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C. B. Anderson
C.B. Anderson was born and raised in the Delaware Valley, but he has lived in eastern Massachusetts for nearly thirty years. For more than twenty of them he was the gardener for the PBS television series, The Victory Garden. He was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Dogger L. Banks
Abandoned at an early age, Dogger Bank’s poetic education began when he was adopted by a compulsive rhymer. Emulating his new mother, trouble ensued at school when he would only give answers questions which he could express in heroic couplets. After expulsion from several schools, Banks found himself out on the street, unable to claim social security benefits because the application forms required straight forward yes/no answers. He made the most of the dire situation by devoting himself to the task of reading the complete works of every known poet since Hesiod, and then eating the book afterwards for nourishment. His favourites include Ovid, Dryden, Pope, Byron and Wilfred Owen, all of which he found quite tasty.
Dogger Banks is 96.
Kendall Bell
Kendall A. Bell is a North Jersey native who transplanted to Burlington County over 4 years ago. His poetry deals with the frustration of everyday life, and the hope of better days. His work has appeared in Rowan College's "Venue" magazine, Splat! Fanzine, Edison Literary Review, the online journals Prose Toad and Baby Clam Press, and in the nine chapbooks he has self-published over the last eight years. He has also recorded two spoken word cd's: "Droning" and "With Sympathy". He is a co-founding member of the Quick And Dirty Poets. They released a compilation of poems called "Fast And Filthy" in 2003 and another in 2004 called "Quick Meals And Dirty Dishes". In March of 2005, the QND's released their first print journal, "Up And Under". A long time curmudgeon, he is now working on codger status.
Mike Berger
Mike Berger was a practicing psychotherapist for 30 years and is fully retired. He has authored two books of short stories and has published in numerous professional journals. His humor pieces "Clyde and Goliath," "Good Grief Columbus," and "If Noah Built the Ark Today," have won awards. He now writes poetry full-time and pursues sculpting, painting, gardening, and baking bread. His forcaccia is to die for.
Christina Bisirri
Christina Bisirri grew up in South Jersey and moved to New York to go to school and work in 1992. While at Marist College, she worked briefly in daytime television and graduated with a Bachelor's in English and Journalism in 1992. In 2004, she graduated from Rutgers University with a Masters in English and Composition; currently she teaches English at Seminole Community College in Sanford, Florida. She has been writing for years, and "The Cheat" is her first attempt at publishing her catalogue.
Scotty Blake
I'm an aviation firefighter in Australia and a divorced father of three
great kids aged 21, 19 and 13. My interest in poetry started in High School and since that time, I have written intermittently over the years; it is only in the last few years that I have been introduced to online workshopping, only to discover just how little I actually knew about poetry in general. I've written a few pieces that I've been told have merit
but I don't expect to see a copy of Scotty's Poetry in a book on anyone's coffee table anytime soon. If I have one wish in life then it would be to be the best father/husband/lover/soulmate/friend to those who need me to be, and as I'm finding out, that requires just as much work as writing good poetry.
Barbara Brackney
Barbara Brackney rose from poor white trash to become a clinical psychologist and a Professor Emerita. She still identifies with the chaotic life of the sad but plucky girl that once was. These poems are intended to keep her alive and to reach out to others whose beginning safety nets were tenuous. she lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with George, her true love for 29 years.
Ben Brasher
Born in Tennessee and raised in Indiana, Ben is Midwest through and through. He is hanging onto his twenties (barely) and is a man of many hats: husband, father, Marine, and sometimes writer. He is currently stationed at the Defense Language Institute in beautiful Monterey, CA where he teaches Korean to America's finest.
Bradley Buchanan
Bradley Buchanan has published poetry in more than 100 journals worldwide, including Illuminations, The Notre Dame Review, The Portland Review, The Seattle Review, and Whetstone. He is originally from Canada, but has lived in the United States for the past ten years. His work attempts to blend the immediacy, concrete details and intellectual ambition of American poetry with the formalist tendencies of more traditional British-influenced poetry.
