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Jane Alynn is the author of a collection of poems: Threads & Dust (Finishing Line Press, 2005). Her poems have been published in numerous journals, such as The Pacific Review, Quercus Review, StringTown, and Switched-on Gutenberg. In 2004, she won a William Stafford Award from Washington Poets Association.

Miriam Axel-Lute's poetry has been published in various journals and anthologies and been performed from dozens of stages and pulpits. Her two chapbooks are available at www.mjoy.org/poetry.html.

Grace Beeler was raised in Northern New York and now lives in Connecticut with her husband and three year old son.

Gary Blankenship publishes the online journals, MindFire Renewed and FireWeed, both at www.mindfirerenew.com. Gary has been seen on the web and in a variety of paper publications.

Dean Blehert lives in the DC area. For data on his books and a larger dose (possibly addictive) of his work, please visit www.blehert.com, which also includes paintings and poems by his wife, Pam.

Although she considers herself primarily a painter, Pam Blehert has had poems accepted by Minimus, Tres di-verse-city (Austin international poetry festival anthology), Potomac Review (Spring 2003), the California Quarterly, and sundry other little mags. Some of her poems can be seen (and heard) on the web at http://www.blehert.com/poems/pampoems.html.  

Zan Bockes is a graduate of the University of Montana’s MFA program in Creative Writing. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous magazines, including Visions International, Karamu, Poetry Motel, and Kaleidoscope, and she has had three nominations for a Pushcart Prize. She lives a quiet life in Missoula with her husband and two cats.

Janie Breggin Braverman is a fiction writer and poet living in Iowa City, Iowa. Her work has appeared in Disturbing the Peace: Writings of Colorado Lawyers; Howlings; Desert Voices; Pinyon; Steam Ticket; Being Jewish Magazine, Main Channel Voices; upstreet and Poetica Magazine. She is a frequent contributor to WSUI/Iowa Public Radio Weekend America.

Dr. David Breeden has published seven books of poetry and three novels. His latest book –A Poet's Guide to Divorce– just appeared from Fine Tooth Press. He is a divinity student at the University of Chicago.

E.V. Brooks lives in the south of England. She has been writing for twenty years. Her work has appeared in UK and US anthologies, such as; Dogma, United Press, Poets Gone Wild, and Loch Raven Review. Her poetry has been reviewed in the e-zines, Mindfire and Half Drunk Muse.  http://theseaandinkwell.spaces.live.com/

Jonathan Campbell is (begrudgingly) a professional waiter and amateur poet currently residing in southern New England.

r.g. cantalupo makes his living as a non-fiction writer, playwright and teacher. His work has appeared in over a hundred journals in the United States, England, and Canada, most recently appearing in The Wisconsin Review, The Southern Review, Rattle, and 2 AM. He teaches at Mesa State University in Colorado.

Born in Los Angeles (Boyle Heights), Esteban Ceniceros spent his early childhood in the village of El Sauzal de Rodriguez near Ensenada in Baja California where he picked up the guitar at the age of ten. Europe has played an important role in defining Steve’s artistic direction.

Jeanette Clough is author of Cantatas (Tebot Bach) and Island (forthcoming, Red Hen). Her poetry appears in Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review, Nimrod, and Pool, and has received awards from the Ruskin Competition, Rilke Competition, and the dA Center for the Arts.

Jim Doss, co-editor of Loch Raven Review, was born and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. His work has appeared in Poetry East, Words-Myth, Poems Niedergasse, and other publications. He is currently translating the complete writings of Georg Trakl, which can be found at www.literaturnische.de/Trakl/english/index-trakl-e.htm. He earns his living as a software engineer, and lives with his wife and three children in Maryland.

Alan Douglas, a father of 5, is of European stock, though born in the USA, and lives in southern England. He has been a manic writer of poetry since the bug bit him in 1993, and this is his main interest, along with family and Van Morrison's music.

Renee Duke trained in the fine arts at Radcliffe and L'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts a Paris. She translates what she sees into paintings and poetry. Her poems have been published in California Quarterly, Golden Horses and elsewhere.

