November 8th: One Year Anniversary

Olivia Muenz is the author of poetry collection I Feel Fine (Switchback Books, 2023), which won the 2022 Gatewood Prize, and chapbook Where Was I Again (Essay Press, 2022). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in New England Review, The Missouri Review, Poetry Daily, Michigan Quarterly Review, and elsewhere

American composer, trimbist, and vocalist Julian Calv has been preserving the traditional sound of Louis Hardin, AKA Moondog for a half decade now. Over the last year he's performed concerts that feature solely the music of Hardin and himself, with a rotating cast of musicians. From piano trios, to vocal sextets, and the recent debut of a sax and bass quartet, Julian has displayed a clear dedication to this form of music. Self proclaimed as Moondog’s grand-student, Julian is the sole prodigy of Stefan Lakatos—who, to quote Moondog himself, is “the leading [and only] exponent of the Moondog method of drumming.”  Through both this mentorship and dedicated study of Hardin's creative life, he upholds his grand-teacher's dying wish to “please take care of my music.” Learning to build and play the trimba, Hardin’s invented percussion instrument, Julian has sculpted a unique soundscape by preserving the sonic tradition of his mentors. He re-imagines that same tradition in his original compositions. juliancalv.com

Gian Torrano Jacobs

As a composer, harpist, and artist, Gian Torrano Jacobs (@gian.tj | b. 1994) explores the cyclical nature of life, death, order and entropy through sound, sculpture, and improvisation. Informed by his Panamanian, German, and Indigenous heritage as well as his identity as a queer, animist Quaker, his work centers on synthesis and transformation.

Reflecting his interests in the evolving systems of nature and the human experience, Gian often integrates handmade instruments and digitally assisted processes. His practice spans contemporary and early musics, natural and synthetic sounds, spoken word, electronics, acoustics, visual media, and instrument design. giantorranojacobs.com

PJ Lombardo is a writer from New Jersey. He is the co-founding editor of GROTTO, a journal of grotesque-surrealist poetry. His first full-length collection, The Blue Cherub, is forthcoming in 2026

sungrazer is a 4 piece polyJAMorous indie rock band from philadelphia, pa. sungrazer makes music for ppl to Feel to. they are influenced inspired by all music ever, the pentatonic scale, & fellow dope queer people in their lives 💓 sungrazer loves music and loves sharing it with you!

Kimberly Ann Southwick is an Aries with a Capricorn Moon & Ascendant. She is the founder & editor in chief of the print lit journal GIGANTIC SEQUINS, which has been in print since 2009, but is on semi-permanent hiatus since this summer. Her debut full-length poetry collection, ORCHID ALPHA, came out via Trembling Pillow Press in April 2023. She currently lives in Saks, Alabama, with her daughter, Esmé, and their dog Nova. She is an Assistant Professor specializing in Poetry and Creative Writing at Jacksonville State University and a member-at-large on the Emily Dickinson International Society board. Go birds.

Mike Alfieri (he/him) is a NY-based musician known for his playing with experimental pop group Tomato Flower and his solo electronic sets using Sensory Percussion. He’s toured widely and performed with artists like Animal Collective, Melt Banana, Susan Alcorn and Matmos. Mike holds a Master’s in Jazz Studies from SUNY Purchase and his work has been featured by NPR, Pitchfork, Modern Drummer Magazine and more.

Wherever You Are play songs about growing up. songs about friends. Songs about wind in trees. Songs about unnamed feelings. Songs about our intrinsic responsibility to everything around us. Love! Spread it where you go. You're alive, now do something about it.