Meet the Team
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Jeffrey Levine
Publisher & Artistic Director
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Kristina Marie Darling
Editor-in-Chief of Tupelo Press
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David Rossitter
Managing Editor
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Cutter Streeby
Director of Marketing
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Kirsten Miles
National Director of the 30/30 Project at Tupelo Press & Regional Director for Tupelo Press Conferences
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Allison O'Keefe
Associate Managing Editor
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Cassandra Cleghorn
Poetry Editor
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Wendy Chen
Prose Editor
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Tiffany Troy
Associate Editor
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Hasanthika Sirisena
Prose Editor
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Xu Xi
Fiction Editor
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Elizabeth J. Colen
Non-Fiction Editor
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Gail Upchurch
Assistant Nonfiction Editor
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Kate Bolton Bonnici
Assistant Nonfiction Editor
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Erica Buist
Director of Social Media
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Nancy Naomi Carlson
Associate Editor
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Alan Berolzheimer
Consulting Editor
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Nicholas Skaldetvind
Preliminary Reader
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Preeti Kaur Rajpal
Preliminary Reader
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Iliana Rocha
Preliminary Reader
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Kyle McCord
Preliminary Reader
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Javiera Hasnain
Preliminary Reader
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Xiao Yue Shan
Preliminary Reader
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Beth McDermott
Preliminary Reader
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Ariel Francisco
Translation Editor
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Ming Di
Translation Editor
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Abigail Ardelle Zammit
Translation Editor
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CMarie Fuhrman
Faculty
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Lise Goett
Faculty
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Veronica Golos
Faculty
about tupelo press
Tupelo Press, Inc., which released its first five books in fall 2001, is an independent, literary press devoted to discovering and publishing works of poetry, literary fiction, and creative nonfiction by emerging and established writers. Tupelo Press is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit company.
What we look for is a blend of urgency of language, imagination, distinctiveness, and craft. What we produce and how we produce it — from design to printing to paper quality — honors the writing in books which boast the uniquely sensual look and feel of a Tupelo Press book.
Readers and writers alike have already come to recognize both the aesthetic appeal and unique literary merit of Tupelo publications. No other press in America approaches the production standards of Tupelo Press. Tupelo has quickly established itself as the new standard among independent literary presses.
Volunteer Staff & Interns
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Julie Ascarrunz
Course Adoption Intern
Julie Ascarrunz lives in Lafayette, Colorado and currently teaches Language Arts and Pedagogy at Centaurus High School where she also advises a feminist reading group. She is bilingual and has two Mas — in Educational Equity and Cultural Diversity, and Creative Writing from The University of Colorado. She recently completed her MFA in Poetry through the low residency program at NYU. Julie is a member of The Gamuts, a longstanding workshop group in East Boulder County, sings with The Colorado Repertory Singers, and is training for her first ½ marathon. She lives with two cats, two dogs, and the ghost of a box turtle named Galapago. Her work has appeared in Main Street Rag, Calliope, Camroc Press Review, Niche, aaduna, and Streetlight Magazine.
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John Darr
Course Adoption Intern
John Darr is a poet, music critic and educator from Richmond, VA. He has work published and upcoming in SOFTBLOW, Virga, and Anti-Heroin Chic. He is currently an MFA candidate at Wichita State University where he teaches English Composition.
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Ana Barbara Hernandez
Web Design Intern, Tupelo Quarterly
Ana Barbara Hernandez is a native of Abilene, TX, where she enjoys spending time with her family and shih tzu, Winnie. She is currently working on her BA in marketing at Wichita State University in Wichita, KS and strives to obtain her MA in publishing one day. She is also a dedicated member of Kappa Delta Chi Sorority Inc. and a campus organization called Phenomenal Women. Both organizations aim to strengthen women of color on a predominantly white campus, and encourage their members to pave the way for future generations.
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Mariah Perkins
Course Adoption Intern
Mariah Perkins is a poetry MFA candidate at Wichita State University where she is also the non-fiction editor of mojo/Mikrokosmos. Her work has appeared in Fugue, Crack the Spine, and can be heard on WYCE’s Electric Poetry.
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Aaron Bristow-Rodriguez
Web Design Intern, Tupelo Quarterly
Aaron Bristow-Rodriguez was born in Wisconsin. He received his BA from the University of Minnesota. He is a third-year MFA poetry candidate at the Wichita State University and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Mikrokosmos.
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Ian Thomas
Marketing Intern
Since getting his MA in literature from the University of Tennessee, Ian Thomas has worked as a content writer and account manager for companies in Chicago’s growing tech scene. In his spare time, he enjoys following new book releases, playing music, and spending time with friends and family.
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Mackenzie Pierce
Development Intern
Mackenzie graduated this spring from Boston University with a MA/BA in English and BA in Economics. She aims to maintain a career in publishing, the nonprofit sector specifically. She is currently writing freelance for local nonprofit news and works as a Beta Reader for Dark Harbor Magazine. Eventually, Mackenzie hopes to put out her own speculative fiction novel and poetry collections. Some of her hobbies outside of reading and writing include rock climbing, antiquing, jewelry making, traveling and collaging. Mackenzie is so excited to be working with Tupelo, especially through book publicity and demographic research! Mackenzie is spearheading a development project in 2025.