Carole Tobias Eddington was born in Chicago to two musicians. She’s been writing poetry, stories, and non-fiction since childhood. She now resides in a Chicago suburb with her husband and their daughter and son, each of whom excel in more than one art form.

Lane Eddington is a native of Chicago, and comes from a family of artists. Writing poetry since the age of 2, she published her first poetry collection at age 10. Now 26 she continues to write poetry and songs, and also compose music. Favorite poetic inspirations include Pablo Neruda, Shakespeare, and Tori Amos.

Su Falcon has written poetry longer than–well, longer than most people have been writing. Her work has shown up in numerous anthologies and collections over the decades, and she's also the author of The Mechanics of Poetry: A Glossary of Basic Poetic Terms (under the byline Su Falcon Soref) available on Amazon.com.

Elizabeth Farrell's poems have appeared in the anthology Proposing on the Brooklyn Bridge, Animus, The Onset Review, Calliope, New Bedford Magazine, and others. She has been writer-in-residence in several schools in southeastern Massachusetts.

Brian Fowler was born in Chicago and now lives in Florida with his wife and cats. This is his first submission and publication.

Laura Freedgood recently moved to Montclair, New Jersey from Boston, MA, where she lived for many years. She currently teaches writing at Queensborough Community College, in Bayside, New York, and has a two-year grant from CUNY to write poetry.

Mark Giffin is a writer living in Los Angeles. His poems have been published in ArtWord Quarterly, The California Quarterly, Light Quarterly and elsewhere.

Maggy Graham is a book editor and designer. She has published a collection of poems called Backyard Poetry. She lives in Clearwater, Florida with her husband, Alan Graham.

Judy Gruenfeld works as a social worker in New York. Her poems, articles and short stories have been published in several newspapers and magazines.

TomM Hall, seer, maker, image spinner, poet Performance Artist, Friend & Lover of Language live and living poetry, outspoken. Performed out loud, unashamed and Understandable!! Founder of LiPS (Live/Living Poetry Society ~ dedicated to the continual bringing of poetry to life, bringing life to poetry).

Gary Hanna's poems have appeared in Inkwell, The Common Ground Review, The Hawaii Pacific Review, Blueline, The Mid-America Poetry Review, Peregrine, RiverSedge, The California Quarterly, Rhetoric, Clare, Ancient Paths, Scribble, The Mad Poets Review, Byline, Dreamstreets, Delmarva Quarterly, and others.

Bob Hart is a New York City poet who came onto the poetry circuit at 77 Barrow St. in Greenwich Village. He has performed on the poetry scene for over 25 years. His chapbook is Acrobat.

Lana Hechtman Ayers resides in Kirkland, WA where she is a manuscript consultant and workshop leader. She has received honors from the Rita Dove Poetry Competition and "Discovery" / The Nation Prize. Her poems appear in national publications such as Cider Press Review, Natural Bridge, and The Bitter Oleander. She holds an MFA in Poetry from New England College.

Over her professional lifespan as a writer, performing artist and international human rights activist, poet warrior Jan Houston has remained an aware and compassionate voice of reason and inspiration. Awarded for Outstanding Achievement by Artists For A Better World, her current projects include developing screenplays and expanded editions of her poetry volumes.

Larry Jaffe is the Co-founder and International Readings Coordinator for the United Nations Dialogue among Civilizations through Poetry program and Co-Founder of Poets for Peace. Jaffe is the Editor of Poetix, the poetry magazine for Southern California. Jaffe’s work can be found in numerous publications and anthologies throughout the globe.

Jana Jakešová, born and living in Prague is both painter and poet. A graduate of journalism at Charles University and two fine arts schools, she has been writing poetry since the age of 12. Her first book of poems, To Breathe Without a Breath, has been released by Elektrolux Publishing.

Lois P. Jones has been published in The California Quarterly, The American Tanka Society, Prairie Poetry, Loch Raven Review, and The Los Andes News among others. Her poetry was part of a thesis performance in 2005 at the Art Institute of Chicago. You can find her as workshop moderator at wildpoetryforum.com or at moondaypoetry.com, a monthly reading in Pacific Palisades, California which she co-hosts with Alice Pero.

