Contributors

Carolyn Adams has been active in the art and literary community in her native Houston, Texas, since 1988. Her poetry, fiction, art, and photography have been published or will soon appear in Conspire, Small Spiral Notebook, Taj Mahal Review, Yellow Bat Review, Atomic Petals, Sulphur River Literary Review, and Alsop Review, among others. Her poetry has won awards in national contests sponsored by The New Press Literary Quarterly and Zuzu's Petals Quarterly. Ms. Adams currently co-edits and co-publishes the monthly poetry magazine Curbside Review.

Randy Adams is a writer and visual artist living on Vancouver Island, off the west coast of Canada. Author of the non-fiction book, Eternal Prairie, he has also published poetry and essays in several Canadian magazines. He has worked as an arts journalist and travel writer. His photography and mixed media work has been exhibited and collected by public galleries, museums and archives. Over the past 15 years he has been awarded several grants for both writing and photography. His web.art work has been featured in several online publications. He is Associate Editor for the trAce Online Writing Centre. http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/studio/radams.

Robert Bohm is a poet. He was born in Queens, New York.

Wiley Clements lives in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, in retirement after a long career—first as a military journalist, later as a developer of health maintenance organizations (HMO's). He was editor (1998-2002) of The Susquehanna Quarterly, an online magazine of formal poetry.

Rachel Dacus' poems, essays and stories have recently appeared or are forthcoming in The Atlanta Review, Flyway, Many Mountains Moving, Prairie Schooner, The Pedestal Magazine and Rattapallax. Her first poetry collection, Earth Lessons (Bellowing Ark Press) was followed by a poetry and music CD, A God You Can Dance (CanDance Productions). Her poems have been anthologized in Ravishing DisUnities: Real Ghazals in English (Wesleyan University Press, 2000) and The Best of Melic (Melic Review, 2001). She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and serves on the staff of The Alsop Review (www.alsopreview.com).

Emily Ethridge likes to celebrate in a manner similar to that which she would undertake if circumstances were to arrange themselves so that it was the anniversary of her day of birth. Otherwise, she likes representing North Carolina, studying outside, attending pretentious institutions, making up words, and stalking her favorite authors. She probably likes you, too. Currently, she is at Johns Hopkins University making fun of pre-meds.

Rich Furman, PhD, is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at Colorado State University, his poetry has been published or is soon to be published in Hawai'i Review, Black Bear Review, Red Rock Review, Sierra Nevada Review, Penn Review, Old Red Kimono, Colere, Pearl, The Journal of Poetry Therapy, Poetry Motel, and well over 150 poems in nearly 100 literary journals His work has been described as neither street nor beat nor meat nor academic, but an emotionally evocative mix of styles that can be brutally imagistic or powerfully terse. His scholarly writing is concerned with social work ethics, international social work, friendship, social work theory, social work practice and the uses of poetry in social work and research. He teaches group and practice courses in the BSW and MSW programs. He is married to a wonderful woman who has more freckles then there are mini-malls in Colorado, has two children, loves to mountain bike, and is slightly obsessed with his two spectacular, drooling American Bulldogs. He loves Vietnamese beef noodle soup, Pho, and would gratefully accept any express mailed shipments of it from regions afar. You can't find it in the plains of northern Colorado. Mostly, he just likes to live as fully as possibly and mess with the poem. He welcomes feedback, comments and dialogue about his work. His first chapbook of poetry, of only average intent, was printed by Snorting Dog Press in 2002. He also has an e-book on the Internet Poet's Cooperative website. He is currently seeking a publisher three full length books. As of July 2003, he will be moving to Omaha to teach at the school of social work at University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Peter Garner lives in Montreal, where he works as a self-employed translator, plays the odd gig on trombone, and writes the occasional poem. For the most part, his writing is influenced by the natural world, his experiences as a musician, and a keen interest in science.

Kathy (Kat) Gay has resided in Down East Maine since her "earth-muffin-goes-back-to-the land" hippie days of the 70s. In her spare time, she enjoys photographing the lake and wildlife where she lives and kayaks; plays in her perennial flower gardens, and writes poetry. Her poetry and photography have been published in several ezines: Lotus Blooms Journal, Lingerings, Retrozine, and Gin Bender Review.

Claudia Grinnell was born and raised in Germany. She now makes her home in Louisiana, where she teaches at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Her poems have appeared in various print and ezines, most recently in such places as Exquisite Corpse, Hayden's Ferry Review, New Orleans Review, Mudlark, Janus Head, Minnesota Review, and Blue Moon Review. Her first full-length book of poetry, Conditions Horizontal, was published by Missing Consonant Press in the Fall of 2001.

 

Steve Harris lives in Fredricksburg, Virginia, with his wife and three children. His poetry and reviews have appeared in various online and print journals.

Gregory Hischak is a playwright and the editor of the virtually defunct zine Farm Pulp which he writes and staples. He is a Seattle Poetry Slam Champ and creator of Big Squirrel Lick National Park, the fictitious holiday destination that thousands of RVers have been looking for since 1995. His one-act THE CENTER OF GRAVITY was performed at the 2003 Fringe/ACT Festival in Seattle. His prose has recently been included in two recent anthologies: 101 DAMNATIONS (St. Martin's Press) and MORE MIRTH Of A NATION (Harper/Collins). http://www.farmpulp.com/

Wes Hyde was born in Fontana, California, in 1967. After a childhood spent moving from town to town, Wes lived for a number of years in Arizona, where he worked for several ranches including the DK Ranch in Flagstaff. His work has won several awards including Best of Show in the Parada del Sol art exhibition and an Honorable Mention from The Artist's Magazine. Wes currently resides in Colorado with his wife, Nicole. His works are shown by Aspen Creek Gallery in Castle Rock and by Jester Fine Arts in Arvada

An artist, disability advocate and former director of Missouri's parent training center, Pat Jones began writing after retiring on the Mendocino coast in 1997. With more time for art, she works in several mediums — acrylic, clay, wood, cement, fiber, and most recently, Photoshop and words.

