Who?

escarp is edited by a collective of word lovers; we are linguists, poets, authors, editors, and teachers--we abstain, and we indulge.

Our editors:

	Name: Travis A. Everett Twitter: @abathur
	Bio: I edit @escarp, write and pursue an MFA in poetry. I design things, too.

	Name: Bonnie Krejci Twitter: @bkrejci
	Bio: Graduate student in linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin.

	Name: Matthew Purdy Twitter: @m_purdy
	Bio: Matthew Purdy likes to think he can play the piano.

	Name: Heather Weddington Twitter: @GrapefruitSniff
	Bio: There is nothing better than the smell of grapefruit and the sound of sweet sweet words.

	Name: Rob Wolfsham Twitter: @wolfsham
	Bio: Writer whose work has been in anthologies from Cleis Press, Arsenal Pulp Press, and tumblr and stuff.

What?

escarp is a text-message-based review of super-brief literature. We publish original, user-submitted poems and stories (fiction and non-).

When?

We like the work we publish to interrupt you—to remind you words exist. We follow no set schedule, but won't post more than one a day.

Where?

escarp can be read here, through any twitter/RSS app, or via text message. When readers retweet or forward work they like, we're everywhere.

Why?

We belive the frequent intrusion of literature into our lives works to erode the containers our culture tries to place it in.

How?

We make literature relevant to normal people by reaching our readers through the social spaces they live, work and play in.

Notes:

Matthew Purdy aka @m_purdy was published in escarp 5 times between May 28th, 2009, and January 10th, 2010. Matt joined the staff on February 27th, 2010.

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