FRANK DE CANIO lives in New Jersey; works and relaxes in Manhattan. He is a psychology major and has written over 1,000 poems � most of them liberally conceived sonnets. He has been published in Red Owl, Nuthouse, Pleiades, Art Times and Poetalk. A fan of the liberal arts he attends a caf� philo (a philosophy discussion group) in Manhattan.
KENDRA EAGER is a professional photographer from Westchester, New York. At the moment, her main focus is on autistic children and bi/lesbian women. She also likes painting, reading and writing poetry. http://web.mac.com/aliceleftwonderland/
PHILLIP A. ELLIS is currently studying English at the University of New England, Australia. He hopes to study Honours in 2008 and 2009, and has plans to study Latin at a Masters Level. Email [email protected].
WILLIAM R. FORD, JR. is a retired GM worker. He�s been widely published in literary magazines such as Reeds, and The San Fernando Poetry Journal. He also sells his own oil paintings in Lansing and is ranked on occasion between 95th and 105th in the state at Chess. In addition, he acts as the host of a Civil War museum at Charlton Park, Hastings Michigan, complete in Period Dress.
JOHN HACKETT was raised on a farm outside of Freeland, Michigan. He received a Bachelors in English and a Masters in English Literature from MSU. After teaching for 38 years he is now retired. In 2001, he received a heart transplant at MSU, which inspired him to begin writing poetry. Website http://web.mac.com/summerscloud.
CAROL HAMILTON has recent and upcoming publications in Nimrod, Bogg, Karamu, Midwest Quarterly Review, and Poem. Her most recent books include I�m Not From Neptune (a children�s novel), Vanishing Point (Editor�s Choice book from Main Street Rag Press), and Shots On (Finishing Line Press).
SUZANNE HARVEY writes from Alamo, California.
G.F. HEYDER is a senior citizen who likes old movies, golden oldies music and writes poems, short stories and dabbles with cartoons. His poems and stories are published in magazines such as Poetry Protocol, Bell�s Letters, Poetic Expressions and Lone Stars Magazine. For the past six years he�s had poems and shorts appear in anthologies by Drury�s Publishing.
BOBBI DYKEMA KATSANIS has most recently appeared or is forthcoming in The Binnacle, The Litchfield Review, Hot Metal Press, and The Chaffin Journal. Her chapbook, The Magdalene's Notebook, was released last fall from Finishing Line Press. She is currently at work on a doctorate in Art and Religion at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.
MARIE KAZALIA has appeared in a wide variety of small press publications since her return to the USA after four years of expatriate living in China, India and Japan. Blaz Vox published her long poem �Zorro on the Zephyr,� which she wrote on a three-day long train ride from San Francisco to Chicago. Marie now resides in the Midwest after inheriting a house.
MICHAEL KESHIGIAN is a performing musician and collegiate music educator in Boston. His poems and short stories have appeared in numerous print and online journals. To date, he has had 5 chapbooks of poetry published and is a multiple Pushcart Prize and Best Of The Net nominee. His latest book, Warm Summer Memories was published in the summer of 2007 by Maverick Duck Press. His most recent publications include Mannequin Envy, Ibbetson Street, Fairfield Review, Red River Review, and Sierra Nevada College Review.
DIANE KLAMMER has been published in the Archer, Psychopoetica, The San Fernando Poetry Journal and Guilty As Charged. Her poem, �Morning At Shaw Island� took third place in the 2002 Southwestern Manuscripters poetry contest.
SARAH MACOLINO age 15, is an avid writer and has been all her life. She lives with her family and a dog, enjoys rugby and softball, and a good enchilada. She loves to sing, and is also photographically inclined. She hopes to become a photojournalist with a side of experimental short fiction.
PAUL MARRONE has written a number of short stories and recently began writing poetry. He is an insurance broker living in Los Angeles and much of his writing reflects the changing culture and attitudes within the city.
WILLIAM MAXHEIMER, is a graduate of then Southwest Missouri State University (now MSU, Springfield). He holds a Bachelors of Arts in Writing. William is a retired Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer and OIF veteran. He resides in St Louis, Missouri where he works as a documentation analyst for a large health insurance company.
ANDREW MCINTYRE was educated in England and Scotland. He lives in San Francisco. He has been writing for several years. He has published stories in numerous magazines, most recently in The Copperfield Review, The Mississippi Review, and Children, Churches and Daddies Literary Magazine.
NADINE NAJJAR received a BA in English and Economics from Brandies University. She is a beginning poet and has been published 3 times thus far.
ANDREW OERKE has lived many lives. After suggesting the idea of the Peace Corps to Jerry Clark, Kennedy�s campaign manager, he went on to become Peace Corps Director in Africa and the Caribbean. Mr. Oerke was also the first Director of the International Folk Festival on the Mall for the Smithsonian and as Dean of Administration for the Medical Center of Miami-Dade Community College started one of the country�s first Wellness Institutes. Andrew Oerke�s work has appeared frequently in The New Yorker, Poetry, and Mademoiselle. He is now living in the US and has returned full time to writing poetry, his first love.
TOLU OGUNLESI was born in 1982. He is the author of a collection of poetry Listen to the Geckos Singing From a Balcony (Bewrite Books, UK , 2004). His fiction and poetry have appeared in Wasafiri, The Obituary Tango (Caine Prize Anthology 2006), Sable, Orbis, Eclectica, and elsewhere. In 2007 he won a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg poetry prize. He currently lives in Lagos , Nigeria. http://omoalagbede.blogspot.com
JEREMY RICH has been published in collections like Watershed and Take Back The Night. He was once a chef but currently teaches 8th grade Language Arts in Colorado.
GARY SCHEINOHA is perhaps best defined by his stories, plays, columns, verse, prose poems and reviews. After having written more than a million words � including letters, journals and a really long novel � he�s given the best parts of himself away. Just a few places where these bits of him can be found are Armchair Aesthete, Black Book Press, Ship Of Fools, Tale Spinners, and 2008 Wisconsin Poets Calendar.
G. DAVID SCHWARTZ is the former president of Seedhouse, the online interfaith committee. He is also the author of A Jewish Appraisal of Dialogue. Currently a volunteer at Drake Hospital in Cincinnati, Schwartz continues to write. His new book, Midrash And Working Out Of The Book is now in stores.
VINCENT SPADA is a professional writer living and working in Massachusetts. His poems have been featured in over two dozen poetry publications and newspapers across the world, including TPQ OnLine and the San Antonio Express-News. If you would like to learn more about Mr. Spada and his work, simply drop by his website at: www.poemsinthedark.com
LINDA WOOLVEN has had poems published in Obsesses With Pipework, Dana Literary Society, Amethyst Review, Write On, Sepia Poetry Magazine and several other journals. One of her poems received an award from Dana Literary Society. She also has a chapbook published titled Life�s Little Lessons.