Editor-In-Chief / Co-Founder

Bailey Andrea

… is an avid writer (who would’ve guessed?), but unfortunately, a rather slow reader. she’s very fond of park bench plaques with sweet messages and graffiti-ridden streets, because those are the kind of things that make the world feel poetic. a self-proclaimed dinner table comedian and old soul: she is a lover of rainy days and a hater of cynicism. she is also a huge fan of the semicolon and strong proponent of the oxford comma. though she’s got a degree in english & comparative literature and thus should be staunch about grammar, she likes improper capitalisation and indefinite subjects or interlocutors; and believes the word ‘and’ should be allowed to start sentences... and above all, she is a romantic.

favourite books:

• Just Kids by Patti Smith

• Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux

• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

• Eros the Bittersweet by Anne Carson

• By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart

favourite poems:

• ‘Poem Read at Joan Mitchell’s’

  by Frank O’Hara

• ‘The Circus’ by Kenneth Koch

• ‘Pyramid Scheme’ by Hera Lindsay-Bird

favourite writers:

• Frank O’Hara

• Taylor Swift

• Annie Ernaux

• D.H. Lawrence

• Vladimir Nabokov

• Fyodor Dostoyevsky

• Oscar Wilde

• Marguerite Duras

• Ocean Vuong

literary hot take: fantastical world-building is overrated. we’ve got enough going on here on earth; there’s no need to build a new dimension or alternate reality to make your point.

poetry pet peeve: meaningless typography.

poetry fancies: juxtaposition of extremely detailed clauses and simple clauses.

insta: bat_nyc

substack: baileyandrea