Contributor Bios – February 2026
Anna Child is a Baltimore-based artist working in painting and works on paper. Her work engages contingency, allowing structure and instability to develop in parallel. She holds a BA in Anthropology from Kenyon College and has pursued continuing study at the New York Studio School and MICA. She was a Core Fellow at the Penland School of Craft. Her work has been supported by Maryland State Arts Council grants and residencies including Woodstock Byrdcliffe, Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Chalk Hill, and Jentel. In 2025, PS Marlowe Fine Art Publishers released a suite of her monotypes, printed by Phil Sanders. See more of her work here.
Shell Feda (they/them) is a writer, painter, and casual musician based in Central Illinois with New England roots. You can find more of their work at shellfeda.com.
Samuel Goldsmith (he/him) is a writer, musician, and photographer based out of California. He writes so as to become a river, not a lake. He studied jazz composition and earned a music degree — imagine that — in New York. Since then, he lived for stints in Istanbul, Oregon, and the District of Columbia (where he studied law for some reason), before returning to his childhood hometown in California for good. His work has appeared in Gyroscope Review, Lost Blonde, Euphemism, and others. Currently, he is working on a couple of almost-finished full-length books, including a novel entitled Self-ish made up of intertwining fictional personal essays, and a nonfiction photography and prose book about a local park entitled The Point Isabel Project. He rarely uses social media, but he maintains a BlueSky account at @sparrow1762.bsky.social and an Instagram handle at @s.p.arrow1762 for appearances.
Robert Hoffman grew up in a small Indiana town, being a loner as a child he would often ride his bike out into the country where his grandparents lived near a limestone quarry surrounded by woods. As a child he would play there, with his grandparents being amateur ornithologists, and with their influence on his fascination with birds, as well as the woods to explore, his fantasy could fly freely. These experiences converge in Robert’s mind to create a fantasy world for his birds. With these elements combined they become the fanciful worlds in which his birds exist and tell their narratives.
Leena Joshi is an award-winning poet, environmental artist, social entrepreneur, and the founder and executive director of Climate Conservancy. She is the author of Ethereal and The Climate Awakening. Her work has been featured in international literary journals, magazines, art galleries, museums, global forums, and elsewhere. A TEDx speaker who has spoken at Harvard, Oxford, and Cambridge, her writing blends ecological witnessing with lyrical introspection to trace the quiet ties between the human spirit and the natural world. Find more of her work here.
Philip Kobylarz is an itinerant teacher of the language arts and writer of fiction, poetry, book reviews, and essays. Find more of his work here.
Celine Krempp is a French-American, auti-ace illustrator. She challenges herself with unfamiliar themes while enjoying the art she does. Her go-to medium, mixed media collage illustration, merges traditional textures with digital editing. The Light Ekphrastic gave her the opportunity to collaborate with a poet who could narrate her art and Celine could visualize their story. Celine has a pet Cavapoo named VanGogh and works part-time in cultural institutions. Find more of her work here.
Kyle Solomon is a Baltimore-based writer with deep roots in the city’s arts community. His work has appeared in JMWW, The Free State Review, and SUPERJUMP, among other publications, and he has been a featured reader for the Maryland Writers’ Association. He writes poetry, short fiction, and game analysis, exploring identity, transformation, and the quieter absurdities of everyday life. These days, you can hear him reading at Manor Mill and at open mics throughout Maryland. He continues building community through workshops, collaboration, and performance across the region. You can find more of his work here.