John Kilroy, aka Clem, is a trade magazine editor living in Southern California. His new book, Torque, published by Chrome Press (http://www.chromepress.com/) is also available from Amazon.com.

Frank Matagrano, born in New York, has appeared, or will have poems appearing, in ACM (Another Chicago Magazine), Roanoke Review, Flint Hills Review, Northwest Review and Exquisite Corpse, among others.

RJ McCaffery lives in Athens, Georgia. A graduate of Providence College, he holds a MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College. He has published three books: Chaos Theory and the Knuckleballer, The Hymnal Week, and Anchor Ice. His poetry and essays have appeared in such publications as The Norton Anthology of Literature's web site, New Books, Ploughshares, The Cortland Review, Spinning Jenny and Crania. When not restoring vintage 3-speed bicycles, he putters with several web-related poetry projects; many under the aegis of Eye Dialect, a literary publication which he edits. Anyone who wishes to discuss the Red Sox or poetry (and the fine line between them) is welcome to mail him.

Ro Miller lives in the U.S., in Georgia. She's 42, regrettably not very tall, and married. She works at home. Her interests include painting, photography, and poetry. She started taking pictures with a Rolleicord TLR. In the sixties she remembers melting her Barbie's face with a flash cube from what might've been her mom's Hawkeye Instamatic; she can't recall precisely. She also enjoys science and technology—especially her current camera—Sony F-707 5MP digital. Known hobbies are buying black market collards and trying to up her record on how many mail-in rebates she can fail to receive in a year.

JB Mulligan is married, with three grown children. His poems and stories have appeared in dozens of magazines, including most recently, Poems Niederngasse, Carnelian, Steel Point Quarterly, White Pelican Review, Bayou and Curbside Review. He is also the author of two chapbooks: The Stations of the Cross and THIS WAY TO THE EGRESS (Samisdat Press).

John Palcewski has enjoyed an eclectic career as a wire service photojournalist, magazine editor, fiction writer, and fine arts photographer. His work appears in the academic and literary press, as well as many online publications. He lives in a vineyard's villa on Ischia, an island in the bay of Naples, Italy.

Vittoria's Island, an imagenovel trilogy, Book I: http://www.palcewski.com/VI

Who Do You Think You Are?, photographically illustrated fiction: http://www.palcewski.com/stories

Rasnake's poetry has been published in numerous journals, both print and online, such as Literal Latte, Poem, nycBigCityLit, One Trick Pony, Adirondack Review, Switched-on Gutenberg, and Portland Review. He is the author of Necessary Motions (Sow's Ear Press) and Religions of the Blood (Pudding House Press). When not studying the connection between Wittgenstein, zen koans, and Texas songwriters, he edits Blue Fifth Review ( http://www.angelfire.com/zine/bluefifth/index.html).

Jennifer Reeser was born October 30, 1968. Her poems, translations and criticism have appeared in U.S., British, and internet journals including Louisiana Literature, Cumberland Poetry Review, Disquieting Muses, PIVOT, Blue Unicorn, Octavo, The New Laurel Review, and Able Muse. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart and also has been chosen for inclusion in the forthcoming anthology Rising Phoenix, a collection of Generation X New Expansivist writers edited by Sonny Williams, consulting editor Dana Gioia. Her collection An Alabaster Flask is the winner of the Word Press First Book Prize, and is scheduled for publication summer, 2003. She is assistant editor to the print journal Iambs & Trochees, and lives in Louisiana with her husband Jason and their five children. Her website can be found at: http://www.geocities.com/jdreeser

Anthony Robinson lives in Eugene, Oregon, where he serves on the editorial staff of the Northwest Review and is poetry editor for The Canary. His unpublished manuscript, "Lucky Error," is not forthcoming.

Ken Sparling has three books: An untitled novel published by Pedlar Press in March 2003; Hush up and listen stinky poo butt, made to order, with sewing by his wife and cover designs by his kids; Dad says he saw you at the mall, published by Knopf in 1996.

jamison spencer is a member of the bands swoon, the ballad of mops hacker, and the new holden folk project. He lives in Richmond, Virginia, and is currently working on his second novel.

Creating seems to have a truth we can't explain, can't grasp, or are afraid to show. Overcoming the fear, maybe we'll create something larger. Something above ourselves. There are two kinds of artists. The first likes to create. The second has to create just to keep even. Want to. Have to. Sometimes people talk and I know less about them when they are finished speaking than when they were silent. Fear is pervasive. Fear is the mother of entropy. I start with a blank canvas of fear and try to find a way to manage. I try to tell you who I am. If I do a good job you'll know too much. Greg Stant lives in Denver. http://www.stantphotography.com http://www.leica-gallery.net/stant-photography/folder-list.html

Don Taylor, retired businessman and educator. Gambler and lover of women.

Lori Williams lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her son and works as a legal assistant in the publishing field. Most recent publications are Fairfield Review, New Zoo Poetry Review, Snow Monkey, canwehaveourballback? and Poems Niederngasse.