Matthew Henriksen’s first book, Ordinary Sun emerged from Black Ocean in 2011. Some recent poems appear in Mandorla, Fence, Handsome, Realpoetik, Raleigh Quarterly, Alice Blue Review, Sink Review, and So & So Magazine. A special feature of Frank Stanford’s unpublished poems, fiction, and correspondence selected by Henriksen appears in Fulcrum #7. He co-edits Typo, an online poetry journal, and lives and teaches in the Ozark Mountains.
Sam King is an artist and musician from Fort Smith, Arkansas. He is a co-editor of MW Capacity, a website devoted to painting, primarily in the Midwest. He attended the University of Tulsa (BFA, 2003, Painting & Printmaking) and Indiana University (MFA, 2005, Painting). He received an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Arkansas Arts Council in 2007. He lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas and his website is sam-king.com.