Ianni’s memoir of growing up on the autism spectrum and playing college basketball. For a year Rob taught at a school on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo. He lives in Michigan.

Mark Leviton lives in Roseville, California, where he listens to the Byrds, reads Seneca, and video chats with his three-year-old granddaughter, Phoebe. (petsoundsmusic.com)

Leath Tonino is a freelance writer and the author of two essay collections about the outdoors. As a young man he worked seasonally for the US Forest Service in Arizona, studying northern goshawks. He now resides in Colorado.

Mary Zelinka lives in Albany, Oregon, and has worked at the Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence for more than thirty-five years. She is happiest when walking on a beach at low tide, no matter what the weather.

Chris Ambrosino has worked in the art department on films. He sees the world at a slightly crooked angle and finds poetry in the cracks and the rust. You can follow him on Instagram: @chris_ambrosino.

Jacki Dickert is a photography artist from New Jersey who delights in the simple as well as the exotic, the hyperlocal as well as the far-flung. To her, the whole world is an art museum. (lightdance.org)

Robert Gyori is a retired architect who now pursues photography full-time. He lives in San Francisco. (robertgyoriphotographs.photography)

Andy Hann left Hollywood after a thirty-five-year career in the television industry and now resides in Austin, Texas. As a photographer, he straddles the line between fine art and commercial photography.

Heidi Hart can often be found at sloughs or bird preserves, photographing herons and pelicans, when she isn’t driving her kids around San Diego, California, for various activities. An ardent introvert, she is always on the lookout for soulful beauty to reaffirm her faith in humanity.

Drayden Hebb is a retired clinical social worker and small-sailboat builder (just one) from Baltimore, Maryland. She has been making photographs for more than forty years. (draydenhebb.com)

James Maher loves dumplings, doesn’t drive, and thinks the New York City subways are safe. He is a photographer, writer, educator, and historian. (jamesmaherphotography.com)

Spencer Sekiller teaches high school English and journalism in Salt Lake City, Utah. When he isn’t in the classroom, he can be found climbing, skiing, and capturing the occasional photo. Instagram: @perpetuallysublime.

Katy Tuttle is a multimedia artist who resides in the woods of Issaquah, Washington, with her family. (katytuttlephotographs.com)

Wesley Verhoeve is a photographer based in the Netherlands whose work has appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, and many other publications. (wesley.co)

Kentaro Watanabe was a finalist of the LensCulture Black and White Photography Awards 2022. He lives in Tokyo, Japan. (kentarowatanabe.com)

Rex Wilder whispers to birds with his camera, and when they don’t listen, he writes poems. He dodges fires and floods in Los Angeles.

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