November 9th: The Premier

Sadie Dupuis is the guitarist, songwriter & singer of rock band Speedy Ortiz, as well as the producer & multi-instrumentalist behind pop project Sad13. Sadie heads the record label Wax Nine, edits its poetry journal, and is a regular contributor to Spin, Tape Op, Talkhouse, and more. She holds an MFA in poetry from UMass Amherst, where she also taught writing. Mouthguard, her first book, was published in 2018 (Gramma); Cry Perfume, a second poetry collection, was released in 2022 (Black Ocean). She is an organizer with United Musicians & Allied Workers and its local UMAW Philly.

Ollie Becker is a composer/improvisor/guitarist/vocalist based out of Boston. Current projects include: vocals in noise rock band Rong, composition and guitar in ensemble Premium Velvet Headache Pillow, solo guitar, and a couple new groups to be shared soon. This past February they premiered a piece for duo violin called "Ghost Weight" through Subject to Change, a project of the Magari Ensemble. Over the summer and fall they participated in multiple residencies hosted by the Banff Centre, the Australian Art Orchestra, and the Prattsville Art Center. They are also a studio assistant at New Alliance Audio in Somerville, MA.

Edward Longo is a multi-instrumentalist composer/improviser from Montana, currently based in Nashville. Current interests are exploring novel ways of combining raw black metal and noise with rigorous compositional techniques and harmonies as well as classical and jazz improv.

Chris Campanioni’s work on migration and media theory has been awarded the Calder Prize for interdisciplinary research and a Mellon Foundation fellowship, and his writing has received the Pushcart Prize, the International Latino Book Award, and the Academy of American Poets College Prize. His essays, poetry, and fiction have been translated into Spanish and Portuguese and have found a home in several venues, including Best American Essays and Latin American Literature Today. Recent books include a novel named 𝘝𝘏𝘚 (CLASH Books, 2025), a creative nonfiction called 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩/𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 (West Virginia University Press, 2025), a notebook titled 𝘈 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 (Unbound Edition, 2023), and the poetry collection 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 85 (Roof Books, 2024). He teaches creative writing and media studies at Pace University in New York City.

William Hazard makes poems with computers. Recent work can be found in Action, Spectacle, At What Cost Catalog, Voicemail Poems, Ghost Proposal, and elsewhere. He teaches at Temple University. He hangs out at llllllll.co.

olga mikolaivna was born in Kyiv and works in the (intersectional/textual) liminal space of photography, word, translation, and installation. Her debut chapbook 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 is out with Tilted House, and "𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢," 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 is forthcoming with Ursus Americanus. Other works can be found in 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴, 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, and elsewhere. She lives in Philadelphia and co-curates ( 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘵 )

Yell at God is a South Philly-based dark folk/folk punk queer femme duo using music to facilitate emotional catharsis and collective joy and healing. Using clawhammer banjo, jugband-style bass, wailing vocals, and the occasional fiddle, Yell at God weaves sonic tapestries that make you want to dance, hug your friends, scream, and cry, all at the same time if the occasion calls for it. Yell at God is made up of Orah Ruth and RJ, who love to trade instruments and bring other artists and guests into the performance at every opportunity.

John Pinto is a film lab technician living in Philadelphia. His work has appeared in Little Engines, X-R-A-Y, HAD, Rejection Letters, Back Patio Press, and the Second and Third Bullshit Anthologies. Find him online at pintopintopinto.com. Find him IRL and he’ll give you a copy of his new zine “Bill Kiss,” coming fall 2024 from Tree Trunk Books.