Colin James Sturdevant
FOUNDER & EDITOR EMERITUS :: Colin James Sturdevant is a poet and writer living in the melting pot city that is Houston, TX. His work has appeared in Crab Creek Review, The Bayou Review, and Mid/South Sonnets. He is an MFA in Creative Writing - Poetry candidate at the low residency program at Western Colorado University. He enjoys cookery and dining out, craft cocktails, and foolishness. He's more interested in your story.
MANAGING EDITOR :: Ivania Rivas is a poet, writer, amateur philosopher, and musician who dances at the crossroads of words and ideas. With a Bachelor's degree in English Literature, she honed her craft as a writing consultant at the UH Writing Center, where she formed warm, lasting connections with fellow Texas writers. Her love of philosophy is matched only by her passion for making music on her keyboards and synth.
Ivania Rivas
POETRY EDITOR :: L. A. Merrill is a longtime professional writer and editor and has been a table//FEAST editor since 2022. In 2021, she won a Rowan Foundation scholarship to the Boldface Conference for Emerging Writers. Merrill was a juried poet for the 2017 Houston Poetry Fest. She emceed Public Poetry’s virtual readings in 2020 and 2021 and has hosted other literary events. Her poems have appeared in the Texas Poetry Calendar, Synkroniciti, Equinox, and other publications.
L.A. Merrill
Lydia Renfro
FICTION EDITOR :: Lydia Renfro holds an MFA from Adelphi University and is the recipient of the Donald Everett Axinn Award for Fiction. Her work has appeared in Okie Bookcast, Litro US, Red Fern Review, Level Land: Poems For and About the I35 Corridor, Siblini Journal, Miletus International Literature Magazine, and others. Raised on the Great Plains of Oklahoma, Lydia now lives in Colorado with her dog.
Crystal Reyes
CREATIVE NONFICTION EDITOR :: Crystal Reyes (she/ella) is a Latinx essayist, poet, and educator from Houston. She is an MFA candidate in Creative Nonfiction at Bay Path University, the CNF Editor with table//FEAST literary magazine, and the author of Wildflower Blooming (2023). Her work appears in HipLatina, Entre Magazine, Autostraddle, Panocha Zine and other literary anthologies. She has received support from The Kenyon Review, The Writer’s Center, & Writespace Houston. Crystal is a mother, wife, and true Taurus — stubborn, often hangry, and always ready with a pen in hand. Follow along @crisreyeswrites
POETRY TRANSLATIONS EDITOR: Clara Burghelea published two poetry collections: The Flavor of The Other (Dos Madres Press 2020) and Praise the Unburied (Chaffinch Press 2021). Her poems and translations appeared in Gulf Coast, Delos, Mantis, The Los Angeles Review and elsewhere. She is Review Editor of Ezra, An Online Journal of Translation.
Carla Burghelea
Miriam Calleja is a poet, workshop leader, artist, creativity expert, and translator. She speaks English, Maltese, and Italian. Her work has appeared in Taos, plume, humana obscura, and elsewhere. Her full poetry collections are Pomegranate Heart (EDE Books, 2015) and Inside (EDE Books, 2016). Her poetry chapbooks are Remember (Stamparija Reljic, 2020), Stranger Intimacy (Stamparija Reljic, 2020), and Come Closer, I Don’t Mind the Silence (BottleCap Press, 2023); her book of poetry translated from Maltese is Variations on Silence (PoetryWala, 2025). Miriam is the winner of the table // FEAST 2025 translation competition. She is also the 2025 Artist-in-Residence for the Mobile Medical Museum. Miriam is from Malta and lives in Birmingham, Alabama. Read more on miriamcalleja.com.
Miriam Calleja
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