Daveda Lamont is a book editor who also enjoys scenic and rural photography, finding unique old houses, and writing. Daveda lives in the New York Hudson Valley with her husband, Patrick. Her short story, “The Way of the Eagle,” won a competition held in mid-2005 by the Professional Writers’ Association of Celebrity Centre International in Los Angeles.

Steve Langley, young up & coming British Poet in his mid fifties, currently residing in Manchester, England and married with 5 wonderful children and one even more wonderful wife–has had many poems published as well as two book collections: Suns & Moons – Poems of Light & Dark, and Rhymes & Reasons – Poems from the School of Thought!

Emit Levart is a penname for Paul Huth, an Emmy-award-winning writer/director. He won second prize in the first poetry contest he ever entered, Bravura literary magazine. He is currently compiling a poetry/photo art book called Human Suits. Contact him at emitlevart@gmail.com.

Michael Levy's new book is titled: The Joys of Live Alchemy. The words "Live Alchemy" are an anagram of Michael's name. His web site is ranked number one in the world out of 1,800,000 websites when "inspirational books" are the search words on google. Web Site : http://www.pointoflife.com.

Just out from Lyn Lifshin: The Licorice Daughter: My Year With Ruffian (Texas Review Press). Also just out: Another Woman Who Looks Like Me from Black Sparrow at Godine. She has over 120 books and has edited four anthologies. Her website: www.lynlifshin.com. Her last two Black Sparrow books, Cold Comfort and Before It’s Light, won Paterson Review Awards.

Tom Lombardo's poems have appeared in Southern Poetry Review, Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, New York Quarterly, Ascent and others. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte. He's an adjunct professor at the Atlanta College of Art.

Peter Ludwin’s poems have appeared in numerous journals, most prominently The Antitam Review, Chaminade Literary Review, Coal City Review, Illya's Honey, Karumu, Hurricane Review, Lullwater Review, Midwest Quarterly, Permafrost, Raven Chronicles, Lake Effect, Small Pond Magazine of Literature, South Carolina Review, South Dakota Review and Whiskey Island Magazine.

Eileen Malone is an award winning poet who lives in the necropolis of Colma where San Francisco buries its dead. She is a member of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

Matthew Manning currently lives in a van around Venice, CA. When asked, "Do you fear death?" he replied, "Did you fear birth?"

Jonathan Everett Maseng is an undergraduate student at the City College of New York, where he recently received The Jack Zucker Memorial Prize and the Mina Shaugnessey Memorial Award. His poems have previously been published in The Muse Apprentice Guild and on The Poetry Superhighway. His Scandinavian Love Poem will be featured in the upcoming issue of The Promethean.

The current incarnation of Jeré Matlock arose from the ashes of many lives. He hails from the twister country of the Texas panhandle, but prefers life among the tall Doug Fir of coastal Oregon. His motto: "Don't think. Look."

Stazja McFadyen's poetry and human rights activism have spanned five decades. Her works have been published and/or recorded in the U.S., Canada, Australia and England.

Stephen Mead is a northeastern NY artist whose most successful therapy has come through writing. His e books and other merchandise can be found at  newagedimensionspublishing.com/wearemorethanourwounds.htm

Angela M. Mendez is listed in the Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers. She has had over 60 poems published, most recently Poetry Ease, The Underwood Review, The Connecticut River Review, and several anthologies. Mendez previously served as VP of the Connecticut Poetry Society and has taught poetry for various adult education programs in Connecticut.

Corey Mesler has published in numerous journals and anthologies. His novel, Talk: A Novel in Dialogue, was released in 2002. He also has a number of poetry chapbooks available. In 2005, his second novel, We Are Billion-Year-Old Carbon was released. With his wife, he runs Burke’s Book Store in Memphis TN.

Karen D. Mitchell lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is a wife, mother, cat lover, legal secretary, English major and poet. Karen's poetry has appeared or will soon appear in genesis, Jake Magazine, Open Minds Quarterly, The Dream People, Right Hand Pointing and Remark.

Alice Pero is a New Yorker who became a left coaster in 1996. Her book Thawed Stars (available on Amazon) was hailed by Kenneth Koch as having "clarity and surprises." She has taught creative writing to children for over 15 years. www.alicepero.com.  

