Josh Amidon lives beneath the biggest skies of them all in a town called Bozeman, where the air is thin and dry and the mountains loom large. He drinks his beers in a place called The Filling Station, but when you visit you'll call it The Filler or we'll know you're from out of town.
Gary Beck has published two chapbooks, Remembrance and The Conquest of Somalia, and his poetry collection Days of Destruction was published in 2009 by Rogue Scholars Press. His original plays and translations have been produced Off Broadway and toured nationally. He currently lives in New York City, where he’s busy writing.
Samantha Bell is a PhD student at the University of Kansas, and has work in DIAGRAM, Emprise Review, Prick of the Spindle, Bird's Eye reView, and elsewhere. She is from upstate New York.
Tobias Amadon Bengelsdorf’s fiction has appeared in elimae, and This Zine Will Change Your Life, and his audio work in Lark(!). He is the generalissimo of Fiction at Work, an assistant editor at The Green Lantern, an instructor at St. Augustine College, and the Quickies! Mascot. He lives in Chicago.
Jack Boettcher lives in Austin, Texas. He's the author of Surveyic Hero (horse less press, 2007) and, most recently, The Deviants (Greying Ghost Press, forthcoming). New and newish writing is out or will be soon in Absent, Diagram, Denver Quarterly, The Hat, Indiana Review, La Petite Zine, Pleiades, and several others.
Eleanor Boudreau studied poetry at Harvard with D.A. Powell and Jorie Graham. She admits to moving around a bit after college, including a year-long stint dry-cleaning on a remote island off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. She also has a Master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Columbia University. She currently works for National Public Radio.
J. Bradley is based out of Orlando, FL. His work recently appeared in November 3rd Club, Poetry Midwest, and Welter and will appear in Ozone Park, Dash Literary Journal, Breadcrumb Scabs and Right Hand Pointing. Check out J. Bradley's official blog, Failure Loves Company, at iheartfailure.wordpress.com.
The Rev. Dr. David Breeden is a poet and parish minister. He has published ten books of poetry and three novels. His website is www.drpoetry.com.
Jeff Calhoun is a graduate student at the University of Michigan and his writing credits include Eclectica, Mannequin Envy, Mimesis, iota, Blood Orange Review, Stirring, and Triplopia. His second digital chapbook was joint-winner of the 2008 Mimesis Chapbook Initiative. Bocce ball and lawn darts are the bees' knees.
Michelle Chen is a freelance writer based in New York City. Her articles and reporting have appeared in various online and print journals including In These Times, Colorlines, and Women's International Perspective.
April Clemens is probably playing music right now, or writing, or shooting the shit with her ten year-old. Or any old thing...
Chip Corwin teaches English and humanities at Heartland Community College in Normal, Ill. He is the editor of Chippens, which publishes poetry chapbooks in pdf format and other writing in weekly blog posts.
Pam Cunningham was the inspiration for the film Citizen Kane, except they changed her name to Rosebud. And made her a sled. She retired from the NHL in 1992, and still holds the league record for cross-checking. Pam's plaintive penalty box ballads led Celine Dion to encourage her to pursue a singing career. Today, Pam is a pop sensation in St. Kitts, less so in Nevis.
Anjanette Delgado is an Emmy award-winning writer and producer. Her first sitcom, “Great in Bed” was bought by HBO Latino in 2002 and is set to be produced in Brazil. Her first novel, The Heartbreak Pill, was published by Simon & Schuster’s Atria Books in 2008. It will be out in Spanish in August 2009 as “La pildora del mal amor.” She lives in Miami, Florida.
John Dutterer is a poet, short story writer, and translator. His work has appeared in Perigee, Radiant Turnstile, Mastodon Dentist, and others. He lives with his expanding family, just outside the orbit of Baltimore, MD.
Jason Fialkovich is a new writer from Pittsburgh, PA, currently living in Rochester, NY. He likes some things, despises others, and has a real problem focusing on a single path in life.
