Corinne Elysse Adams
Editor
Corinne Elysse Adams is a storycollector, writer, editor, folk musician, and teacher. She holds a BA from Sophia University in Tokyo and an MSc in poetry from the University of Edinburgh. Her poetry has appeared in literary magazines such as Confrontation and the Asia Literary Review, and as the chapbook No More in Darkness: Routes to Alexandra David-Neel with Dancing Girl Press. No More in Darkness has also been adapted into a libretto for composer Tony Solitro's No More in Darkness: Meditations on the Life of Alexandra David-Neel. Corinne was the recipient of a 2019 Elizabeth George grant for an ongoing Japanese poetry research and translation project. When not assaulting the keys of her typewriter, she plays Irish fiddle, studies Japanese folk singing, and performs with traditional music projects.
Noor Shawaf
Editor
Noor Shawaf is a freelance editor, writer, and sometime artist keen on collaborative and critical engagement in cultural production. She works with scholars, artists, and arts organizations in Chicago and the Middle East. In 2013 she participated in The Center Program at the Hyde Park Art Center. She completed her undergraduate studies at SAIC and graduate studies at the University of Chicago with a focus on poetry and poetics.
Michael D'Alessandro
Design
After a 12-year career in architecture, Michael left the profession to pursue a second career in the arts. A writer, publisher, teacher and nonprofit manager, Michael moved to Washington in 2014 from Portland, Oregon where he was the Community Resource Coordinator for an arts nonprofit, the Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC). He has worked at the Froelick Gallery in Portland, and has taught creative writing and publishing at Marylhurst University and the IPRC. He has an MFA from Naropa University and is the publisher and editor of bedouin books, a small press specializing in new literature. Michael sometimes teaches poetry workshops at the Writers’ Workshoppe and is the Executive Director of Northwind Arts Center, both in Port Townsend, WA where he lives with his partner and three children.