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Aimee Phan

AIMEE PHAN is an author, NEA fellow, and faculty member in the MFA Writing Program and Literature Program at California College of the Arts. Her debut story collection, We Should Never Meet, won the Association for Asian American Studies Book…
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Cinnamongirl Kailynn

Kailynn stays as busy as possible. Juggling being the Cinnamongirl president, lacrosse captain, dance captain, Black Student Union treasurer, as well as the numerous senior events and activities. She will be attending Howard University in the…
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Cinnamongirl Rosie

Rosie is a dynamic middle school student whose passion for leadership and creativity shines through in all aspects of her life. Over the past four years, she has been an active member of Cinnamongirl, where she has explored various interests…
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Nathalie Franco

Nathalie Franco is a queer, Mexican-American writer whose work aims to explore and blur the borders of non-fiction through hybridity and cross-genre writing. Her work primarily focuses on traversing the intersectionality of race, identity, gender,…
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Olivia Berriz

Olivia Berriz is a non-fiction writer based in San Francisco. Her work explores, among other things, the complexities of the Queer/queer embodied experience. After completing her MFA at the University of San Francisco, she will begin USF’s…
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Sarah Cronin

Sarah Cronin is a multi-genre writer, journalist and teacher. Her work has been featured in publications across the U.S., Brazil and Guatemala. In 2023, her poetry was long listed for the Frontier Poetry Hurt & Healing Prize. Sarah currently…
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coley mixan

coley mixan is an artist, musician, public library/prairie enthusiast and collaborative learning dreamer. they currently live, play, work and listen in Oakland, CA and would love to be friends with you.
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Nick Taylor

Nick Taylor is the author of the novels The Disagreement and Father Junípero's Confessor. Under the pseudonym T.T. Monday, he has also published two thrillers, The Setup Man and Double Switch, featuring the relief pitcher and detective Johnny…
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Matthew Spangler

Matthew Spangler is Professor of Performance Studies and Chair of the Department of Film, Theatre, and Dance at San José State. He is also an award-winning playwright. His plays have been produced on Broadway, in London’s West End, off-Broadway,…
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J. Michael Martinez

Longlisted for the National Book Award, winner of the National Poetry Series, and a recipient of the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets, J. Michael Martinez is the author of four collections of poetry, including Heredities…