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ANDY ANDEREGG lives in so-called Los Angeles. She co-founded Making Art at the End of the World, new editions at the end of every month. She is an Editor at Zona Motel and her debut novel PLUM from Hub City Press is out now.
Co-editor-in-chief of Zona Motel I also write novels and other things
Zona Motel is a brotherhood and web space that exists to support good literature.
Author of AESTHETICA and JELL-O GIRLS; my new novel, LOVERS XXX, is coming early 2026 in the US and UK. I co-edit the DISPATCHES column for Zona Motel.
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I live in Charleston, West Virginia, and try to maintain a creative life, personally and professionally. I'm also a contributing editor at Zona Motel.
Nikki Volpicelli is a graduate of the Bennington Writing Seminars and an editor of the Rose Books Reader. Her work has been featured in The Southampton Review, Entropy, XRAY, Expat, and Neutral Spaces.
writer & musician in west philly ☆ contributing editor @ Zona Motel
Head of Support at Substack. Author of the novel LOG OFF (Shabby Doll House, 2024)
Sebastian Castillo is the author of Fresh, Green Life, SALMON, and other books. He lives in Philadelphia, PA.
I wrote a billboard. Don’t google me.
Dispatch Editor at Zona Motel. Graham Irvin lives in Philadelphia. He is originally from North Carolina. He is the author of Liver Mush and I Have a Gun.
Author of JT LeRoy NEW EDITIONS "SARAH" & "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things" from Harper Perennial (US)/Little Brown Book Group (UK) IG: @laura_albert / Twitter: @lauraalbert / https://buymeacoffee.com/lauraalbert
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Writer. Novel: DON'T CURE ME (forthcoming from McSweeney's Books) Editor at Zona Motel Board at The DiTrapano Foundation for Literature and the Arts
Barrie Miskin is the author of the memoir Hell Gate Bridge. She lives in Queens, NY with her family and you can find more of her writing at barriemiskin.com.
Elle Nash is the author of the novels Deliver Me (Unnamed Press & Verve Books, 2023), Gag Reflex (Clash Books, 2022) and Animals Eat Each Other (Dzanc Books & 404 Ink), and the short story collection Nudes (404 Ink).
Charlene Elsby wrote Hexis, Affect, Psychros, Agyny, Musos, Letters to Jenny Just After She Died, and Bedlam. Her essays have appeared in Bustle Books and the LA Review of Books.
Author of the poetry collections Tom Sawyer (CCM Press) and Raking Leaves (Holler Presents). Editor of R&R. Contributing editor at Zona Motel.
M. Randal O'Wain is the author of Meander Belt and Hallelujah Station. He is contributing interviews editor at Zona Motel and teaches at UNC Chapel Hill.
hello my name is juliet escoria and I am an Editor-in-Chief at Zona Motel! I also wrote these books: You Are the Snake (Soft Skull, 2024), Witch Hunt & Black Cloud (CLASH, 2023), and Juliet the Maniac (Melville House, 2019).
Poet. Author of the books Path of Totality and Dead Horse. Contributing editor (Reviews) for Zona Motel.
I'm from Mississippi but I don't live there right now.
contributing editor for Zona Motel. http://www.andrewduncanworthington.com/
Aren’t I a human being? Don’t I yearn and ache…and shop? Don’t I deserve love…and jewellery? | Contributing Editor at Zona Motel | Sticker Baron at bigchallenges.bigcartel.com | Aesthetic Services at https://elinorabbott.carrd.co/
novel writer: ULTRALUMINOUS (MCDxFSG, 2017), YOUNG GOD (FSG, 2014)
Fiction and Essays / Zona Motel Interview Editor
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Painter and writer in Chicago. dmitrysamarov.com
Writer, painter, and anti-tech activist living between London and NYC.
Brittany Ackerman is the author of the essay collection, The Perpetual Motion Machine. Her debut novel, The Brittanys, is out now with Vintage. She does not like elevators and prefers to take the stairs.
Books: Opioid, Indiana / Bad Foundations / Motherfucking Sharks, etc. Aspen Words Finalist. Wonderland Book Award (x2), Texas Observer Story Prize Essays in Zona Motel, Hobart, The Rumpus Stories in Granta, Ninth Letter, McSweeney’s etc
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Philadelphian, author of The Living god and Proximity, Reviews Editor Zona Motel
Born and raised in San Diego, CA.
Run your fingers over the surface of your life to make sure it's still there.
I'm just some guy—running socials for ZONA MOTEL! 🐐 Catch us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zona.motel/ 〇 read my poetry published in SPECTRA: https://spectrapoets.org/JAMAIS-VU-by-Ivan-Genc 〇
Writer, reader, teacher, expat. Contributing editor @zonamotel.
Essays Editor at Zona Motel
I'm a Franco-American writer, translator, and ex-yoga teacher.
I wrote Teen Surf Goth (Metatron, 2015) and The Island (Shabby Doll House, 2024)
Kayla Jean Murphy is from Pennsylvania. Her work has appeared in Joyland, Blue Arrangements, and elsewhere. You can find her at kaylamjean.wordpress.com.
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