Amal El-Mohtar is a Canadian-born child of the Mediterranean, and would have you believe that her longing for fruit in all seasons is in no way the result of her having compromised her virtue with goblin men. She’s currently pursuing a PhD in English at the Cornwall campus of the University of Exeter, where, curled up in her tiny flat above a wine bar, she drinks copious amounts of tea, plays harp, and reads books. She also co-edits Goblin Fruit, an online quarterly devoted to fantastical poetry, with partner-in-crime Jessica P. Wick, and keeps a log of her day-to-day doings on her Livejournal.

B. Haro was born and raised among the Lost Children of Rockdale County. Reformed English major from Emory University who has seen the pale … Read entire article »