Author Description

The premiere issue of West Coast Review, a new journal from San Diego State University Press. The first issue features works by: Karen Pierce Gonzalez, D. Harlan Wilson, Johnny Payne, Hannah Thorsell, Andrew Joron, K.L. Johnston, Lance Olsen, Andrew Joron, Gerrie Paino, Karen An-hwei Lee, and JoAnna Novak. The first issue was put together by an ensemble that includes our SDSU-based Board of Editors: Stephen-Paul Martin, Matt de la Peña, Quentin Bailey, Meagan Marshall, Jessica Pressman, and William "Memo" Nericcio. WCR Managing Editors are Emma Grey Rose and Robert Lang; our External Board of Editors: Frederick Luis Aldama, Susan Daitch, Karen An-whei Lee, Eugene Lim, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Lance Olsen and Ito Romo; and the WCR Design team of Emma Grey Rose, Stephen-Paul Martin, and William "Memo" Nericcio.