A. Riel Regan graduated from Thomas More University graduate. They have an intense appreciation for “the human heart in conflict,” as Faulkner referred to it. Their poetry has been featured in Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel and WORDS, and their piece “recognition” won the Appalachian Award for Poetry. When not editing, writing or reading, they find themselves killing half their houseplants and boldly defending the other half from their cats.