Contributors


Jesse McCarl-Contributing Writer/ Resident Pop Connoisseur 
Wilmington, NC
Born a poor, black child, Jesse never had anything cool for show-and-tell in kindergarten. To compensate, he would make up stories and read them aloud to his class. Sixteen years later, not much has changed. He studies fiction writing at UNC Wilmington and tells everyone he’ll mention them in his Academy Awards acceptance speech.
By Jesse McCarl: “Okay, Katy Perry…”
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Emily McCrary- Editor-in-Chief/ Executive Gluten Enthusiast
Wilmington, NC
Emily draws pictures and writes poems. She reads a lot of Esquire and at any given moment is just seconds away from asking to smell your hair. It is Emily’s dream to be a panelist on Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!
By Emily McCrary: “Beheading the Berserker,” “And Then There Were Seven…”, “If You Think You’re An Island,” “The Two Woodsmen…,” “Something Is New,” “Giving Names,” “To Hinn Enkelte.”
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Yael Warach- Contributing Writer
New York, NY
Yael Warach recently graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in Art History. In her free time she enjoys exploring (particularly interesting restaurants), spending time in coffee shop/book store hybrids, and listening to anything remotely resembling Max Richter. She currently lives in New York City, NY.
By Yael Warach: “Jewelry Box Ballet,” “The Pulse of a City” 
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Travis Watt-  Contributing Writer/ Bumbershoot Correspondent
Seattle, WA
Travis Watt has been writing since 1991 when his first piece,
“Bat with Chicken Pox,” ran in the Statesville Record and Landmark. It was
the most read cartoon in that newspaper and did not go over well with the
surprisingly large pro-bat community in that small southern town.
By Travis Watt: “Insert Singer-Songwriter Joke,” “Why go to a Music Festival,” “Bumbershootings,” “Pillager Villager II,” “Pillager Villager I,” “Smells Like Rio Spirit”