A journal of art and literature published by the University of West Florida
Patryk Stasieczek is an LGBTQ visual artist living between Montréal, Quèbec, and Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada. He was the director and co-curator of Gallery 295 in Vancouver, BC, an exhibition space that focused on emerging photographic practices and discourses.
Forthcoming in March, 2019, This Luminous: New and Selected Poems by Allan Peterson represents the third title published by Panhandler Books and the University of West Florida Department of English. The following interview took place on February 4, 2019.
Caroline Goodwin is a poet and essayist based in Montara, California. Born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, she holds a BA in biology from The Colorado College and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.
Sto Len is a printmaker, painter, installation, sound and performance artist with interests in site-specific improvisation and experimentation within a variety of media.
Beginning February 1, 2019, Panhandler Books welcomes submissions (via Submittable) of previously unpublished, book-length collections of poetry, fiction (both short fiction and novels), and nonfiction (all forms). The open submission period will run from February 1 – April 30.
This Luminous: New and Selected Poems by Allan Peterson (forthcoming March 4, 2019 from Panhandler Books) is now available for pre-order.
Sonja Ahlers is a visual artist and poet from Victoria, British Columbia. An autodidact without formal training, she makes use of and has expanded upon the notion of the artist’s
Heath Schultz is a research-based artist and writer. His work addresses questions of institutional critique, activism, contemporary politics, and the political efficacy of art. His writing has been published in
Lisa Roney is the author of the memoir Sweet Invisible Body, the poetry chapbook The Best Possible Bad Luck, and the craft book Serious Daring: Creative Writing in Four Genres.
S Mark Gubb (b.1974) lives and works in Cardiff, Wales (UK). Born and raised near Margate, Kent, he works across a range of media incorporating sculpture, video, sound, installation and
The editors of Panhandler Books are pleased to announce that Allan Peterson’s New and Selected poems, This Luminous, will be published by Panhandler Books in early 2019. Please visit the Panhandler Books
Jessica Bizer is a painter and installation artist. Her work investigates the complex energy of the contemporary landscape, a space dominated by digital expression. She explores the deviating, often contradicting, narratives
Hour House is the duo Mark Leacy and Sam Kenna, previously of the long running improvised sextet Castings. In Hour House, the two explore the possibilities of how analog and
Charlotte Pence’s first book of poems, Many Small Fires (Black Lawrence Press, 2015), won Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award (silver medalist) and was a finalist for the
Stephanie Berger is a poet, installation & performance artist, theater producer, and entrepreneur. She is the CEO of The Poetry Society of New York and co-creator of The Poetry Brothel, The New
