Your hosts

Steven Karl is the author of State(s) of Flux, a collaborative chap(art)book with Joseph Lappie (Peptic Robot Press, 2009), (Ir)Rational Animals (Flying Guillotine Press, 2010) and emissions/ of(H_ngm_n e-chap, 2011). In one way or another is involved with Borough Writing Workshops, Coldfront Magazine, and Sink Review. He lives in Brooklyn, NY and sometimes blogs at stevenkarl.blogspot.com

Erika Moya’s poetry has appeared in various places. Some of them are here: 2River View, Prick of the Spindle, and elimae. She lives in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Christie Ann Reynolds is a native New Yorker and holds degrees from Hofstra University, The New School, and Queens College. Brenda Shaughnessy chose her manuscript, idiot heart, as the 2008 winner of The New School Chapbook Competition. She is the co-author of the chapbook GIRL BOY GIRL BOY (Correspondences) and the author of Revenge Poems (Supermachine). Her work can be read in Blaze Vox, Pax Americana, La Petite Zine, My Name is Mud, EOAGH, Maggy, Sub-Lit, The Houston Literary Reviewand others. She teaches writing at Hofstra University.

FOUNDERS/ Previous Hosts  (2006 – 2010)

The history of Stain is long and illustrious: founder Amy King curated the series in 2006 and 2007 as the MiPo Reading Series, dubbed after the online magazine MiPoesias she edited at the time. The series became Stain of Poetry in May 2008, and Amy was joined by a new co-curator, Ana Božičević. Amy and Ana curated the series through the end of 2010.

Amy King is the author, most recently, of I Want to Make You Safe (Litmus Press, 2011) and Slaves to Do These Things (Blazevox, 2009).  She also teaches at SUNY Nassau and works with VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.   With Ana Božičević, she co-edits the journal esque.

Ana Božičević is a poet and translator. Her Stars of the Night Commute (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2009) was a Lambda Literary Award in Poetry finalist. She is a PhD candidate in English & Program Manager at The Graduate Center, CUNY, where she helped found Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative, and the Annual Chapbook Festival.  With Amy King, she co-edits the journal esque.

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