Staff

Camille Griep (Editor in Chief/Publisher) is a writer/editor based in Seattle USA. The author of the novels Letters to Zell and New Charity Blues (47 North, 2015 & 2016, respectively), she also writes short work across genres. Her hobbies include cursing composers from a piano bench and adjusting perfectly serviceable recipes. Cami purchased the DIHP domain a decade ago for the deep love of a pocket metaphor.

Angela Kubinec (Managing Editor) was a Physics major who did her senior thesis in astronomy, and ended up teaching Mathematics until retirement. After swimming her first uninterrupted mile on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, she celebrated swimming 75 miles in 2025. She was feted with cake and intends to procure a small trophy to adorn her desk, which carries six printed reams of her writing that won’t fit into her pocket.

Anne Anthony (Art Director/Senior Editor) grew up with four brothers, envied their so readily available pockets in their clothing, and swore she’d never wear anything which didn’t have space for her folded up, crinkled poems and stories. She believes the more pockets, the richer the writing. A writer, photographer, and general mischief maker, Anne lives in North Carolina amongst deer, rabbits, and coyotes. 

Jody padumachitta Goch (Senior Editor) grew up on the Wet Coast of Canada. They now live in the German Black Forest. Jody’s pockets have bits of words, dog and horse treats, and chocolate. The words become poems or stories. The chocolate and animal treats disappear at an alarming rate. Jody believes in pocket realms, those mysterious openings into a writer’s mind.


P.M. Caswell (Junior Editor) does not feel he's been writing long enough to have garnered much of the interesting things that make up an eye-catching bio, but is working on it. Based in Maryland, they've been writing their way through poems, short stories, and drafts of novels in an attempt to contribute to the beautiful world of literature. He also really likes inner-breast pockets, because they can fit pens and a notebook, plus they look really cool.

Vi Dubbs (Junior Editor) has been writing since she was a kid, but despite that she’s still searching for a voice that’s unique to her. After a few years of living in different countries, her writing is always changing and looking to take on different perspectives. Writing continues to be a home between homes for her, along with a good cup of coffee and a curated playlist. Currently on adventures in New York, she hopes to rediscover her passion, voice, and the longing to create a life that is wholly and throughly hers.

Assistants

Clara holds to a single name in the tradition of Avi, Colette, Prince, and Aesop among other iconic heroes of her heart. As a pup, she easily fit into the winter jacket pocket of her housemate, Anne, and spent considerable time playing 'shark in the water' during which she nipped at the ankles of anyone sitting on the sofa and foolish enough to dangle their legs to the floor. She’s especially fond of stories with unexpected twists & tennis balls.

Jaimmie is new to the world of words. She hasn't figured out yet how to herd them into some kind of neat order. She's giving it her best and hopes cocking her head sideways will help. She likes cuddling into Jody's lap and being read to, poetry being her favorite.

Hazel, born in September of 2025, is an Olde English Bulldogge and the newest addition to the DIHP Assistants’ Kennel. She enjoys dried apricots, all manners of sticks, playing fetch, standing like a human in a dog suit, cosplaying as Scrappy Doo, baristas, and parkour.

Alumni/Emeritus

Grant Shimmin (Senior Editor) grew up in divided South Africa, stayed to see the welcome changes, and then moved to New Zealand in 2001. A journalist and opinion editor for the Stuff news organisation, he’s based in Christchurch. Writing a weekly column for 11 years indirectly drew him back towards the cringeworthy poetry of his late teens and early twenties, hopefully with better results. Now he always has to have a pocket (and let’s face it, being a guy that’s less of a problem) for his phone, because it’s in the Notes app that the new poetry chapter started in 2022. There are close to 400 notes in there now, many complete poems, many works in progress, and hopefully space for many more.