Meet the people behind QWERTYFEST MKE (QF) and our publication, QWERTY Quarterly (QQ).
TEA KRULOS, QF co-organizer and QQ co-editor
Tea is a freelance journalist and author. He’s a contributing writer to Milwaukee Magazine, and his work there has won three Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism awards. His six non-fiction books include Monster Hunters and American Madness. Tea’s other projects include event organization, producing documentaries, and co-hosting a podcast called Tea’s Weird Week.
Website: teakrulos.com
Tea is a freelance journalist and author. He’s a contributing writer to Milwaukee Magazine, and his work there has won three Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism awards. His six non-fiction books include Monster Hunters and American Madness. Tea’s other projects include event organization, producing documentaries, and co-hosting a podcast called Tea’s Weird Week.
Website: teakrulos.com
MOLLY SNYDER, QF co-organizer, QQ co-editor and QQ Poetry Editor
Molly Snyder is a senior writer and editor for OnMilwaukee; radio/television personality; freelance journalist; book author; poet; typewriter collector; Chihuahua rescuer; and two-time Wisconsin State Fair celebrity cream puff eating contest winner.
IG: mollysnydermke
Molly Snyder is a senior writer and editor for OnMilwaukee; radio/television personality; freelance journalist; book author; poet; typewriter collector; Chihuahua rescuer; and two-time Wisconsin State Fair celebrity cream puff eating contest winner.
IG: mollysnydermke
LISA FLOADING, QF Typewriter Technician
Lisa enjoys collecting mid-century portable typewriters and learning their different personalities as she amasses a small arsenal of tools to bring these amazing machines back to life. She loves that they are always ready to write — no matter what creative impulse strikes.
IG: www.instagram.com/platen_place
Lisa enjoys collecting mid-century portable typewriters and learning their different personalities as she amasses a small arsenal of tools to bring these amazing machines back to life. She loves that they are always ready to write — no matter what creative impulse strikes.
IG: www.instagram.com/platen_place
ANJA NOTANJA SIEGER, Clackathon Producer and QQ Columnist
Anja Notanja Sieger has been a typewriter poet for over a decade, composing improvised pieces based on client requests at parties and festivals. She also has organized Advice Tents in Milwaukee and Miami featuring the solicited-only opinions of 5-30 themed advisors. During QWERTYFEST MKE she produces and hosts the Clackathon, a competitive typewriter poet gameshow. Anja is also a maker of shadow puppets, podcasts, and story zines.
More info: www.anjanotanja.com
BECKY FRANZEL, QQ Fiction Editor
ADDO WORMAN, QQ Designer
ALICIA KRUPSKY, QQ Designer
Anja Notanja Sieger has been a typewriter poet for over a decade, composing improvised pieces based on client requests at parties and festivals. She also has organized Advice Tents in Milwaukee and Miami featuring the solicited-only opinions of 5-30 themed advisors. During QWERTYFEST MKE she produces and hosts the Clackathon, a competitive typewriter poet gameshow. Anja is also a maker of shadow puppets, podcasts, and story zines.
More info: www.anjanotanja.com
BECKY FRANZEL, QQ Fiction Editor
ADDO WORMAN, QQ Designer
ALICIA KRUPSKY, QQ Designer