ISSUE 8 | SUMMER 2024
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Thi Nguyen is a poet, California native, born from Vietnamese refugees in San Jose, currently living in Los Angeles. She received her MFA in creative writing with a focus on poetry from the University of New Orleans (UNO). Her poems have been recogni
Kit Robinson (@robinson.kit) is a Bay Area poet, writer, and musician. He is the author of two dozen collections of poetry, including Quarantina (Lavender Ink, 2022), Thought Balloon (Roof, 2019), Leaves of Class (Chax, 2017), Marine Layer (BlazeVOX,
Hikari Miya (@haruka_satsuma_negi) is an LGBTQ Japanese-Filipina American who graduated from Cornell University in 2019 with a BA in English, and from University of San Francisco with an MFA in Creative Writing. She is a scholarship-awarded student i
Anastasia Dotzauer (@aatuin) is an adult educator and emerging writer living in Northern Utah. When not at home, she is traveling across the United States with her four-legged family. Her poems have appeared in Miracle Monocle; Action, Spectacle; and
The Broken Lens Podcast Episode 11 is now available on all platforms where you get podcasts! In our eleventh episode we interview contributors z.No scott. (@mythnomer) and R.C. Thomas (@rcthomasthings). Head to the link in our bio! If you love what
Sarah Elaine Smith (@braindoggies) is the author of the novel Marilou Is Everywhere and the poetry collection I Live in a Hut. Subscribe to her weekly bibliomancy forecast at sarahelainesmith.substack.com Head to the link in our bio to see Sarah&rsq
Will Alexander works in multiple genres. In addition to being a poet, he is also a novelist, essayist, aphorist, playwright, philosopher, visual artist, and pianist. His influences range from poetic practitioners, such as Aimé Césaire,
Hey! We’ve got a playlist! Thanks to our wonderful contributors who have provided us with their song selections, we’ve been able to collect a fantastically eclectic playlist. Check it out on Spotify (link in bio) and follow along for ne
We’re excited to share the eighth issue of Broken Lens Journal with you! Featuring the work of Will Alexander, Sarah Elaine Smith (@braindoggies), Anastasia Dotzauer (@aatuin), Hikari Miya (@haruka_satsuma_negi), Kit Robinson (@robinson.kit), T
Michael Moreth is a recovering Chicagoan living in the rural, micropolitan City of Sterling, the Paris of Northwest Illinois. Head to the link in our bio to see Michael’s marvelous work in issue 7!
@patty_paine is the author of Grief & Other Animals, The Sounding Machine, and three chapbooks. She edited Gathering the Tide: An Anthology of Contemporary Arabian Gulf Poetry and The Donkey Lady and Other Tales from the Arabian Gulf. Her poems,
@deercrossingthesea (they/them) is the author of the chapbook Feral Ecology (Bottlecap Press 2024). They are a finalist for Gasher’s 2023 Bennett Nieberg Transpoetic Broadside Prize and a finalist for the 2024 Tennessee Williams & New Orlea