Art of Nothing Press Members
Get to know the team!
Victoria Hurtado-Angulo
Co-Founder, Editor, & Event Coordinator
Victoria is a Hispanic Master's candidate at UCR for Creative Writing. She has been a featured reader and orchestrator at open mic events, held lectures for independent and academic poetry workshops, and published poetry ranging from zines to established publications such as About Place Journal/Black Earth Institute, EveryLibrary, and riot grrrl beachside cemetery. In the peak of all her madness, she still knows how to have a good time and usually craves to get into a bar fight for no reason. Instagram: @eccentric_vic
Cameron Capanash
Co-Founder, Editor, & Event Coordinator
Cameron has been writing since 2012 and has been a force to be reckoned with when he gets in the zone to create. You may find him at your local watering hole or at a local show. He plays/tours in bands along with helping manage the press when he isn’t teaching High School students or playing school nurse. He travels frequently and tries to call out of work to travel even more. Instagram: @endlesscamalam
Jessi Jarrin
Co-Founder, Editor, & Poetry Coordinator
Jessi is an Ecuadorian-Korean poet from Lakewood, California. She received her BA in Creative Writing from California State University, Long Beach. Her work often explores the family & other types of trauma. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in ¡Pa'lante!, The Santa Clara Review, Prometheus Dreaming, and Press Pause Press. You can find her on Instagram @jessijarrin & @jmjpoetry.
Dave Gilbert
Editor & Poetry Coordinator
David J Gilbert, the newest edition to the AON crew, is finishing his MA at CSULB while balancing his writing time as a property manager. His naive writerly wish is to bottle up some sunshine and/or moonlight and infuse it into poetry. Or something. Instagram: @martin.streetlight
Melissa Miller
Event Coordinator & Poetry Editor
Melissa Rose Miller is a published author, artist, and film photographer based in Long Beach, California. Passionate at heart, Melissa loves every outlet that offers her creative expression. She is the author and illustrator of “Devilish Imperfections,” a short story, and "Do a Kickflip," a collection of skateboarding haikus. Melissa is also a writer and photographer for The Living Zine and The Luna Collective Magazine.
Melissa graduated from CSULB with her Bachelors in English Education, and she is pursuing her lifelong dream of becoming a high school English teacher. Outside of the classroom, you will find her skating, creating, and moshing at punk shows. IG: m3lissamill3r
Frances McCann
Workshop/Event Coordinator & Poetry Editor
Frances McCann (she/they) spent her first 22 years in Charleston, SC and Lafayette, LA. She graduated with a degree in English lit and creative writing from LSU. Her work currently focuses on grief, food and eating, and Black issues. When they’re not writing they enjoy doing crafts with her boyfriend or playing with her cat Roo