Joseph Goosey is enamored with an actress with a tattoo of a Klimt on her side. He has one chapbook available via Poptritus Press and one forthcoming via Shadow Archer Press. He thanks you for reading.
Brian Anthony Hardie has been writing poetry since the age of seven. Born and raised in Portland, OR, he has been published in numerous journals including The Pebble Lake Review, Conceit Magazine, and Angel Exhaust. He has also toured the West Coast and Midwest as a bass player for the Portland-based experimental rock band Microtia.
Lisa Higgs’ poetry has been published in numerous literary journals and been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She was fortunate to be named a participant in the Loft Literary Center Mentor Series in Minneapolis from June 2006 through May 2007. She currently lives in Springfield, Illinois.
William Ashanti Hobbs hails from Atlanta, Georgia by way of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and teaches creative writing at Virginia State University. He was a 2006 VERB literary magazine fiction contest finalist and lives just outside of Richmond, VA with wife Tameka Hobbs, Ph.D. and two sons where he plots, patiently, for a replacement for his dearly departed pit bull, Bruh Man.
Paul Hostovsky has been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and The Best of the Net. He has won a Pushcart Prize, the Muriel Craft Bailey Award, and chapbook contests from Grayson Books, Riverstone Press, and The Frank Cat Press. His first full-length collection, Bending the Notes, is available from Main Street Rag. To read more, visit paulhostovsky.com.
Jason Hune is plotting world domination from his desk in Pittsburgh. He has held numerous jobs: janitor, snow cone slinger, corporate drone, and now, writer.
Dan Kelty is a high school teacher living in St. Louis with his wife and two children.
Kathleen Kenny is a writer of Irish parentage who lives and writes in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. She works as a part-time creative writing tutor at the Centre for Lifelong Learning. Her latest collection of poems, Firesprung, was published recently by Red Squirrel Press.
Jeff Klooger’s poetry has been published in Australian and international online and print journals. Recently his work has appeared in The Liberal, Munyori Literary Journal, Eureka Street, Full Of Crow and Text. His other interests are music and philosophy. His first book, on the ideas of the Greek-French philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis, was published in 2009.
Casey Lafayette is an Oregon writer. Her work has appeared in Poetry Motel, Sight Records, 580 Split, and elsewhere.
Joseph Lambert enjoys staring blank-faced into the post-collegiate black-hole that is no-job-land. After succumbing to the vacuum and safely in a parallel universe, he will rely on his keen ability to whip up the best latte this side of Saturn. He also recently discovered a love for hyphenating words.
When Doug Lane isn't scribbling for himself, he's a full-time marketing writer who's also working on his Journalism Masters degree at Georgetown University. Go Hoyas!
Susanna Lang’s collection, Even Now, was published in 2008 by The Backwaters Press. Her poems have appeared in such journals as Rhino, Kalliope, Green Mountains Review, Jubilat, and Inkwell, where her poem won the 2009 competition. She also won an Illinois Arts Council award for a poem published in The Spoon River Poetry Review.
Eric Lawson's comedic prose and poetry have appeared in such literary magazines as Falling Star, Word Catalyst, and online zines thecynic.org and salon.com. He is the author of the comedy collection entitled Jackassery. He lives in Santa Monica, CA.
Charles Lennox lives and loves in Orange, CA. His stories have been published or are forthcoming in Quick Fiction, Avatar Review, FRiGG, Pear Noir, Keyhole Magazine, ML Press, and other fine places. Visit him at www.otherbeasts.blogspot.com.
Lyn Lifshin’s last two books with Black Sparrow, Cold Comfort and Before It’s Light, won Paterson Review Awards. She has published over 120 books and edited four anthologies. Just out are The Licorice Daughter: My Year With Ruffian and Another Woman Who Looks Like Me. Barbaro: Beyond Brokenness is forthcoming. Her website is: www.lynlifshin.com.
Bruce McRae enjoys talking about himself in the third person. He likes to remind us he's had over 530 poems published in 8 countries, and that he's a musician who has recently put a large number of poems to music. Currently he resides in Victoria, British Columbia, and can be contacted via bpmcrae.com.
