Contributors
June 6, 2016
Tim is co-founder of New York Writers Workshop, and co-author of its popular text, The Portable MFA in Creative Writing. His chapbook, Yolanda: An Oral History in Verse, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press (2015). His fiction, poetry, and essays have been published in China (United Verses), the Philippines (Esquire, Tomas, Silliman Journal, and Fast Food Fiction on Anvil Press), and in numerous venues in the US, including The Blue Lyra Review, Barnstorm Literary Journal, Caribbean Vistas, Soundings Review, Theory in Action, and in the anthology Long Island Noir (Akashic Books). He’s been an invited speaker and workshop leader in China, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, and the US. He teaches in New York University’s Global Liberal Studies program. As a former Ducts fiction editor, he’s been proud to showcase work from established US writers such as Kim Addonizio and Sheila Kohler, and to bring in writing from around the globe, from authors such as Damyanti Biswas, Sarge Lacuesta, and M.G. Stephens.
September 20, 2016
Trumpet Fiction is a free, monthly literary reading series in Manhattan that runs from October through June. You can find us on the second Saturday of every month at KGB Bar (85 E 4th Street).
March 29, 2019
Vijay R. Nathan is a supervising librarian and host of the LIVE talk show 'The Truth to Power Show' that streams online via Radio Free Brooklyn on Mondays at 8AM. He published two poetry collections including 'Escape from Samsara' (2016) and 'Celebrity Sadhana, Or How to Meditate with a Hammer', Book 1 of The Paparazzo Poet Meditations (2018) that imagines meditative moments in celebrity lives. He has been previously published with Newtown Literary, Oddball Magazine, Meow Meow Pow Pow Lit, and Volume 2 of Fearsome Critters.