Spring 2021
Soundings Staff
Keats Chaves
Editor (Class of 2022)
Keats Chaves graduated from Roehampton University in London, England with an MA in Audiovisual Translation in 2015. He is a writer, editor, and German to English translator, and is working with the Western Oregon University Writing Center to help promote LGBTQIA+ inclusivity and encourage writerly self-efficacy in queer student writers. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he collects art and science fiction.
Abriel Newton
Contributing Writer (Class of 2021)
Abriel Newton graduated from Susquehanna University with a BA in Creative Writing and Religious Studies. She writes obituaries for the local newspaper, writes poetry, and makes coffee in a cafe. She lives in Amish country Pennsylvania, with her partner and son, in a two-hundred-year-old building that was a restaurant, a music college, and a hotel.
Hannah Markley
Assistant Editor (Class of 2023)
Hannah Markley graduated with a BA in Spanish and International Relations and an MA in TESOL and Intercultural Studies. Hannah often makes major decisions based on their potential for a good story, and she collects places, like those buckets of shells under her bathroom sink. She currently lives in central Kentucky where she rambles, writes, bakes, sews and, occasionally, teaches.
Sydney Elliott
Managing Editor (Class of 2015)
Sydney Elliott graduated from RWW in 2015. She is a full-time English instructor at Tillamook Bay Community College and lives on the Oregon coast. She is the editor of the Community College Humanities Review and serves as the Community College Humanities Association's National Publications Director. Sydney is also a surfer, yoga instructor, self-defense teacher, and singer in a jazz trio.
Garrett Brooks
Creative Director (PLU 2014)
Garrett Brooks graduated in 2014 from PLU’s School of Arts and Communication (SOAC), where he obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. He has served as Soundings' webmaster since 2014, as its visual designer chiefly since 2016, and as RWW's Creative Director since 2018. In a related field, he is a board member and creative director for Fireweed: Poetry of Oregon. Living in Olympia, WA, he works globally as a freelance graphic and web designer, and is also a traditional artist, photographer, and avid creator of eclectic book piles.
2020
Fall
EDITOR
Keats Chaves
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Abriel Newton
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Hannah Markley
MANAGING EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Garrett Brooks
Summer
EDITOR
Abriel Newton
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Nathaniel Youmans
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Keats Chaves
MANAGING EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Garrett Brooks
Spring
EDITOR
Abriel Newton
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Nathaniel Youmans
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Keats Chaves
MANAGING EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Garrett Brooks
2019
Fall
EDITOR
Abriel Newton
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Nathaniel Youmans
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Keats Chaves
MANAGING EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Garrett Brooks
Summer
EDITOR
Nathaniel Youmans
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Hannah Comerford
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Abriel Newton
MANAGING EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Garrett Brooks
Spring
EDITOR
Nathaniel Youmans
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Hannah Comerford
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Abriel Newton
MANAGING EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Garrett Brooks
2018
Fall
EDITOR
Nathaniel Youmans
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Hannah Comerford
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Abriel Newton
MANAGING EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Garrett Brooks
Summer
EDITOR
Hannah Comerford
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Lisa Morin Carcia
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Nathaniel Youmans
MANAGING EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Garrett Brooks
Spring
EDITOR
Hannah Comerford
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Lisa Morin Carcia
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Nathaniel Youmans
MANAGING EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
WEBMASTER & DESIGNER
Garrett Brooks
2017
Fall
EDITOR
Hannah Comerford
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Lisa Morin Carcia
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Nathaniel Youmans
MANAGING EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
WEBMASTER & DESIGNER
Garrett Brooks
Summer
EDITOR
Lisa Morin Carcia
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Lisa Morin Carcia
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Hannah Comerford
MANAGING EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
WEBMASTER & DESIGNER
Garrett Brooks
Spring
EDITOR
Lisa Morin Carcia
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Lisa Morin Carcia
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Hannah Comerford
MANAGING EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
WEBMASTER & DESIGNER
Garrett Brooks
2016
Fall
EDITOR
Lisa Morin Carcia
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Colleen Rain
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Hannah Comerford
MANAGING EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
WEBMASTER & DESIGNER
Garrett Brooks
Summer
EDITOR
Lisa Morin Carcia
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Colleen Rain
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Lisa Morin Carcia
MANAGING EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
WEBMASTER & DESIGNER
Garrett Brooks
Spring
EDITOR
Chelsey Clammer
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Colleen Rain
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Lisa Morin Carcia
MANAGING EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
WEBMASTER
Garrett Brooks
2015
Fall-Winter
EDITOR
Chelsey Clammer
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Colleen Rain
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Lisa Morin Carcia
MANAGING EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
WEBMASTER
Garrett Brooks
Summer
EDITOR
Chelsey Clammer
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
-
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Cate Gable
MANAGING EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
WEBMASTER
Garrett Brooks
Spring
EDITOR
Chelsey Clammer
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Sydney Elliott
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Cate Gable
MANAGING EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
WEBMASTER
Garrett Brooks
2014
Fall-Winter
EDITOR
Chelsey Clammer
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Sydney Elliott
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Cate Gable
MANAGING EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
WEBMASTER
Garrett Brooks
Summer
EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Sydney Elliott
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Chelsey Clammer
MANAGING EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
WEBMASTER
Garrett Brooks
Spring
EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Chelsey Clammer
MANAGING EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
WEBMASTER
Steve McBurnett
2013
Fall-Winter
EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Chelsey Clammer
MANAGING EDITOR
Rebecca Saxton
WEBMASTER
Steve McBurnett
Summer
EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
WEBMASTER
Karl Lehmann
Spring
EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
WEBMASTER
Karl Lehmann
2012
Fall-Winter
EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Sydney Elliott
WEBMASTER
Katrina Hays
Summer
EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
MANAGING EDITOR
Katrina Hays
WEBMASTER
Katrina Hays
Spring
EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Monique Avakian
WEBMASTER
Katrina Hays
2011
Winter
EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Monique Avakian
WEBMASTER
Katrina Hays
Fall
EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Monique Avakian
WEBMASTER
Katrina Hays
Summer
EDITOR
Sidney Brammer
WEBMASTER
Katrina Hays
Spring
EDITOR
Emily Murphy
WEBMASTER
Katrina Hays