Poet of the Week

Andrew Hemmert is the author of No Longer at This Address (University of Pittsburgh Press), Blessing the Exoskeleton (University of Pittsburgh Press), and Sawgrass Sky (Texas Review Press). His poems have appeared in various magazines including Copper Nickel, The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review, New Ohio Review, and The Southern Review. He lives in Thornton, Colorado.

Matthew Olzmann is the author of three collections of poetry, most recently Constellation Route. His next book An Oral History of the Flat Earth is forthcoming from Alice James Books in 2027. He teaches at Dartmouth College.

Anthony is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at The University of South Florida and a co-editor of Divedapper. Winner of the 2024 Louise Bogan Poetry Award, his debut collection Splice was published in July 2025 by Trio House Press. 

Zoë Ryder White’s full-length collection, The Visible Field was published by River River Books in February, 2026. She authored the chapbooks Via Post (Sixth Finch Press, 2022) and HYPERSPACE (Factory Hollow Press, 2020) and co-authored A Study in Spring (Rabbit Catastrophe Press, 2015) and Elsewhere (Sixth Finch Press, 2020) with Nicole Callihan. 

Lexi Pelle was the winner of the 2022 Jack McCarthy Book Prize. Her work has appeared in Plume, West Branch, Rattle, Ninth Letter, and The Comstock Review. She is the author of the poetry collection Let Go With The Lights On (Write Bloody Publishing, 2023).

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Tatiana is the author of Nocturne in Joy, winner of the Julia Ward Howe Book Prize in Poetry. She was raised in Boston, on the unceded land of the Massachusett people, and is an educator, artist, and mother. She’s received fellowships and awards from Tin House, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, The MacDowell Residency, among others. 

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Alina Kalontarov is an educator, poet, and amateur photographer based in New York City. She collaborates on the editorial teams of various publications and serves as a reader for Gather literary magazine. She is a Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee with work that can be found in Sky Island Journal, Gather, Wildscape, Thimble, Sand Hills and elsewhere. 

Brennan Sprague is a poet from Rochester, NY. His poems have appeared in Vallum Magazine, Schlag Magazine, Jet Fuel Review, The Adroit Journal, Glass, The Shore, Afternoon Visitor, and elsewhere. He was a finalist for The Adroit Prize and a Best of the Net nominee. He is currently pursuing his MFA in Poetry at Syracuse University.