 Yago Cura, co-editor NYC |
By day, Yago is an information scion at Bronx Community College, and a freelance interpreter for a not-for-profit that represents children in Brooklyn and the Bronx Family Courts. By night, Yago is an Argentine-American poet whose manuscript, Spicaresque, was a finalist in the 2005 National Poetry Series. In 2008, Yago was one of many narrators on the "Human Resources" episode of National Public Radio's "This American Life" that highlighted the NYC/DOE's gulag for alleged-against teachers: the Rubberroom. When he grows up, Yago would like to be an Academic Librarian, preferably one that inhabits a belfry or turret.Yago's poetry has appeared in Lungfull!, COMBO, LIT, U.S. Latino Review, Exquisite Corpse, FIELD, and Slope. Yago's reviews have appeared in The St. Mark's Poetry Project Newsletter. He can be contacted at theshusher@gmail.com or croto26@yahoo.com. In addition, his Spanglish blog, Spicaresque, is constantly updated. |
 J. David Gonzalez, co-editor MIA |
J. David Gonzalez has written for numerous magazines and publications including Beautiful/Decay, Blueprint and DAMN Magazine. His writing has appeared in Sabal, Southern Indiana Review and Cent Journal, a publication of the Miami Poetry Collective. He is currently a graduate student in the Creative Writing Program at Florida International University; he lives in Little Havana, Florida and continues to work at his family’s restaurant. |
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Adolfo R. Barandiarán is a Peruvian-American fine arts photographer. Born in Lima, Peru and raised in Miami, Florida, Adolfo has worked with various film formats: from 35mm to medium and large format photography to digital photography. He earned both a BFA in Visual Arts, with a minor in Art History from Florida International University and a MFA in Photography from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Adolfo has taught photography from the middle school to the college and university level. The sunlight that bathes Miami draws him to photograph. To Adolfo, Miami is a city in constant change, open all-night, accommodating more and more new residents daily, and constantly evolving. All these forces affect the landscapes, things, and people that he photographs. |
