Sean Murphy is founder of the non-profit 1455 Literary Arts. He has appeared on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and been publishing reviews and essays for the last two decades. His third collection of poems, Kinds of Blue, and his first collection of short stories, This Kind of Man, are forthcoming in 2024. He has been nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize, twice for Best of Net, and his book Please Talk about Me When I’m Gone was the winner of Memoir Magazine’s 2022 Memoir Prize. 

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Kelley Crowley is a poet, essayist, artist, occultist, and teacher. She views story and storytelling to be the central tread between people, time periods, and dimensions. Crowley received a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Philosophy from Duquesne University and is pursuing an MFA in creative nonfiction and poetry from the Bluegrass Writer’s Studio at Eastern Kentucky University. Her work has been seen in ‘zines, trad newspapers, online poetry journals, and random notebooks everywhere. She teaches in the areas of cultural studies, writing, and communication at Shenandoah University where she employs the practice of story in every class.

Helping students explore the world through developing exceptional writing and analysis skills is the driving force behind Mackenzie’s career. Previously, she taught high school English, ranging from entry freshman programs to Advanced Placement Language and Literature courses. Currently, she’s an adjunct assistant professor in the English department and Media and Communications department at Shenandoah University. She earned a BA in English from University of Mary Washington and an MA in Children’s Literature from Hollins University. Her graduate thesis was “Storytelling: The Tradition, the Telling, and the Showing,” creatively and critically exploring the history, fundamentals, and application of storytelling.

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