Nina Lohman
Publisher || she/her
Nina Lohman is the author of the forthcoming book The Body Alone (University of Iowa Press, 2024), a lyrical nonfiction inquiry into the experience, meaning, and articulation of pain. Originally from California, she lives in Iowa City and is the founder and publisher of Brink. Lohman serves as the Literary Programming Director for the Mission Creek Festival, an annual immersive music and literature festival honoring independent expression. A 2023 Iowa Artist Fellow, she is currently working on a collection of micro-essays on the subject of release. Nina is always on the brink of wanting to cut off all of her hair.
Hannah Bonner
Poetry Editor || she/her
Hannah is a 2023-2024 National Book Critics Circle Emerging Fellow, and her poetry has appeared in, or is forthcoming from, Asheville Poetry Review, Bear Review, Pigeon Pages, Rattle, Schlag, So to Speak, The Carolina Quarterly, The Hopkins Review, The North Carolina Literary Review, The Pinch Journal, The Vassar Review, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, TriQuarterly, and Two Peach. Her film criticism and book reviews have been published in Bright Wall/Dark Room, Cleveland Review of Books, Lit Hub, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Rumpus. She has an MA in Film Studies and is currently an MFA candidate in creative nonfiction at the University of Iowa. She is in the process of writing her thesis, a novella told in the voice of Bree Daniels from the 1971 film Klute. She is always on the brink of wanting to do without language altogether and take a modern dance class.
Alisha Jeddeloh
Fiction Editor || she/her
Alisha Jeddeloh is a writer and editor based in Iowa City. As a writer, she explores community, belonging, and the fault lines in the stories we tell each other and ourselves. As an editor, she enjoys being surprised by characters and prose. She is always on the brink of starting a new book when she's already reading several others.
Jamila Osman
Nonfiction Editor || she/her
Jamila is a cultural worker, educator, and community organizer from Portland, Oregon. She is currently an MFA candidate in the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa where she was an Iowa Arts Fellow. She was the winner of the 2019 Brunel International African Poetry Prize, and her debut chapbook, A Girl is a Sovereign State was published by Akashic Books. Her work can be found in The New York Times, Al Jazeera, Catapult, and elsewhere. She is always on the brink of buying a one-way ticket to anywhere.
Stephanie DeMer
Art Editor || she/her
Stephanie Dowda DeMer is a lens-based and expanding media artist born in Atlanta, Georgia. Currently, she is the Iowa Idea Visiting Artist and Visiting Assistant Professor in Photography at The University of Iowa. DeMer received her MFA in Photography + Film from Virginia Commonwealth University and BA in Philosophy from Georgia State University. Her forthcoming textbook, Material Encounters, will be published in 2021. Her first book, Oblivion Seekers, was published with Ultraterrestrial.xyz. DeMer is a Vermont Studio Center Fellow, Golden Dome Fellow, Hambidge Fellow, and Cabin Time Alumni. Her work and writing have been featured in Dialogue, Numbers Inc., Oxford American, Bad at Sports, ArtsATL, and BurnAway. Her solo exhibition, Sandbagging, premiered at WhiteSpace Gallery and at Eve Drewelowe Gallery. She is co-founder and organizer of The Letters Festival, a contemporary literary arts event. DeMer was the Artist in Resident for Biomimicry Project with ASU’s Electrical Engineer and Fungal Topography research collaboration. In 2020, Practice x Practice launched as a nimble curatorial initiative collaboration with Rachel Cox seeking to elevate womxn’s artistic research. Stephanie is always on the brink of creating a farm sanctuary and artist residency.
Mariah Eppes
Managing Editor || she/her
Mariah Eppes (she/her) is a writer based in New York City. By day, she is a managing editor on books for psychotherapists. She likes to spend her time reading, writing, walking, and practicing various ways of making her work exist. She is always on the brink of signing up for a too-expensive indoor pool membership.
Stacia Rain Stonerook
Designer || she/her
Stacia Rain is a Graphic Designer and Illustrator living in Iowa City. Stacia attended the University of Iowa where she earned a degree in Psychology while also serving up pancakes for Iowa City's finest breakfast diners. In addition to freelancing, Stacia has spent several years in the nonprofits arts community. In that time, she has served as the Graphic Designer at both The Englert Theatre and Riverside Theatre. Currently, she is the Marketing Manager for FilmScene, a nonprofit arthouse cinema. As an illustrator, Stacia creates hand-drawn work that is abstract, colorful, and organic. Find more of her work at staciarain.com. Stacia is always on the brink of adopting a pile of ferrets.
