Benjamin Faro (Ben, he/him) is the editor of Equatorial Literary Magazine. His work appears or is forthcoming in About Place Journal, American Literary Review, Cream City Review, EcoTheo Review, Faultline, Interim Poetics, Nimrod International Journal, Portland Review, San Pedro River Review, Saranac Review, The Florida Review, The Journal, The Normal School, TIMBER Journal, Tupelo Quarterly, Sonora Review, West Trade Review, and elsewhere. He was a finalist for the Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry and holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Queens University of Charlotte, where he served as poetry editor for Qu Literary Magazine.