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JAZZ MARIE KAUR
FOUNDER, EiC, VISUAL DESIGNER
Jazz Marie Kaur aka Vevna Forrow is the founder, designer, and Editor-in-Chief of Dipity Lit Mag. She is just another 1995 human being who values the breath that art gives us and is passionate about technology troubleshooting, music visualizers, cartooning, digital collage art, and video editing. Jazz was awarded Rookie of the Year in 2020 by Experts Exchange for her technical solution contributions. Work of hers appears in the Lothlorien Journal, Words With Wings (2021) anthology, diaCRITICS - DVAN, Phantom Kangaroo issue no. 29, Oddball Magazine, Boats Against the Current Mag, and in Little Old Lady Comedy. Jazz hails from Minnesota and resides in Southern Nevada. She has Punjabi (Southeast Asian), African-American, and Native American roots.
DYLAN TRAN
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EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: VOLUNTEER STAFF
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Dylan Tran is a Chinese American poet based in Washington, DC, who strives to uplift the Asian American voice in literature, while walking the fine line between culture and otherness. Dylan’s poems appear or are forthcoming in Volume, El Portal, Dipity Lit Mag, The Mid-Atlantic Review, The Bookends Review, and elsewhere, and his work has been anthologized in the Save Chinatown Anthology published by Moonstone Press. Outside of writing, Dylan’s interests include public history, Asian pop culture, and playing tennis. Find him @dylantran129 on Instagram.
TOR ROSE
ASSOCIATE POETRY READER lI: VOLUNTEER STAFF
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Tor Rose is an award-winning poet emerging from the streets of New York. She is the author of Frayed Edges (2023). Work of hers appears in Half and One, volume no. 59 of Red Cedar Review, GRANTA, Aesthetica Magazine, and elsewhere. Find her @torchristiano.
MARTIN CUNNINGHAM
ASSOCIATE POETRY READER l: VOLUNTEER STAFF
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Martin Cunningham is a former physician turned stay-at-home parent who has been writing poetry since he was a teen. His poetry has appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine, been collected in Campfire Poets, and showcased on the YouTube channel Planet Poetry. He lives in the U.S., on the Alabama Gulf Coast with his wife and four children. You can follow along on Instagram @martinc.ham.
WILLIAM SWICK
ASSOCIATE POETRY READER l: VOLUNTEER STAFF
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William Swick is an experimental poet and writer. He was inspired to read and then write poetry based upon his years in the field of physical therapy working in the rehabilitation of burn and trauma victims and over a year spent working in a Covid Intensive Care Unit as a way of channeling the inner pain, isolation, tragedies, and triumphs that bind us together as humans. He collates his work into a loose, punk rock ethos-inspired collection called “Tales of Suburban Failure and the Modern Demise.” While not formally published, his work can be found in trash cans, dumpsters, and scrawled on bathroom walls and truck stops from his native rural Pennsylvania to his current home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Follow @williamswickauthor on Instagram.
REDDE MICHAELS
ASSOCIATE POETRY READER l: VOLUNTEER STAFF
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Redde Michaels was raised on highway radio and rest stop stall poetry. Now, she is a nomadic hermit hiding in her urban cottage and playing semantics with her mind. Her work has been recognized by Factory Obscura, In Parentheses, and Dipity Lit Mag. She is located in Oklahoma. Find her on Instagram @the1redde.
KANDICE
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER: VOLUNTEER STAFF
Kandice aka Clair de lune is a poet based out of Canada and has been a significant support to Dipity Lit Mag's direction and start. Her work can be seen predominantly in our past legacy issues no. #1-5. She loves film photography, collecting art, cats, bookshops, and cups of tea. Find her @clairdelunepoetry on Instagram.
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