Annie Reiner is a Los Angeles poet, playwright, painter and psychoanalyst. She has published three books of poems including her most recent, Beyond Rhyme & Reason (2002, Red Dancefloor Press), as well as a book of short stories and four children's books. She maintains a psychoanalytic private practice in Beverly Hills.

Will Roby is a student living in West Texas. He will soon be attending the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in Boulder, Colorado. His work has appeared at Melic Review, GW Review, Karawane, Stirring, StorySouth, and others. He wonders often why everyone has the same salt and pepper shakers.

Lisa Rosen lives in Eugene, OR and teaches part time at Lane Community College. Her poetry has appeared in Bellevue Literary Review, Hubbub, and Poetry East, among other journals.

Bobbi Rudin, MA, owner of Healing Arts for the Creative Mind, is a yoga therapist and healing arts instructor incorporating expressive exploration, including poetry reading, contemplation and writing. She is also a writer and published poet with creative essays in between: Pacifica Graduate Institute Literary Review, Mythology: a CD ROM Encyclopedia, and in Kali’s Kites: Essays from the Mythological Imagination.

Russell Salamon lives in a beautiful future while his body in Los Angeles mumbles, "rent, food, rent, food..." "Shut up, body, the future is endlessly beautiful...(clank, clank, sound effects of hammer and anvil)...I need six more beautiful poems and the dawn ship will be ready for boarding..." Web site: www.RussellSalamon.com. Email: thesalamons@earthlink.net.

Judith Searle is the author of In the Teeth of Time: Poems 1971-2004. Her other books include a novel, Lovelife, and several nonfiction books, among which are The Literary Enneagram: Characters from the Inside Out and Getting the Part. She has performed her one-woman poetry program, "The Ages of Woman," at various venues in New York and Los Angeles.

Thom Severtson is a lifelong professional artist and writer. Prize winner in the 2004 Ray Bradbury Creative Writing contest, he has written in many sub-fields including: poetry, fiction, screenplays, stage plays, song lyrics, articles, web copy and biography. He wrote the five biographies of human rights heroes for the Human Rights Handbook to be released to educators in twenty-one languages.

In 1977, Bruce Silton – painter, art teacher, textile designer, academic tutor and writer – having personally witnessed the devastating effect of psychiatric treatment on the human spirit, wrote a book of poems, The Winter Planet. More recently his series of thirteen illustrated essays on art and education, Love Without Gravity, was published in its entirety by Imago Magazine.

Leslie Silton’s long history with poetry and poets began in NYC in 1966 at Le Metro Café in Greenwich Village. So far it covers founding groups in USA and Paris, 100+ live readings, five self-published chapbooks and selected poems in small press, radio broadcasts, the internet, CD anthologies and live theatre.

Rick Smith, clinical psychologist, songwriter, harmonica player, poet. Most recent book: The Wren Notebook (Lummox Press, 2000), current CD is This World Is Not My Home by The Mescal Sheiks (mescalsheiks.com).

Amanda Crowell Stiebel is an adjunct instructor living in St. Louis. Previous publication credits include Blueline, The Georgetown Review, Poetry Motel, Bellerive, East Central Literary Review, Firebox, Windfall and The Rockhurst Review. She spends her free time playing with her husband and brand new son, petting her numerous animals, and writing.

David Tidman, writer, father of three children and a counselor of 30 years. Likes having his ears to the pulse of life. "You cannot live life as a cliché."

Alison Townsend is the author of two books of poetry, The Blue Dress and What the Body Knows. Her poetry and creative nonfiction appear widely, in journals such as Calyx, Crab Orchard Review, Gulf Coast, Michigan Quarterly Review, and The Southern Review. She teaches creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

KC Wilder has previously authored five books of poetry and dozens of chapbooks. His work has been published in over 100 literary journals and magazines worldwide, including in 2005, The Seattle Review, Poetry New Zealand, Soma Literary Review, Auckland Poetry Review, Wild Violet, Scorched Earth, Saw, and The Iconoclast.

Steven Zuckerman is a poet and writer living in San Jose, CA. His work has appeared in the Paterson Literary Review, Poetica Magazine and Once Upon A Time. In addition to writing poetry, Steve is currently working on several children's books.