Friends of Francis

Eileen Walsh Duncan's poems are forthcoming in Fault Lines Poetry Journal and Hubbub. She received the 1997 Bentley Award from Seattle Review for her poem, “Michelangelo Offends the Sensibilities of the NEA and Is Forced at Gunpoint to Paint a Vast Ceiling White.”

Lars Grant lives in Los Angeles with his girlfriend, daughter, and dog.

Canadian Bruce McRae has had almost 600 publications in the past 12 years. A musician, who has recorded and toured, many of his poems have been set to music receiving airplay in the UK, U.S., Canada and Australia. His first collection, The So-Called Sonnets, published by Silenced Press of Ohio, is available now. His website is: bpmcrae.com.

bruno neiva is a Portuguese writer, poet and artist. Lately he’s been working on artpo, text collage and haptic poetry pieces on cardboard. He’s planning to publish and exhibit most of these works. He updates all the information on his work in this blog.

Catherine Owen is a Vancouver poet. She's published nine collections of poetry & one of prose, won some awards and works as an editor/metal bassist. 

David Russomano graduated in 2006 with a BA in creative writing from Messiah College. His poetry has been featured in Write from Wrong, This Great Society, Red Booth Review, Phantom Kangaroo, Women in REDzine, Thoughtsmith, and Poetry For The Masses. He currently teaches English in Turkey.

LB Sedlacek has had poetry published in such publications as Mastodon Dentist, Ginosko, Assisi Journal, Illumen, Fickle Muses, Ditch, The Hurricane Review, Main Street Rag, Cave Moon Press, Sea Stories, Poesia, Tertulia Magazine, and Manorborn. LB's latest chapbook is Twisting.

Susan Solomon is the cartoonist and editor of Sleet Magazine, an online literary journal.