What is it about KR’s Consulting Editors that inspire songwriters? A recent piece on Esquire.com entitled “30 Summer Songs Every Man Should Listen To” named as its “official song of the summer” “Anna Sun” by Cincinnati-based upstarts Walk the Moon. And, yes, that’s KR Consulting Editor Anna Sun, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Asian Studies at Kenyon College and author of a volume of short fiction published in Chinese. Fans of the poet Saskia Hamilton know we’ve been down this road before: Saskia shared her talents with KR as a Consulting Editor back in 2002, long before Ben Folds immortalized her on his album “Lonely Avenue.”
And so, for any aspiring songwriters out there, here’s a convenient link to our current masthead. Go ahead! Sing their praises!