Kent Mac­Carter (Man­ag­ing Edi­tor, Site Design, Short Reviews Edi­tor) is a writer and edi­tor in Castle­maine, with his wife and son. He holds a BA in Account­ing from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Mon­tana, a BA in Finance from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Mon­tana, and an MA in Eng­lish with focus on Cre­ative Writ­ing from Uni­ver­si­ty of Mel­bourne. His pub­lish­ing career began at Uni­ver­si­ty of Chica­go Press in 2000, and since he has work with edu­ca­tion­al pub­lish­ers Cen­gage Learn­ing and Cur­ricu­lum Press in Aus­tralia. He’s the author of three poet­ry col­lec­tions – In the Hun­gry Mid­dle of Here (Tran­sit Lounge, 2009), Ribo­some Spread­sheet (Picaro Press, 2011) and Sputnik’s Cousin (Tran­sit Lounge, 2014), with Cal­i­for­nia Sweet forth­com­ing in 2017. He is also edi­tor of Joy­ful Strains: Mak­ing Aus­tralia Home (Affirm Press, 2013), a non-fic­tion col­lec­tion of dias­poric mem­oir. He is an active mem­ber in Mel­bourne PEN, and was exec­u­tive trea­sur­er on the board for Small Press Net­work from 2009–2013. In 2012 he received a Ful­bright Trav­el Award to attend writ­ing fes­ti­vals and lec­ture at Indone­sian universities.

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