Featured Poem SS 2018
Putting words to thought, a thinking man’s disease.
To be deified and betrayed by his own mind.
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Gerard Caronna was born on February 18, 1985 in New Orleans, Louisiana as
Michael Gerard Caronna Jr. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in
Three Line Poetry and Snapping Twig.
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Artwork, The Bug King by Michael Mau
Michael Mau’s short fiction has appeared in Black Warrior Review, Portland Review,
Fifth Wednesday, Mount Hope, Firewords Quarterly, Punchnel’s, Ferocious Quarterly,
and other places. “An Open Letter to America From a Public School Teacher,”
originally published in McSweeney’s, received national attention when it was picked
up by several news outlets. His story “Little Bird” was selected by Lily Hoang as the
winner of the 2014 Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest. He received his MFA from the
Bluegrass Writers Studio at EKU.