Bella Kántor is a reader on the masthead of both Ploughshares and The Harvard Review. She has worked in the television industry writing scenes for In the Pits with Devlin Mann of Suddenly Susan and has successfully pitched and landed two television series with production companies such as Matador and 44 Blue. Bella studied at Harvard for both her undergraduate and graduate degrees, where she focused on literature and creative writing. She is also scheduled to begin guest lecturing on psychopathology in creative writing at Harvard. Bella Kántor Editor

Janeen Wright is The Oxford Review’s non-fiction editor. She holds a BFA in journalism. Janeen also holds a graduate degree in Creative Writing and Literature from Harvard University. In addition to Janeen’s many talents she is also a reader on the masthead of The Harvard Review and has worked closely with our editor in roundtable discussions at Harvard University.

Louise Walker is a poet based in London. After graduating from Magdalen College, Oxford with a degree in English Literature, she trained as a teacher, then spent 35 years in secondary schools educating girls. Louise’s debut collection FROM THERE TO HERE was published by Dithering Chaps in 2024; since then she has been touring with it to arts events around the UK, including the Huddersfield Literary Festival and the Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival. She has a particular interest in reading her work in community libraries. Her poems have appeared in anthologies by the Sycamore Press and Emma Press, as well as a wide range of journals, such as Oxford Magazine, Acumen and Pennine Platform. She has been recognised by The Frosted Fire Firsts Award, The Bedford Competition, The Alchemy Spoon Pamphlet Competition and The Ironbridge Poetry Competition. She enjoys collaborating: commissions include Bampton Classical Opera and Gill Wing Jewellery for their showcase ‘Poetry in Ocean’. Louise continues to work with young people, inspiring them to share her life-long passion for poetry. For the last 7 years, she has been learning the flute and is currently studying Handel sonatas.

Blub is an anonymous Italian street artist from Florence, best known for the series “L’Arte Sa Nuotare” (Art Knows How to Swim). Active since 2013, they reimagine iconic historical and artistic figures—like Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Michelangelo’s David—wearing bright blue diving masks and breathing underwater. Blub’s work first emerged in 2013 in Cadaqués, Catalonia, then on the streets of Florence, and has since appeared in cities across Europe. Blub’s art has been featured in prominent exhibitions, including a major solo show at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (2019). BLUB means art that can swim. It’s a reminder that even in difficult times we can choose courage, creativity, and hope. Renaissance icons in diving masks, Blub’s work blends the past with the present to show that art can help us rise, breathe, and keep moving forward. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Sole Exhibitions: Le Murate, Florence (2017) Galleria Vovo alla Pop, Livorno (2018) Lo Spazio di via dello Spizio, Pistoia (2018) MANN — National Archaeological Museum, Naples (2019) Museo Civico, Bari (2022) Pinacoteca di Città di Castello (2023) Group Exhibitions: The Cuppleschi Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (2014) Me & Sea, Messina (2015)

My Dog Sighs is an internationally acclaimed street artist who has spent more than 20 years honing his craft on streets across the globe. Beginning with his Free Art Friday project, his practice has evolved to encompass street interventions, murals across five continents, major museum commissions and groundbreaking immersive installations that push the boundaries of contemporary urban art. Widely regarded as a key figure in the urban art movement, My Dog Sighs continues to redefine how art is experienced in public space, with The Guardian naming him a “British street artist you should know.”

Antonio Lorente is a Spanish illustrator born in July 1987 who has a knack for transforming stories into experiences that captivate readers of all ages. With a style that blends traditional techniques such as oil and watercolor with digital art, his works are full of life and emotion, transporting us to worlds brimming with color, mystery, and beauty. His passion for telling stories through images makes him more than just an illustrator: he is a creator of universes, a bridge between literature and visual art, and a constant source of inspiration for those who love to daydream. With Antonio Lorente, every illustration tells a story, and every book is a gem. From 2005 to 2010, he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He settled in Portugal and the United Kingdom, where he continued to develop his career and style. He specialized in 2D animation but decided to leave that field to work with still images, character design, and background art. In 2012, he held his first solo exhibition at the Casa del Cine in his hometown, and in the following years, his work, alongside that of other illustrators, was exhibited at the National Library of Spain and in galleries across the United Kingdom, the United States, and Italy. He has created some of his illustrated books in collaboration with his sister, the writer María Jesús Lorente: La princesa Aburrida in 2016, Yago (2017), and Genios: El eco fantasma de sus voces (2018), a book supported by a grant from EmprendeDiseño at Factoría Cultural in Matadero, Madrid. In 2019, he produced a full-length version of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and Peter Pan and Wendy, using the original text by James Barrie. In 2020, his adaptation of the classic Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery entered the bestseller list, with over 60,000 copies sold in a year.

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