Rachel Bunting
Rachel Bunting is a born and bred South Jersey girl who is currently disentangling herself from the Pine Barrens. Her poems can be found in Edison Literary Review, Journal of New Jersey Poets, Mad Poets Review, and in the ezines Wicked Alice and The Barefoot Muse. She is a dedicated fan of British bands from the 80s and a terrible dancer.
Lee Busby
Lee is a graduate student at Missouri State University studying under the poets Marcus Cafagna and Michael Burns. He also teaches Composition as well as Creative Writing at MSU. He has grown up in Southern Missouri and finds solace among its hills and rivers. He tries to write poetry that speaks of real human emotion and situations and celebrates the world around us. He has previously published poems in the literary journal Moon City Review, and has poems forthcoming in Ceremony and Red Ink Journal.
John Byrne
John lives in Albany, Oregon. He writes formal poetry, puppet plays and short stories. Most recently, his poetry has appeared in The Literary Bohemian, The Lyric, and Poet's Ink (October 2009 issue). A short story is scheduled to appear in Stringtown.
Matthew Byrne
Matthew, a Pushcart Prize nominee, was published in The Best American Poetry 2007 anthology. He works at an insurance agency in Chicago, and lives in Naperville, IL with his wife Colleen, daughter Lily, and son Jake.
Steve Cartwright
It's well known that an artist becomes more popular by dying, so I'm typing this with one hand while pummeling my head with a frozen mackerel with the other. I've done art for several magazines, newspapers, websites, commercial and governmental clients, books, and scribbled on tavern napkins. I also create art pro bono for several animal rescue groups. I was awarded the 2004 James Award for my cover art for Champagne Shivers. I recently illustrated the Cimarron Review cover.
Michael Ceraolo
Michael is a fortysomething civil servant/poet trying to overcome a middle class upbringing. Author of two books of poetry: 'Euclid Creek: A Journey' from Deedp Cleveland Press and 'Cleveland Haiku' from Green Panda Press.
Kelly Cornett
Born in Washington, DC on December 24, Kelly lives in Elkton, MD. She graduated from Western Maryland College in 1994.
Married with one son, Alec, three dogs and a cat.
Holly Day
Holly Day’s newest books, Music Theory for Dummies and Shakira were published in2007. Her poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have most recently appeared in January, Philadelphia Poets, and California Quarterly. She currently works as a reporter and a writing instructor in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and lives with her two children and husband.
Frank DeCanio
Frank was born and bred in New Jersey, He works in New York. Shakespeare is his consolation, writing his hobby.
Kate Delany
Kate's previous publication credits include appearances in such magazines and journals as The Advocate, Along the Path, Barrelhouse, Burning Leaf, The Fossil Record, Jabberwock Review, Lilith, 13th Moon, Nomad’s Choir, Samsara, Spire Press and The Writers’ Exchange. In addition to freelance writing (poetry and fiction), she teaches in the English department at Rutgers University in Camden, NJ.
Steve Demoss
Steve is 20 and has been writing poetry for the past four years and has been
published for the last two. When not writing I enjoy music, films, and friends. A brief list of his publications includes:Indiana Bay Press’s January 2007 issue of “Poesia”, The Fall 06’ issue of “Soul Fountain”, Volume 12 of “The Eclectic Muse”, The November 06’ issue of “Idiom 23”, Scar’s Publications 2005 book, Chaos Theory.
Richard Donnelly
Richard publishes poetry and short fiction in a variety of venues including Mad Swirl, Apalachee Review, Miller's Pond, Remark, and others.
William Doreski
William Doreski’s most recent collection of poetry is Another Ice Age (2007). He has published three critical studies, including Robert Lowell’s Shifting Colors. His essays, poetry, and reviews have appeared in many journals, including Massachusetts Review, Notre Dame Review, The Alembic, New England Quarterly, Harvard Review, Modern Philology, Antioch Review, Natural Bridge.
