Anne Myles reads her poem "The Woman Who Lives without Bread," and Jonathan Chibuike Ukah reads his poem "I Am Going Higher."
Anne Myles is the author of Late Epistle (Headmistress Press, 2023), and her work has appeared in numerous journals. She is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Northern Iowa and holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Originally from New York, she now lives in Greensboro, NC. Learn more at annemyles.com.
Jonathan Chibuike Ukah lives in the United Kingdom. His poems have been featured in Lucky Jefferson Literary Magazine, The Pierian, Propel Magazine, Atticus Review, The Journal of Undiscovered Poets, and elsewhere. He won the Alexander Pope Poetry Award in 2023. He was the Editor’s Choice Prize Winner of Unleash Lit in 2024, the Second Poetry Prize Winner at the Streetlights Poetry Prize in 2024, and Winner of the Poet of the Month December-January 2025 at the Literary Shark Poetry Contest. His chapbook, A is for Anfang, is forthcoming from Island of Wak Wak.
