Managing Editor
Krista Cox
Krista Cox is a poet, counseling student, and freelancer. In addition to Doubleback Review, Krista is Managing Editor of The Wardrobe and an Associate Poetry Editor at Stirring: A Literary Collection. She’s the Executive Director of Lit Literary Collective, and on the Board of Directors of the LGBTQ Center of South Bend, Indiana. Her poetry has appeared in Columbia Journal, Crab Fat Magazine, and elsewhere. Her internet hangout is www.kristacox.com.
Poetry Editor
Autumn McClintock
Autumn McClintock is a freelance writer and editor living in Philadelphia. Her newest chapbook, Dirt Bird, was recently published by Alexandria Quarterly Press, and poems of hers have appeared in The Account, Cimarron Review, Denver Quarterly, and The Georgia Review, among others. Find her online at autumnmcclintock.com.
Associate Poetry Editor
Merrick Sloane
Merrick Sloane (they/them) is a neuro-Queer 90’s kid and nonbinary poet, editor, and researcher from Oklahoma, where they received their B.A. in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Central Dissent: a Journal of Gender and Sexuality and Poetry Editor of New Plains Review. Currently, Merrick is pursuing their MFA at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where they serve as the Poetry Editor of Grist, and as the host of the creative writing department’s reading series and open mic, Chiasmus. When they are not writing or editing, Merrick loves to serve as a pillow for their cat, Kitten, while getting lost in new worlds written by other dreamers.
Fiction Editor
Samantha Edmonds
Samantha Edmonds is the author of the fiction chapbook Pretty to Think So, forthcoming from Selcouth Station Press later in 2019. Her fiction has appeared in such journals as Mississippi Review, Black Warrior Review, Pleiades, The Pinch, Indiana Review, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, among others. Her nonfiction has been published in The Rumpus, Literary Hub, Ploughshares, VICE, Bustle, and more. She serves as the Fiction Editor for Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts and the Community Outreach Director for Sundress Academy for the Arts. She holds an MA in creative writing from the University of Cincinnati. She currently lives in Knoxville, where she’s an MFA candidate at the University of Tennessee. Visit her online at www.samanthaedmonds.com.
Associate Fiction Editor
Katie Bell
Katherine Bell is a fiction writer from Frederick, Maryland who earned her MFA from Eastern Washington University, where she worked as a fiction editor for Willow Springs Literary Magazine. She currently serves as the Director of SAFTA Films with the Sundress Academy for the Arts in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her short fiction has appeared in Grub Street Literary Magazine, The Fem, and Connotation Press, among others.
Nonfiction Editor
Hayli May Cox
Hayli May Cox is a PhD Candidate studying English/Creative Writing and Women’s and Gender Studies at The University of Missouri, though she’s really a Michigander. She primarily writes speculative fiction, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction essays, and she has taught literature, fiction, and creative nonfiction at various levels. Her stories and essays have been published online and in print, and she is currently working on one story collection and two book projects. In her free time Hayli paints, builds with Lego, critter watches, and hikes around with a backpack full of field guides. Find her work at haylicox.com.
Associate Nonfiction Editor
Hannah Kitterman
Hannah Kitterman is a native Tennessean currently living in Knoxville. She graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2018 where she studied English Literature and French. During her time at UTK Hannah was a member of the Pride of the Southland Marching Band where she played the trombone and gained valuable life experience with heartbreaking losses and feverous fandom. Hannah is currently serving as a member of AmeriCorps with I Bike KNX, an organization that raises awareness for bicyclists and pedestrians and advocates for safe bicycling habits. You can find her at various intersections in Knoxville counting the number of pedestrians and people riding bicycles or reading with a cup of coffee while on the lookout for dogs to pet. She has never met a burrito or a four-legged animal that she did not love.
Social Media Editor
Shaylynn Marks
Shaylynn Marks has a BFA in Creative Writing, with poetry and prose published through several journals and sold internationally. She was awarded 2023 Runner-Up for Poet of the Year with Poetic Anarchy Press. When she doesn’t have a pen in hand, you can find her with a guitar or paintbrush! Check out her work at http://shaylynnmarks.com.