The Switchback Books Editors
Brandi Homan, Editor-in-Chief
Brandi Homan is the author of Hard Reds, forthcoming from Shearsman Books in September, and Two Kinds of Arson, a chapbook from dancing girl press. She earned her MFA in Poetry from Columbia College Chicago. View Brandi's work.
Hanna Andrews, Founding Editor
Hanna Andrews is a native New Yorker and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. She recently received her MFA from Columbia College Chicago, where she was co-Editor of Columbia Poetry Review and currently teaches college writing. Recent work has appeared in CutBank, Caketrain, DIAGRAM, and MiPoesias, and her chapbook, door to door, was a runner up in the 2007 Frank O'Hara Chapbook Competition. View Hanna's work.
Becca Klaver, Founding Editor
Becca Klaver was born in Milwaukee, WI, and graduated from the University of Southern California and Columbia College Chicago, where she's now Assistant Programs Director of Literature and Poetry. Recent work appears in Coconut, MiPoesias, H_NGM_N, The Hat and the anthology DIAGRAM III. She was a poet-in-residence for the Chicago Poetry Center from 2005-7 and currently writes for PoetryFoundation.org. View Becca's work.
Melissa Severin, Managing Editor
Melissa Severin lives in Chicago and works in search engine marketing. She earned her MFA in Poetry from New England College, and her poems have appeared in MoonLit, The Alembic, and The Cultural Society. For the curious, she doesn't have a "dream job." Melissa realized at a young age that her dreams do not involve jobs, but she might like to open a bar in the Pacific Northwest. Her chapbook Brute Fact was recently published by dancing girl press. View Melissa's work.
Addie Palin, Contest Editor
Addie Palin moved to Chicago after receiving her MFA from the University of Montana in 2004, where she was a recipient of the Richard Hugo Memorial Scholarship. She has had poems published in Faultline and Kalliope and was a 2005 finalist for the Univeristy of Arizona Poetry Center Summer Residency Contest. She is currently working for a small Chicago advertising agency while finishing work on her manuscript, The Cautery. View Addie's work.