founding editor
Sophia McGovern is a writer, bookmaker, fiber artist, and mother in Tempe, Arizona. As the founding editor of lsp, she creates each issue’s theme and call, trains editors, scores and edits submissions, designs each issue, and hosts events. She received her master’s degree in secondary education and bachelor’s degrees in creative writing and global studies from Arizona State University. She’s facilitated creative programming in classrooms, community centers, and public libraries. She’s also a recipient of an Arizona Commission on the Arts Research and Development Grant and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Her writing appears in Motherlore Magazine, Folklore Review, and elsewhere. Her fiber art has been exhibited in L.A. and Tempe, and published in Needlebound and In Parenthesis.
assistant editors
Isabella Ferrero is a student at Northern Arizona University studying English with a Creative Writing emphasis and a minor in Latin American Studies. She plans to share the stories of her country through her writing and open a small bakery that supports local artists and presses. Isabella is currently working on her debut poetry collection, which focuses on the children of the Venezuelan diaspora’s search for citizenship, identity, and family history, as they find a “home” outside of their ancestral homeland. You can follow along with her collection writing process and find some of her work on Instagram @isaferwriting.
Megan Atencia Campbell holds space in the commute between South Phoenix and Downtown Mesa, Arizona as a teaching artist, organizer, and curator of small joys. By day, she works in an alternative high school; elsewhere, she cultivates youth art spaces and practices poetry in motion at her local jiu jitsu gym. Megan’s one-eyed orange cat, her sibling rescued from a school bus engine block, alopecia-ridden senior Pomeranian, and banana ball python named Veggie are all learning how to befriend her newborn son. She can often be found crocheting to an R. F. Kuang audiobook, attempting to date her husband, or on most platforms as @mayagain_
Liza Michelle Bevams (she/they) is a visual poet and maker interested in the performance of sound and somatic poetics. Their work has found a home in various publications including Newfeathers Anthology and little somethings press.
A longtime volunteer and teaching artist in the arts community, she serves on the board of directors at The Word, A Storytelling Sanctuary, and produces the monthly reading list Healing Reads, rooted in books that support healing within and across communities. Liza grew up in Altadena, California, and is currently building a book of somatic poems.