Dory Doughty
Dory is a recent graphic design graduate. A few years ago she decided to embark on a major career change that transformed her from the world of a corporate IT cubicle to the vast creative universe of the visual arts. A change she sweetly savors. She has exhibited her paintings, charcoal drawings, 3-dimensional pieces and graphic design work and in 2006 was honored with a Purchase Award and an Honorable Mention for two of her submitted pieces. Dory is currently freelancing for a few small graphic design studios in the Philadelphia area. Someday she'd like to go back to art school to study sculpture and painting. She enjoys music, dabbling on the guitar and trumpet, and enjoyed being a disc jockey at WKDU 91.7FM radio station for over 14 years, with a show titled "Digestible Decibels".
Karen Douglass
Karen Douglass’s books include Red Goddess Poems; Bones in the Chimney (fiction); Green Rider, Thinking Horse (non-fiction); and Sostenuto, (poems). The Great Hunger (poems) is now available from Plain View Press (2009). She is an associate editor for The Café Review.
Anna Evans
Anna Evans is a British citizen but permanent resident of NJ, where she is raising two daughters. She has had over 100 poems published in journals including The Formalist, The Evansville Review, Light Quarterly, Measure, and many others. In 2005 she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and a finalist in the Howard Nemerov sonnet award. She is editor of the formal poetry e-zine The Barefoot Muse and is currently enrolled in the Bennington College MFA Program. Her first chapbook Swimming was published in March 2006 by Powerscore Press. She occasionally dreams in Iambic Pentameter.
Jack Finch
Amicable, yet hedonistic, volatile and impressionable, Jack Finch is a “king without a crown hanging loose in the big town”. After quitting his job at the bank, he bought a one way ticket to Amsterdam and has been traipsing around Europe and onwards ever since, whilst scrawling his writing in tatty notebooks. In June 2007 he found himself with an American ex-marine wandering into Iraq, and set up home with a renegade security team, but nearly dried up from the lack of women; he promptly flew over to the hostels of Central America to make up for lost time. And now? Certain people want him killed off since they think he’s “no good”, but as ever, he remains.
Sarah Gallup
Sarah Gallup has been a teacher of English, a paralegal, an investigator for the government, and a participant in may years of community and dinner theater, where, in her spare time she has acted, directed, costumed, designed and built sets. She has in the last five years turned her creative efforts to writing, drawing on her wide experience. Sarah is a native of up-state New York. She met her husband of 33 years while attending Houghton College. Together they have three adult daughters and two grandsons. She and her husband, Bruce, currently reside in Voorhees, NJ.
Natalie Goyeneche
Natalie is a New Orleans native educated in cultural anthropology and
creative writing. Her recent travels and academic pursuits led her throughout Central America and Asia, where she taught English. Her poetry has been printed in the International Humanitarian Foundation's monthly newsletter. Natalie lives and teaches in southern Mexico where she sings, paints, and writes passionately, encouraging her students to do the same
Ron Morocco
Ron has the dubious distinction of being the first customer to have his deposit returned by a sperm bank.
Julie Greenbaum
Julie was born and raised in Philadelphia and had an interest in poetry since she
was in high school and had an equal passion for music. She studied English in
college and had an opportunity to study abroad in Australia and study, what
else English where she was exposed to many brilliant Australian writers and had an
opportunity to meet many. The true poet came out during the course of her
stay in Australia. She wrote many poems. Some just about every day life, and
some about the magic of the land and the people of Australia. Coming home
was quite difficult, as the day before, she was spending a summer day on a
beautiful beach in Sydney...thousands of miles later, she found herself in the
back seat of her father's car, driving on I95 in a major snow storm...She
wanted to go back. But coming home was a blessing, as she longed to tell the
story of where she had been, and the personal and spiritual journey that she had taken.
