April 2023 | visual art
Pigeon Point Lighthouse
Perspective in Trees
Lena N. Gemmer
Lena Neris Gemmer is originally from the quiet foggy town of Montara CA where she began her love of writing on her grandfather’s Remington Rand typewriter. Before deciding to pursue her MFA in Creative Nonfiction at UNH, she received her BA in English and History at Allegheny College in Meadville PA. As a nonfiction writer, she believes in connecting to her readers on a visceral human level by experimenting with structure, form, and voice. When she is not writing essays, you can find her taking photographs, teaching First Year Writing at University of New Hampshire, or scolding her Norwegian Forest cat Mitchy.
January 2023 | visual art
Whalebone Church
Logwalk
Rich Spang
Rich Spang has been connected to a camera for over 60 years. During retirement his art has become the focus of his life. Film double exposures have led him to digital double exposures, from an accidental to a purposeful creation of his vision.
January 2023 | Best of Net nominee, visual art
Jaywalking
Turn Your Back to Sea
Larena Nellies-Ortiz
Larena Nellies-Ortiz is a photographer and arts educator who lives in Los Angeles, California where she loves to color, texture, and shadow hunt in the early morning hours. Her photos are featured or forthcoming in Barren Magazine, Burningword Literary Journal, Local Wolves Magazine, Stonecoast Review, 3Elements Review, and Sun Magazine.
January 2023 | visual art
Banyan
Banyan (landscape)
Bernard Knudsen
Bernard Knudsen is a scientist and photographer in Florida, specializing in portraiture and the Florida landscape. His work been published in Odet Journal and ranked as a finalist in a Matt Granger contest for photographers.
January 2023 | visual art
Evening Edges
Kathy Kremins
Kathy Kremins (she/her) is a retired New Jersey public school teacher and coach, adjunct professor, poet, photographer, and author. Her poetry chapbook, “Undressing the World,” was published by Finishing Line Press (2022). Kathy’s poetry appears in Gallery Affero’s ongoing Poem Booth Project: Make Me Want to Holler, Drunk Monkeys, Digging Through the Fat, Limp Wrist Magazine, Platform Review, Paterson Literary Review, Soup Can Magazine, The Night Heron Barks, Stay Salty; Life in the Garden State Anthology, Stillwater Review, Lavender Review, Divine Feminist: An Anthology of Poetry & Art By Womxn and Non-Binary Folx, and other publications. 2022 art exhibits including her photography were “Revival: Post-Pandemic Visions” and “Say Gay: Art As Queer Activism” at the 1978 Maplewood Arts Center.
January 2023 | visual art
Growth
Strike
Melissa Goodnight
Melissa’s work has appeared in Mud Season Review, Lunch Ticket, and Litro among others. She earned her BA from Missouri State University, her MA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and her MFA from Mississippi University for Women. She lives in Atlanta.