Em Gray
Digital Media Editor || they/them
Em Gray (they/them) is a writer and illustrator based in Portland, OR, originally from Iowa. They are the former Marketing Director for Bijou Film Board, where they initiated a zine featuring essays and artwork celebrating Bijou’s programming. Em often designs posters for local artists, musicians, and cinemas, including Cinema 21 and the Clinton Street Theater. Em’s work has been published in Little Village, and they illustrated the cover artwork for TRANZ, forthcoming from Four Way Books, as well as Curses & Prayers. They are currently crocheting a lot and writing a short story collection, balancing elements of personal/lyrical essay and poetic fiction, trying to make sense of their film degree, reconciling with Midwest ghosts, and remixing queer horror tropes. Em is always on the brink of eating frozen Junior Mints at their many local arthouse movie theaters.
Philip Runia
Associate Fiction Editor || they/them
Philip is a writer and editor based in Portland, Oregon. At the University of Iowa, they earned a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, English and Creative Writing, and a minor degree in Cinema. While engaging with the arts community in Iowa City, their work has been published in The Daily Iowan, Little Village Magazine, and Fools Magazine. Additionally, they have served as a Fiction Editor for Earthwords, a literary review. As an editor, they find purpose in facilitating the shine of underrepresented and innovative writers, all while growing in their own writing. Philip’s writing focuses on ideas of generational trauma and belonging, affectation, and the awkward balance between planes of existence. They are always on the brink of laughing, screaming, or singing at the top of their lungs.
Sarah Haas
Associate Nonfiction Editor || she/her
Sarah Haas is a writer living off-grid in the woods of northern New Mexico. Her recent work has been published in Literary Hub, Adroit Journal, and Tupelo, among others. She is represented by Mina Hamedi at Janklow & Nesbit and is always on the brink of asking to pet your dog.
Cory Hutchinson-Reuss
Associate Poetry Editor || she/her
Cory Hutchinson-Reuss (she/her) is a poet whose work has appeared in Timber, Slice, Zone 3, Josephine Quarterly, Crazyhorse (for the Lynda Hull Memorial Prize), the Missouri Review online, and elsewhere. She holds a PhD in English from the University of Iowa and has taught in both academic and community settings. Originally from Arkansas, she currently lives in Iowa City, where she has participated in the Writers Workshop at Oakdale Prison, reads poetry for The Adroit Journal, and serves on the Advisory Council for Iowa City Poetry, a nonprofit group that works to make poetry events widely accessible to the local community. A collaborative chapbook of her poems and the visual art of Giselle Simón was published in 2022 as part of the PromptPress Gallery Series. On the elevator or down the aisles or in the kitchen, Cory is always on the brink of dancing.
Mason Hamberlin
Outreach & Engagement Director || they/them
Mason Andrew Hamberlin is a writer, designer, educator, and cursed earring-maker from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They’re currently at work on an essay collection about amateurism and queerness—from subreddit labels to Punisher memes to Bionicles to gym culture. Their writing can be found in The Cleveland Review of Books, Ninth Letter, Entropy, The Rumpus, Adroit, Shenandoah, and more. They live in Iowa City, Iowa. Whether road-tripping or picking up furniture from FaceBook Marketplace, Mason is always on the brink of crying to Kate Bush in someone's car.
Alana Rodrigues
Marketing and Media Editor || she/her
Alana Rodrigues is a bilingual (English-Portuguese) journalist and writer based in California. Her work has mostly been published in the Brazilian magazine Revista Imprensa. Her contributions to the student-run publications Etc Magazine and Forum Literary Magazine highlight Rodrigues' passion for literature, art, and poetry. Her creative pieces were recognized by the Academy of American Poets and the Sam F. Ewing Memorial Prize. She also wrote a book about the lives of women in prison and their children. She worked as a social media manager for multiple non-profit organizations in a marketing agency. Alana is always on the brink of clicking a film camera shutter.
Readers ||
Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Hannah Bonner
Cory Hutchinson-Reuss
Lisa Summe
Alisha Jeddeloh
Philip Runia
Mackenzie Pitcairn
Kenna Prottsman
Carly Reynolds
Meredith Siemsen
Isabella Bonner
Jumi Bello
Alyssa Villasenor
Grace Davidson
Jamila Osman
Sarah Haas
Haley Johannesen
Lauren Sanyal
Reneé Bibby
Sarah Rogers
Catherine McCourt