SUMMER 2025 CONTRIBUTORS

Abubakar Ibrahim, known popularly by the moniker Imam of Poets, is a Nigerian poet and abstract artist. His work explores identity, memory, grief, displacement, and heritage. He reflects on how individuals perceive themselves, how they are perceived by others, and how these dynamics shape everyday life. His poetry often engages with communal histories, imagination, and sometimes love, navigating the space between the personal and the historical.

Ana W. Migwan is an Ojibwe poet and beadwork artist. She is an enrolled member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She attends Michigan Technological University as a graduate student. Her work has been nominated for Best New Poets 2025 and can be read in West Trestle Review, Yellow Medicine Review, Liminal Spaces, and Indigenous Food Sovereignty Zine.

Cheyenne Dakota Williams is a Diné poet from Virginia. She is Bit’ahnii, born for Naahiłii. Her work has been featured in Yellow Medicine Review, Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art, and Poetry Magazine. She is a Tin House scholar, an AWP Tribal Colleges & Universities Fellow, and an undergraduate at Fort Lewis College majoring in writing.

Selene Mary Hofstetter is a second-year graduate student in Colorado State University’s MFA poetry program. She graduated from the University of California, Riverside, with a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing. She is an enrolled Tribal Member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and is a lineal descendant of the Lummi Nation and Musqueam Indian Band. She currently resides in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Tacey M. Atsitty, Diné (Navajo), is Tsénahabiłnii (Sleep Rock People) and born for Ta'neeszahnii (Tangle People). Atsitty is a recipient of the Wisconsin Brittingham Prize for Poetry and other prizes. Her work has appeared in POETRY; EPOCH; Kenyon Review Online; Prairie Schooner; Leavings, and other publications. Her first book is Rain Scald (University of New Mexico Press, 2018), and her second book is (At) Wrist (University of Wisconsin Press, 2023). She has a PhD in Creative Writing from Florida State University and is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Beloit College in Wisconsin.