ISSUE 9 | FALL 2024
OUT NOW

Giovanni Boskovich (b. 1985) is a poet and educator born and raised in San Pedro, California. He holds an MA in Literature from California State University Dominguez Hills where he published a thesis on Emily Dickinson. His work has appeared in Cali
Steve Carll (@steve_carll_67) lives with his family in Arcata, California. His third full-length poetry collection, Hypnopompic Diaries (Books One and Two) is out February 2024 from Alien Buddha Press. Earlier books include Tracheal Centrifuge (Facto
Bradley J. Fest is associate professor of English and the 2022–25 Cora A. Babcock Chair in English at Hartwick College, where he has taught courses in creative writing, poetry and poetics, digital studies, and twentieth- and twenty-first-centur
Robert Krut (@robertkrut) is the author of four books: Watch Me Trick Ghosts, The Now Dark Sky, Setting Us All on Fire (which received the Codhill Poetry Award), This Is the Ocean, and The Spider Sermons. His work has appeared in numerous journals, i
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