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Jennifer VanBuren lives with her husband in Baltimore where she works part time for a small non-profit while raising two young children. While her formal training and career have been based in science and education, her passion has always been art and writing. They have recently appeared in American Feed Journal, Erosha, ERWA, and thievesjargon and one is set for the next edition of Clean Sheets. Very recently, one of her poems was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Explore more of her work at her personal website, mannequin envy. ~ John Sweet, 36, married and father of two, is a believer in poetry as catharsis, and as an acceptable alternative to organized religion. He lives on the north bank of the Susquehanna River in a grim little factory town in upstate New York and is waiting to see if there's a master plan to his life, but not with any great expectations. His first full-length collection, Human Cathedrals, is available from Ravenna Press and his most recent chapbook, FAMINE, from Leaf Press. You can read more of John's work in his electronic chapbook, in the known world. ~ Jalina Mhyana works as a massage therapist near Frankfurt, Germany. Her chapbook Spikeseed was published by Bad Moon Books in spring, 2004. Her poetry has been published in various journals, most recently Snow Monkey (Issue #16, the Sixth Anniversary Issue) and M�bius. Her poems If I Must Die Young and The Wooden Breast were recently nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Jalina is the editor of Rock Salt Plum Review, an online literary journal. Feel free to visit Jalina's personal website, too. ~ Dorothy Doyle Mienko , Stirring's most published poet, has appeared in online literary journals such as Templar Phoenix Review, Adirondack Review, Another Sun, 2River, VLQ, Erosha, The Eclipse, Late August, Wicked Alice, Dystinct Art Magazine and many others. She has written two books: What I Notice Now and Quiet Illuminations, both available from the VLQ Bookshelf. She lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan with her husband. They have no cats. She is a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee (most recently for God's Glassblower) and has been published internationally. You can read more of Dorothy's work at her personal website, Ruby Slippers |
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