Since then, Julie has earned a degree in English, has a desktop publishing
certificate, has worked in the music industry, and has achieved her dream of
becoming an editor in the publishing industry. She volunteers, travels and
cherishes every free moment she gets.
Tony Gruenewald
Tony Gruenewald's poetry has been published in The New York Times, Slow
Trains, Identity Theory, Adbusters, the Aquarian, Edison Literary
Review, Exit 13, Up and Under, U.S. 1 as well as lots of other places
that no longer exist. He lives in Edison where he grew up being lulled
to sleep in the shade of the Ford plant's water tower by the soothing
sounds of Route 1. After a few moments in broadcast journalism and a
dozen years in advertising he repented and works in the nonprofit world
for Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic in the greater Princeton
metropolitan area. And if all else fails, he still has his Teamsters
card.
Jason Hardung
Jason Hardung has been a freelance writer for Thrasher and Drift magazines. His poetry has appeared in Black Book Press and Words Speak Network Anthology 2007. Other work that has been accepted will appear in Thick with Conviction and Language and Culture.net. He is a 33 year old college student that wasted too many years doing the wrong things, and now decided to concentrate on his writing. He wants to be the best writer he can be.
Suzanne Harvey
For almost two decades, Suzanne R. Harvey, Ph.D., lectured in the
English Department at Stanford University. She is now retired. In addition, for a semester she was a visiting lecturer in the English Department at the University of California at Berkeley, and for almost a decade she was also an instructor in the Publishing Program at the University of California at Berkeley Extension.
While at Stanford she and her husband served as resident fellows in an all-freshmen dormitory, about which
they subsequently self-published a book, entitled "Virtual Reality and the College Freshman: All our friends are 18."
Before relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area, she was an instructor
at Tufts University where she received her doctorate in Elizabethan poetry, specifically that of Edmund Spenser. Recently, in her retirement Suzanne has been active in teaching at Emeritus College. She has over 40 poems published and has received over 30 awards in contests and competitions.
Michael Henson
Michael Henson is author of Ransack, a novel, and A Small Room with Trouble on My Mind, a book of stories, and The Tao of Longing, a chapbook of poems. Crow Call, an extended elegy for the murdered homeless activist Buddy Gray, was published in 2006 by the West End Press. Henson is a member of the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative. He lives in Cincinnati. His daughter, Liv Henson, authored his portrait photograph.
Colin James
Colin James has had poems recently in Literal Minded, Tin Foil Dresses and 63 Channells. He works in Energy Conservation and is a member of The Brothers Of The Endemic as well as being a great admirer of the Scottish landscape painter, John Mackenzie.
Leland Jamieson
Leland Jamieson lives and writes in East Hampton, Connecticut, USA. His first book of poems, 21st Century Bread, can be previewed at www.jamiesonspoetry. com.
Shelly Jasperson
Shelly grew up in Chicago, St. Louis, and Austin. She loves writing young adult fiction and has been featured on Cezanne's Carrot, Bewildering Stories, and Alien Skin Magazine. She lives in Utah.
Bobbi Dykema Katsanis
Since Bobbi Dykema Katsanis generally has entirely too much time on her hands, she decided to pursue a doctorate in Art and Religion at the Graduate Theological Union. While her colleagues are seeking publication in respected academic theological journals, she avoids homework altogether by seeking publication in such widely ignored print and online literary mags as hotmetalpress.net, The Binnacle, The Litchfield Review, and The Chaffin Journal. Her chapbook, The Magdalene's Notebook, appeared in September 2006 from Finishing Line Press and also managed to distract her from a significant amount of serious work.
Michael Keshigian
I am a performing musician and college educator in Boston . My most recent publication credits include: California Quarterly, Pegasus, Red River Review, Oyez Review, Fairfield Review, and The Aurorean among many other written and online periodicals.
