MASTHEAD
WORKSHOP TEACHERS
ARMIYA "A" SHAIKH
is an immigrant raised in the heat of Dallas, Texas. She is an associate and intern for The Kenyon Review, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Sunset Press, and an Aquarius who loves the color blue. Her poems have been published in Glass Mountain, Jam & Sand Journal, Underblong and Dust Magazine. As co-founder of the program, Armiya served as both a workshop teacher and program director for Sunset Summer Session 2020.
EMMY RODAY
from New Haven, CT, is a rising senior at Kenyon College studying English, with a Creative Writing emphasis, and Arabic. She is an alum of the Educational Center for the Arts, Kenyon Young Writers, Sewanee Young Writers, and Middlebury Breadloaf Writers Conference. At Kenyon, she’s the recipient of the Georgia Nugent Scholarship for Creative Writing, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Sunset Press and an associate and editorial intern for the Kenyon Review. As co-founder of the program, Emmy served as both a workshop teacher and program director for Sunset Summer Session 2020.
BEN WEINMAN
was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. A rising senior at Kenyon College, Ben majors in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing and has a Music minor. On campus, he is the Manager of the WKCO Studio and the Music Director of the Kokosingers. He has written and compiled substantial poetry portfolios in Kenyon’s Introductory and Advanced poetry workshops. His work tends to incorporate natural imagery and takes on absurdist, associative tones. Ben plays the saxophone, guitar, and piano and is the lead singer and songwriter of his band Surf Party, USA.
VIRGINIA KANE
is the author of the poetry chapbook If Organic Deodorant Was Made for Dancing (Sunset Press 2019). A graduate of the Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop, she is a junior at Kenyon College where she double majors in English with an Emphasis in Creative Writing and Women’s and Gender Studies. Virginia serves as Managing Editor of Sunset Press, Operations Intern at the Kenyon Review, and performs with the Kenyon Magnetic Voices spoken word poetry group. A semi-finalist for the 2019 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest, Virginia’s work has appeared in them., SWWIM Every Day and Dust Poetry Magazine.
ERINTRUDE PIETA
is an MFA candidate at NCSU, attended the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, is a graduate of Kenyon College, as well as a former attendee of the Iowa Young Writer's Program and the Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship. She is a co-founder of Sunset Press and her work can be found in Fourteen Hills, The Sierra Nevada Review, and storySouth, among others.
ELIJAH NEWMAN
is a rising Junior from Brooklyn, New York. If it wasn’t for books he doesn’t know what else he’d be doing. Ever since he wrote a short poem in second grade titled “Angels in Chairs Drinking Coffee” (which is just what you think it’s about), he’s been developing his passion for writing. In 2018, he worked at PEN America where he organized the 2018 World Voices Festival. Currently, he copy edits for the Kenyon Collegian and works as a press editor for Sunset Press.
KYLIE LOHRENZ
is a queer poet from Houston, Texas. She recently graduated with English Honors from Kenyon College with a concentration in creative writing. Her senior thesis focused on the intersection of queer experimental poetry, queer theory, and lesbian public archives. As the Associate Poetry Editor at Sunset Press, Kylie has previously worked at Inprint Houston, Gulf Coast, and was a Kenyon Review Associate for four years. She will be attending Columbia University’s Publishing Course in the fall.
LIV KANE
Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, she was first published by Young Pegasus Poetry and has taught writing workshops at the San Antonio Public Library. A current Kenyon Review Intern and Kenyon Magnetic Voices poet, Liv studies English and Environmental Studies in hopes of pursuing science writing. She received the New York Life Award for her exploration of bereavement, and she is excited to share her new book, Gulfwater (Sunset Press 2020), with the world soon.