Editorial
Emily Garbig, Editorial Team
Emily (she/her) often finds herself getting joyfully lost in storyworlds. She is currently in her final semester of an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English at Carleton University. Following her graduation, she is excited to continue travelling the world. Until then, you can find her in a local coffee shop with a fantasy novel and a matcha latte.
Hannah Kirwin, Editorial Team
Hannah (she/her) is a fourth year English student with a concentration in Creative Writing. She joined Sumac Magazine to gain more editing experience. She loves anything horror, and if she could create a magazine, it would be called #BookTok, reviewing what #BookTok books are worth reading.
Farane Zaidi, Editorial Team
Farane Zaidi (she/her) is a fourth year student completing her Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Honours degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing and a minor in Greek and Roman Studies at Carleton University. Her lifelong ambition is to become an academic librarian and a novelist. For Farane, writing is an escape from the real world—a realm of absolute artistic freedom and boundless creativity. Her other hobbies include playing chess, piano, and hiking in nature.
Mady, Editorial Team
Mady (she/they) is an English major with a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies. They joined the Sumac team for the opportunity to work in Carleton’s Book Arts Lab and to experience first-hand the process of putting together a literary magazine. Mady’s areas of interest include fantasy novels, poetry of any kind, animated TV shows and movies, fanfiction, and watching other people play D&D.
Sierra McLean, Editorial Team
Sierra McLean is a Communications and Media Studies student who is stoked to graduate.
Isabella Paterson, Editorial Team
Isabella is a 4th year English Major with a concentration in creative writing. When not in class or reading she can be found acting or volunteering with Sock N’ Buskin, or at a concert.
Nicoletta Owens, Editorial Team
Nicoletta is an English student at Carleton who had been pursuing their degree since 2019. She is very happy to have been part of the second issue of Sumac as one of the poetry editors, and is overjoyed to have watched months of hard work culminate in such an awesome magazine. They hope you enjoy this issue of the magazine as much as they enjoy it. In her spare time, Nicoletta is a writer herself, or can otherwise be found playing with her rats or crocheting.
Adaire Green, Editorial Team
Fourth year English student completing English Honours BA. She loves applying psychology to literature and exploring various cultures through different literary works.
Managerial
Alessia Pinelli, Managerial Team
Alessia is a fourth year Law and English major with a passion for all things literary. She is an avid reader of fiction novels and loves staying on top of book trends (thank you Book Tok!). Alessia is excited to work as part of the managerial team for SUMAC and hopes its readers enjoy their hard work and dedication to this great publication.
Dula Deb, Managerial Team
Dula Deb (she/her/hers) is a fourth year Bachelor of Social Work student minoring in English and Community Engagement. She chose to be a part of SUMAC’s second edition to help enhance her love of and perspective on creative writing from the publishing and logistical side of things. If she could create a literary magazine, she would create one that focuses on an authors tangents and rambles to allow for readers to decompress after a long day as a gentle reminder to not allow for life to be taken so seriously all the time. Outside of her constant rambling about anything and anything that comes to her mind, Dula has a passion for social justice, community building and the arts, and hopes to one day pursue a career that allows for those passions to come together (whatever that may be). You can follow her on instagram @dualartistry
Trudi Vaughan, Managerial Team
Trudi (she/her) is a book lover who enjoys hiking and travelling. She joined the Sumac team to explore the publishing process. She eagerly seeks new adventures both in books and the great outdoors. If she were to start a literary magazine it would be full of puns, titled, “The Punny Pages”.
Abby Adair, Managerial Team
Abby is an Economics student who loves a good literary magazine.
Promotional
Amber Taylor, Promotional Team
Amber is a fourth year English major with a concentration in creative writing and a minor in communications. She is the promotional teams Social Media Manager and works part time as a figure skating coach!
Steele Fergurson, Promotional Team
Steele (he/him) is in his final semester for a B.A. in English with a focus in Creative Writing, and a minor in Relgion. This degree is a bit of a guilty pleasure pursuit. Literature is a great love of his, so much so that he had been a long time performer for a literary salon in Ottawa. Steele was even a featured performer for a apt613 event. Ultimately he hopes to apply what he’s learned from Sumac for his own future literary endeavors.
Maya Chorney, Promotional Team
Maya is a storyteller, community arts organizer, and student living on stolen Anishinaabe Algonquin land. She is completing her B.A. in English at Carleton with a concentration in creative writing and a minor in gender studies. Her poetry and fiction have been published in flo., The Aurora Journal, and Intertext.
Dave, Promotional Team
Dave is a third year Information Technology major, taking a minor in professional writing. He was the promotional team’s Web Designer, and was responsible for updating the website throughout the semester.
Teaching Team
Course Instructor: Chris Johnson