Jack Klett
Jack considers himself a writer, a philosopher, a political pundit - among other things; yet his paycheck claims he is just a college administrator. He lives in downtown Philadelphia with his family – Joe, Edgar (pictured) and Lu-Lu. He dedicates this story to Hero, a member of the family who is greatly missed.
Stephen Kopel
Stephen is San Francisco's 'pedalling poet'. Twice a nominee for PushcartPrizes; published in Margie-2006, Birmingham Poetry Review, Free Lunch, Harpur Palate, Poetry New Zealand, Antigonish Review, Haight Ashbury Journal. The host of 'Poetry Scene' live Fri. 10:30am PT at: www.lighthouse-sf.org; and a wordsmith with six-pack abs!
Kathryn Kopple
Kathryn Kopple has published translations of Latin American poets and authors in literary reviews, anthologies, and magazines. Her work appears in Boundary 2 (Spring 1999), Chain 5 (Summer 1998), Prairie Schooner (Winter 1997), The Exact Change Yearbook (1995). In spring 1993, Sonora Review awarded second place to her translation of Mercedes Roffe's poem "#34." In addition, Bard College published her translation of Argentine poet Emeterio Cerrro's "Miss Murkiness" in their Language and Thinking Anthology (2006).
Natalie Lorenzo
Natalie is a 26 year old poet born in Washington, DC, raised in New Jersey and now living in California. Among the scant few who have published her are online journals such as Thick With Conviction and Baker's Dozen Literary Review. She also enjoys music, rollerblading, photography, drawing and hiking. She has an unhealthy attachment to Panera Bread and fears she may be forcibly removed from one of their stores in the future.
Donal Mahoney
Donal, a native of Chicago, lives in St. Louis, MO. He has worked as an editor for The Chicago Sun-Times, Loyola University Press and Washington University in St. Louis. He has had poems published in or accepted by The Wisconsin Review, The Kansas Quarterly, The South Carolina Review, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Commonweal, Public Republic (Bulgaria), Gloom Cupboard (U.K.), Revival (Ireland), The Istanbul Literary Review (Turkey), Poetry Friends, Poetry Super Highway, Pirene's Fountain (Australia) and other publications.
Aubrey Makepiece
Aubrey Makepiece is currently undergoing puberty. He has the distinction of being the first person to have his deposit returned whilst attempting to open an account at the local sperm bank.
Angela Manning
Angela Manning is a poet, writer, teacher and traveler. She believes traveling is an inspiration for writing, and she has traveled to Spain, France, England, Italy, Switzerland, Morocco, and many places in America, including her favorite, Alaska. Angela is a Pushc art Prize nominee, and has published her work in Abramelin, Soul Fountain, and The Storyteller, among others. Her interests include art, chocolate, and good conversation. She currently lives in Winter Park, Florida.
Barbette Barbay
Doormat & Whore. Hobbies: Guns & Cookery.
Paul LeBon
A not surprisingly unpublished poet living in Philadelphia. Currently in search of his poetic voice, which he once felt he’d found, but lost again when he reached puberty. Paul works for a non-profit human services organization, which makes him rather self-satisfied and smug.
Alex Lavoie
Alexandra Lavoie was raised and worked in the back hills of Vermont. Inspired by many retired hippies that had retreated to the mountains, she attended Johnson College and The Governors Institute of the Arts in her late teens and was taught creative methods by Verandah Porche. Alexandra moved to the Philadelphia area to "make a go of it" but never figured out what "it" was. She slings margaritas at a local bar and enjoys all the interesting people and down time it provides. Her last books purchased William Wordsworth for the poem 'ODE: Intimations of Immortality' and, in tribute to Hunter S. Thompson, 'Kingdom of Fear'.
Amanda Lisle
Amanda lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she works as an editor. Her stories have appeared in the literary journals Forge and in/vision. She is a former recipient of the University Fellowship for Creative Writing from Temple University, where she earned her master's degree.