Lex Miller is a social worker and writer living near Memphis. She holds an BA from the University of Tennessee, an MA in kicking ass, and a PhD in taking names.
Joseph Murphy has been published in The Externalist, Chantarelle’s Notebook and Flutter Poetry Journal; upcoming work will appear in Umbrella and The Tower Journal.
Ben Nardolilli’s work has appeared in Houston Literary Review, Perigee Magazine, Canopic Jar, Baker’s Dozen, Thieves Jargon, Farmhouse Magazine, Elimae, Poems Niederngasse, Gold Dust, The Delmarva Review, Underground Voices Magazine, SoMa Literary Review, Heroin Love Songs, Shakespeare’s Monkey Revue, Cantaraville, and Perspectives Magazine. In addition, he maintains a blog at mirrorsponge.blogspot.com.
Milos Petrovic is a poet from Serbia, anxious to crack the United States.
Michael Ramsburg is currently working on a collection of short stories called "Tiles". He and his wife live in London.
Patty Russo lives and writes in Philadelphia. By day, she is a lab tech pursuing an MFA in fiction at Vermont College. By night, she sleeps relatively soundly amid the sounds of barking dogs and sirens and helicopters.
Cliff Saunders lives and writes in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He's been the recipient of an Academy of American Poets prize and has published poems in more than 100 literary journals. His poetry collection Portfolio of Sins is currently seeking a publisher.
Bryan P. Schulz is a California native who lived in Honolulu, HI, for six years before landing in Reno, NV. His writing credits include Spire and Lost Weekend, among others. He teaches college, bikes wherever he can, and writes.
Michael Steffen is a Y2K graduate of the MFA Writing Program at Vermont College. His first book, No Good at Sea, was published by Legible Press in 2002. His second, Heart Murmur, is forthcoming from Bordighera Press. Michael's work has appeared in Poetry, Poet Lore, Two Review and Alehouse, to name a few journals.
Amy Stern works from home, which, luckily, means she rarely has to put on real clothes. She recently completed her MFA in Writing and is determined to be a better Frisbee player than she was last summer.
P.C. Tavarez is an eighteen year-old student and manipulator of the English language.
Mike Theune, an active poet and critic, has published poems, essays, and
reviews in journals such as The Iowa Review, The New Republic, Pleiades, and Verse. He is the editor of Structure & Surprise: Engaging Poetic Turns (Teachers & Writers, 2007) and host of the blog structureandsurprise.
Charles Thielman is the vice-president of an independent bookstore/performance venue that hosts readings, book-signings and fervent political gatherings. He’s had poems published in several journals, most recently in Heart Lodge and Poetry Kanto. Born and raised in Charleston, S.C., educated at red-brick colleges and on Chicago streets, he’s worked as a corrections counselor, truck driver, big city bus driver and shiny shoe salesman.
Shanti Weiland is author of the chapbook Daughter En Route and received her Ph.D. at University of Southern Mississippi. She has been published in various journals including Mochila Review, Plum Biscuit, and The Cherry Blossom Review. She currently teaches at University of Alabama and is working on her manuscript, “A Beautiful, Fuchsia Hell.”
Irene Westcott is the winner of The Baltimore Review’s 2007 Creative Nonfiction Competition. Her writing has appeared in The Blue Earth Review, The Literary Bohemian and Bullfight Review. She has an M.A. from Northwestern University and has been a resident at the Vermont Studio Center and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Ernest Williamson is a self-taught pianist and painter whose poetry has been nominated twice for the Best of the Net Anthology. A Ph.D. candidate at Seton Hall University, he is also an adjunct professor at New Jersey City University and an English professor at Essex County College.
Christopher Woods' photographs have appeared recently, or will soon appear, in Anderbo, BAP Quarterly, Public Republic, Newport Review, and Narrative Magazine. He lives in Houston and Chappell Hill, Texas, and shares an online gallery with his wife, Linda: Texana Review Gallery.
