FOUNDER & MANAGING EDITOR :: Colin James Sturdevant is a poet, writer, and food journalist (edible Houston) living in the melting pot city that is Houston, TX. His work has been featured in some places in print and online, some of which no longer exist, but now it is all going into print as he works as a Special Education teacher in the public sector. He is also the Founder and Editor for pass the salt presse which is a 501c3 (nonprofit) that houses everything at the root of table//FEAST Literary Magazine which includes the bar//DRINK Reading Series. He is currently working on two chapbook projects titled "The Night Cryer's Lament: The Rorschach Exchange Project" and "unrequited serenade". His longer project in the works is a titled collection called "Horse myth & other poems". He enjoys cookery and dining out, craft cocktails, and foolishness. He's more interested in your story.
POETRY CO-EDITOR :: Lori Lasseter Hamilton is a 54-year-old rape survivor, breast cancer survivor, and rectal cancer survivor. She is a member of Sister City Connection, a collective of women poets, spoken word artists, and storytellers in her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. Some of her poems have appeared in SWWIM, Poetry Super Highway, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Ghost City Review, Avant Appal(achia), Global Poemic, The Stray Branch, Birmingham Arts Journal, and Steel Toe Review. Lori earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from UAB, with a minor in English. She helped edit Voices of Resistance: A Sister City Connection Anthology with Laura Secord and Ashley Jones, poet laureate of Alabama. After spending most of 2023 in the hospital, Lori works as a receptionist in a medical clinic.
FICTION CO-EDITOR :: Bri Chapman (she/her) is currently an MFA fiction candidate for Creative Writing, Editing, and Publishing at Sam Houston State University. Her research focuses on the human condition seen in mythology, fairy tales, and urban legends. She is currently working as a graphic designer for Small Harbor Publishing and as a fiction co-editor for table//FEAST Literary Magazine.
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