Joe Lynch
In August, 2008 after twenty-seven years, Joe Lynch retired as a Captain from the Philly Fire Department. A few years prior to his retirement he knew something was wrong. The words and stories that had been scurrying around his head since childhood went on steroids and he was often seen talking to himself or walking into traffic. His wife wanted him to go to therapy but he decided to just put the words down on paper. It worked out pretty well. Somehow he ended up in MFA program at Rosemont College and has even mangaged to get a few things published. Soon, he thinks he can go off of medicine.
Tom McDade
Tom grew up in Pawtucket, RI, and resides now in Meriden, CT with his wife. He graduated from Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT. and served two hitches in the U.S. Navy. He works as a Business Basic programmer in the Plumbing Supply Industry. He's published three chapbooks: E Pluribus Aluminum, Liquid Paper Press, Austin, TX. Our Wounds, Pitchfork Press, Austin, TX and Thrill and Swill, Kendra Steiner Editions, San Antonio, TX.
Ben Nardolilli
Ben Nardolilli a twenty three year old writer currently living in New York City. His work has appeared in Houston Literary Review, Perigee Magazine, Canopic Jar, and Lachryma: Modern Songs of Lament, Baker’s Dozen, Thieves Jargon, Farmhouse Magazine, Elimae, Poems Niederngasse, The Delmarva Review, Underground Voices Magazine, Heroin Love Songs, Shakespeare’s Monkey Revue, Literary Fever, and Perspectives Magazine. In addition he was the poetry editor for West 10th Magazine at NYU and maintain a blog at mirrorsponge.blogspot.com.
James B.Nicola
James B. Nicola has had over eighty poems appear in a score of publications including The Lyric, Nimrod, Upstart Crow, Mobius, and upcoming in The Alabama Literary Review. A stage director by profession, his book Playing the Audience won a CHOICE Award. He also won the Dana Literary Award for poetry. Also a playwright, composer, and lyricist, his children’s musical Chimes: A Christmas Vaudeville, premiered in Fairbanks, Alaska. Santa Claus was in attendance.
Joey Nicoletti
I am a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College's MFA program, where I worked
with more great teachers and colleagues than can be counted with
existing technology. My poems and reviews have appeared in Free Lunch,
Italian Americana, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Aethlon, Gulf Stream, Puerto
del Sol, and other journals. When we're not attempting east-meets-west
recipes by Ming Tsai, my wife and I divide our time between Albuquerque,
New Mexico, and Northeast Ohio, where I teach Creative Writing at Kent
State University.
Bruce Niedt
Bruce W. Niedt is a beneficent bureaucrat from South
Jersey whose poetry has been published in a whole bunch of print and online
journals, including Mad Poets Review, Edison Literary Review, Writers'
Journal, The Wolf (UK), Chantarelle's Notebook, Up and Under: the QND
Review, Baby Clam Press, and Schuykill Valley Journal. His awards
include the ByLine Short Fiction and Poetry Award, first and second prize
for poetry at the 2006 Philadelphia Writers Conference, and a Pushcart
Prize nomination. He is humble but likes to brag.
Michael Nowell
Michael lives in Elyria, Ohio, and now retired after a 30-year career in IT. He is married with two grown children. He began writing poetry in 1968 but got busy with a family in the 80’s and 90’s and didn’t write very much. His poetry writing began again in earnest in 1999; in that year he took first prize in a literary contest sponsored by the local community college. This is Michael’s publishing debut.
Deborah Olley
Deborah Olley earned a master’s degree in English literature from Fordham University and a master’s degree in library science from Queens College (CUNY). She has worked as a writer, librarian, grant writer, and editor, and is a writer and editor with Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia. An avid reader, Olley has kept a diary since age 10, and now has over 25 journals squirreled away in various drawers and desks around the home in suburban Philadelphia she shares with her husband and their 100-pound German shepherd. Olley currently is seeking representation for her first novel, Memorare.
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