ISSUE 9 | FALL 2024
OUT NOW

Michael Sikkema (@okowl) is a poet, vispoet, amateur mycologist, bad collagist, and even worse drummer. He lives and works in West Michigan, surrounded by Great Lakes and scary religious beliefs. He has a chapbook, entitled Watch for Deer, forthcomin
Jen Schneider is a community college educator who lives, works, and writes in small spaces in and around Philadelphia. Head to the link in our bio to see Jen’s stellar work in issue 9!
Olivia Muñoz (@oliviamunoz170) is a Chicana writer, artist, and educator born and raised in Saginaw, Michigan, to Mexican parents. Her writing has appeared in the Twitter literary journal edited by Chen Chen, The Lickety~Split, San Pedro River
A self-taught multidisciplinary visual designer, Ciara Mendez (@ci.chica) reveals 21st-century surrealism ideation stemming from the transgressional culture surrounding her. By blending photography and uncanny collage, she visualizes her creations th
Karla Lamb (@vinylowl [she/her/ella]) is a queer Chicana poet born in Mexico City, with work forthcoming or appearing in Hooligan Mag, Fruitslice, Tilted House, Cobra Milk, Rejected Lit, A Women’s Thing Magazine, YES Poetry, Coal Hill Review, F
We’re excited to share the ninth issue of Broken Lens Journal with you! Featuring the work of Karla Lamb (@vinylowl), Ciara Mendez (@ci.chica), Olivia Muñoz (@_OliviaMunoz), Jen Schneider, Michael Sikkema (@okowl), Robert Krut (@robertkr
Edward Michael Supranowicz is the grandson of Irish and Russian/Ukrainian immigrants. He grew up on a small farm in Appalachia. He has a grad background in painting and printmaking. Some of his artwork has recently or will soon appear in Fish Food, S
Heller Levinson’s most recent books are QUERY CABOODLE, SHIFT GRISTLE (Black Widow Press, 2023), THE ABYSSAL RECITATIONS (Concrete Mist Press, 2024) & VALVULAR ASH (BWP, 2024) with CROSSFALL slated for a spring 2025 release. His book, LURE
Daniel Gonzalez (@danielgonzwrites) was born in Anaheim, California, and earned his MFA in Creative Writing from CSULB, where he served as the senior editor of Fiction for RipRap Journal. He has written an award-wining short film Matty Groves and has
The Broken Lens Podcast Episode 12 is now available on all platforms where you get podcasts! In our twelfth episode we talk with Iván Salinas (@el_ivanooo) and Jesse Tovar (@authorpopups) for a special discussion about publishing. Head to th
brooklyn baggett (@raising.brooklyn) is a trans poet & artist living in New York. she holds an MFA from Goddard College and teaches workshops on tactile poetry and rejecting cishet norms in writing. her work has appeared in Yellow Arrow Press, sa
Dillon Thomas Clark (@clarktomas) is a writer, editor, and educator from New Jersey. Currently, they live in Tucson, Arizona where they are a MFA student at the University of Arizona and Editor-in-Chief of Sonora Review. They were named a finalist fo