Meet the Team
Matt McCarthy
Founder, Editor, and PublisherMatt McCarthy is the founder, editor, and publisher of the Milwaukee Avenue Messenger and the author of the rock ‘n’ roll novel Livestock! (highfalutin media). Matt lives in Avondale, Chicago, with his wife and their two cats.
Contributing EditorBrett Haymaker
Brett Haymaker, a transplant from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, now lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. His poems have been published in The Account, Rattapallax Magazine, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Brett is a Staff Software Engineer and a contributing editor with the Milwaukee Avenue Messenger. He holds an MFA in Poetry from Drew University and an undergraduate degree in English Literature from Drexel University.
Jesica Davis
Contributing EditorJesica Davis (she/they) is a poet and technical writer from Chicago. In addition to her duties with Milwaukee Avenue Messenger, she’s an Associate Editor/Co-Founder for Inverted Syntax literary journal whose work has appeared in the Beloit Poetry Journal, Storm Cellar, streetcake magazine, The Laurel Review, Zone 3, and many other places. Sometimes she makes poemboxes and other sculptural poetics. See j3s.net for more.
