Gnashing Teeth Publishing was conceived in the middle of the night and promptly overtook every waking hour since. often referred to as simply GTP, we love the community of Gnashers who have embraced our vision. we are unapologetically feminist and are committed to our Statement of Inclusion. we do not shy away from subjects or language, but embrace honesty, high caliber writing, non-traditional works, and the community of authors and poets. beyond traditional print books, we have online features and fun projects. we are always looking at opportunities for poets, writers, and artists to engage with us and our growing community.
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Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
Karen Cline-Tardiff
Karen Cline-Tardiff has been writing since she could hold a pen. She writes poetry, flash fiction, personal essays, short stories, and grant requests. Karen also edits for a small group of friends. She has been published in a variety of online and print outlets. She was born in Texas, lived a little bit of everywhere, and now resides on the Texas Gulf Coast. When she can’t find poetry somewhere, she puts it there.
She is the founder of the Aransas County Poetry Society, which hosted a monthly open mic (pre-Covid). She is a Tupelo Press 30/30 Project alumni. As an alumni of Leadership Aransas County, she is heavily involved in her community.
Assistant Editor
Jennifer Taylor
Jennifer Taylor is a daughter of Texas, having recently returned home after adventures elsewhere. She volunteers with creative writing and English students, and especially enjoys working with those for whom English is not their first language. She loves all things artsy, and describes herself, artistically speaking, as the proverbial jack of all trades, master of none, having been, at various times, a writer, poet, painter, dancer, singer, choir director, theater producer, choreographer and, obviously, editor.
Art Director
Kaia Gleason
Kaia Gleason is a 20 year old artist born and raised in Sitka, Alaska. She has always been inspired by her home and life experiences, as well as spirituality, films, and literature as inspiration for her art. She using various types of mediums to do so, including watercolor, digital, and ink. Besides her passion for art, environmental conservation plays a big role in her life and is the reason she is pursuing higher education in Maine. It is her objective as Art Director for Gnashing Teeth Publishing to give independent artists a platform, while emulating the fantastic work of the writers.
Book Reviewer/Enthusiast
Tiffany Woodley
Tiffany Woodley spends weekdays helping her students mine for words to voice their truth. She is a bibliophile who is always excited to step into a good story on the page, the stage or whispered among good drinks and better friends. She has been a Women of The World Poetry Slam & Individual World Poetry Slam representative for Upstate New York and was a team member and coach for two of their National Poetry Slam teams in Oakland, California. She keeps her finger on the pulse of youth writing by running her school’s literary magazine and opening students’ eyes to modern and unique poetry in her classroom. She resides in New Jersey with her husband, two wily cats and a vociferous French Bulldog named Chimera.
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Special Gnashers
Guest Editor: SHE: Seen. Heard. Engaged. Vol. 2
Kalliopy Paleos
Guest Editor: SHE: Seen. Heard. Engaged. Vol. 1
Regina Jamison
Regina is a writer who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her poetry has appeared in several literary journals among them are, Sinister Wisdom: Black Lesbian Revolution, Five Two One Magazine, and Magma Literary Journal: Deaf Issue, The Americas Poetry Festival of New York Anthology 2016, Promethean Literary Journal, Off the Rocks: An Anthology of GLBT Writing Vols. 14 & 15, and Poetry in Performance Journal Vol. 43. Online, her poetry has appeared in Gnashing Teeth Publishing, Silver Birch Press – Me as a Child Series, The Lake Literary Journal, and Mom Egg Review. Her poems will also appear in the upcoming issue of Switchgrass Review. Her short stories have appeared in Girls Who Bite: Vampire Lesbian Anthology, Zane’s Purple Panties, and the Lambda Literary Anthology: Gaslight. She received her MFA in Creative Writing at City College in New York. Her novel, Choosing Grace, is forthcoming next year with Bella Books.
List of Works
2019
Heat the Grease, We’re Frying Up Some Poetry (anthology)
2020
online feature: Poem of the Day April 2020
Love Notes You’ll Never Read (anthology)
online feature: MY America (July 4th)
online feature: Hallowscream
Rain Minnows [Notecards and Poems] by Joshua Bridgewater Hamilton
2021
Winter Zine (limited release)
online feature: Insurrection (January 6)
Insurrection (anthology)
online feature: Poem of the Day April 2021
malepoet by PW Covington
SHE: Seen. Heard. Engaged. Vol. 1 (anthology)
Meditations & Mediations by Dr. Rebecah Hall
2022
places I never want to see again by Keriann Gilson
Sleep Cinematic or A Golem’s Quartet by Les Epstein
Lunafly by Raymond Luczak
online feature: Poem of the Day April 2022
online feature: MY America 2022
Stepping on Legos (limited release zine)
Ghostword by Crisosto Apache
When I Wear Bob Kaufman’s Eyes by Tom Murphy
online feature: Hallowscream
online feature: Christian Garduno – Twin Opposites
2023
Get Me Out of Here and Other Plays by Pete Lutz
Lorenzo by the Ghost Light by Les Epstein
Fuck Me: A Memoir by L Scully
online feature: Poem of the Day April 2022
Spurned (limited release zine)
Board of Directors
Board President
Dana Gunn
Bio forthcoming
Board Secretary
Jess Kent
Bio forthcoming
Board Treasurer
Nikki
Bio forthcoming
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