about
The Normal School is a bi-annual print and online journal featuring nonfiction, fiction, poetry, criticism, journalism, author interviews, and multi-media texts. We are nestled happily into the California State University at Fresno like a comfy spore in a benign and mighty lung. We dig quirky, boundary-challenging, energetic prose and poetry with innovations in content, form, and focus, which isn’t actually as high-falutin’ as it sounds. We’re just sort of the lit mag equivalent of the kid who always has bottle caps, cat’s eye marbles, dead animal skulls, little blue men and other treasures in his pockets. We also actively seek to publish and promote work by historically under-represented and marginalized voices.
The Normals
Founding Editors
Sophie Beck, Steven Church, and Matt Roberts
Managing Editor
Sophie Beck
Assistant Managing Print Editor
Matthew Kenerly
Senior Associate Editors
Arthur Morales (Creative NonFiction), Mary Pickett (Fiction), Paul Sánchez (Poetry)
Assistant Editors
Hira Amin, Krystal Cantú, Roseanne Galaviz, Jessica Turney
Editorial Interns
Elizabeth Bolaños, Megan Bronson, Esmeralda Gamez, Aaliyah Green, Bethany Hazen, Bonita Hele, Mellissa Jessen-Hiser, Christina Legler, Javier Lopez, Kirk Lua, Manivone Sayasone
Graduate Assistants
Bonita Hele, Kirk Lua, Manivone Sayasone
Service Learning Coordinators
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Guest Fiction Editor
Ru Freeman
Poetry Editor
Corrine Clegg-Hales
Nonfiction Editor
Steven Church
Editor At Large
Adam Braver
Columnists
Joe Bonomo (Music), Ru Freeman (Politics), Ann Hood (True Crime)
Web Design Editors
Krystal Cantú, Jessica Turney
Managing Web Editors
Krystal Cantú, Jessica Turney
Online Genre Editors
Hira Amin (Fiction), Arthur Morales (Nonfiction), Jessica Turney (Poetry)
Social Media Coordinator
Matthew Kenerly
Contributing Editors
Steve Almond, Tom Bissell, Joe Bonomo, Adam Braver, Abraham Brennan, Lillian Faderman, Beth Ann Fennelly, John Hales, Jacob Kelly, Jacqueline Lyons, Duncan Murrell, Laura Pritchett, Farooz Rather, Tim Skeen, Brian Turner, Andre Yang, Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough, Steve Yarbrough
Copyeditors
Abraham Brennan and Dr. Petra Meyer Frazier
Art Direction
Joan English Wood
Normal Support
Colossal thanks to California State University, Fresno, especially:
President, Dr. Joseph I. Castro
Dr. Saul Jiménez-Sandoval, Dean, College of Arts and Humanities
Dr. Honora Chapman, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Humanities
Dr. Dennis Nef, Vice Provost, Chair of the IRA Committee
Dr. Lisa Weston, Chair, Department of English
Gail Freeman, Dean’s Office, College of Arts and Humanities
Jefferson Beavers, Communications Specialist, Department of English
The College of Arts and Humanities
The Division of Research and Graduate Studies
The Department of English
Instructionally Related Activities