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Fall 2009 ISSUE

EDITORS


Joe Atkins

Joe Atkins recently completed his Masters in Creative Writing at University of California at Davis. He has published in Calaveras Station, Poetry Now, the Sacramento News & Review, & Rattlesnake Review. He lives in Sacramento with his wife Nicole.

Cynthia Linville (Managing Editor/Designer)

Cynthia Linville teaches writing at California State University at Sacramento and hosts the local Poetry at the Vox reading series. Her poetry has recently appeared in the Sacramento News and Review, the Sacramento Bee, the Cosumnes River Journal, the Rattlesnake Review, Song of the San Joaquin and WTF. She is Poetry Editor for the Sacramento Poetry Center’s publication Poetry Now.

Scott Weiss

Scott Weiss earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from California State University at Sacramento. He lives in Sacramento where he writes poetry and fiction in his spare time. His work has appeared in Poetalk and the Electronic Poetry Review.




CONTRIBUTORS


Louis Gallo

Louis Gallo was born and raised in New Orleans and now teaches at Radford University in Virginia. His poems, stories and essays have appeared in Glimmer Train, storySouth, The Ledge, New Orleans Review, Missouri Review, Oregon Literary Review and many others. His chapbook, The Truth Changes, will be published in January. More of his work can be read via his Amazon Shorts blog.

Michael Minassian

Michael Minassian is a professor at Broward College in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. In addition to his MA, Michael has a certificate in creative writing from California State University (Dominguez Hills) and has done post-graduate work at Cambridge University in the U.K. In 1997, he was named best poet by City Link magazine. His award winning photography, poetry, and short stories have appeared in such journals as: Ararat, Bitter Oleander, Karamu, American Literary Review, Poet’s Lore, and The Savannah Literary Journal.

Paul Nelson

Paul Nelson writes from the North Shore of Oa’hu, after 35 years of teaching here and there, finally as Professor of English/Director of Creative Writing for Ohio University. He is an NEA recipient and has authored six books, including an AWP Poetry Award winner and a University of Alabama Press Series selection. His latest, Sea Level, was published in 2008.

Don Pomerantz

After considerable time in western New England, Don Pomerantz now lives in New York City where he is a special education teacher. His poems have appeared in Failbetter, Eclectica, Spindle, Stylus Poetry Journal, Common Ground Review, and elsewhere.

Brian Price

Born in England, raised in Northern Ireland, and living in America, Brian Price is an historian/field natural historian turned academic administrator. He describes his philosophy: "I like seeing what’s there and photographing it so that I can see it later and, thus, differently. My foci seem to be intersections of text and image, landscapes interrupted by human signs, building interiors and exteriors, portraits, and rodeo. "

Dan Ruhrmanty

Dan Ruhrmanty's work explores the dimensions and depth of human nature. His work has appeared in such publications as The Barefoot Muse, Nefarious Ballerina, and The Battered Suitcase. Contact him at druhrmanty@yahoo.com

Stephanie Sears

Stephanie Sears is a Franco-American anthropologist specialized in South Pacific cultures. She did her Ph.D at the University of Paris on the Marquesas islands and worked for several museums in the United States and in France after which she started doing free-lance journalism. Her poetry has been published in ArtWord, California Quarterly, Long Island Quarterly, Poetry Salzburg, The Coe Review, The Amherst Review, Word Catalyst, and Riversedge. She now lives in Verona, Italy. Contact her at svalatyr@hotmail.com




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