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Lytton Bell has published three books (A Path Before Winter, 1998; The Book of Chaps, 2002; and Nectar, 2011), won five poetry contests and performed at many venues. She is a member of Poetica Erotica and her work has appeared in over two dozen publications. Bell earned a poetry scholarship to the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts in 1988 and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bryn Mawr College in 1993. She is a civil servant by day. Josh Fernandez Josh Fernandez is a freelance writer for Spin.com, Boulder Weekly, San Antonio Current and the Sacramento News and Review. His poetry is widely published, and he continues to be a sought after reader and speaker – often asked to talk about ethnic diversity, abuse and addiction. Fernandez was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his poem "The Last Thing He Said." His first full-length collection of poems, Spare Parts and Dismemberment, was published by R.L. Crow in May 2011. Cynthia Linville (Managing Editor/Designer) Cynthia Linville teaches writing at California State University at Sacramento and frequently hosts and reads at poetry events both on her own and with Poetica Erotica. Her book of collected poems, The Lost Thing, is available from Cold River Press. A music aficionado with a theater background, she is usually out and about supporting the arts in Sacramento and in the San Francisco Bay Area. |
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Gale Acuff Gale Acuff has authored three books of poetry, Buffalo Nickel (BrickHouse Press, 2004), The Weight of the World (BrickHouse, 2006), and The Story of My Lives (BrickHouse, 2008), and been published in numerous journals including Ascent, Descant, Poem, and Sequential Art Narrative in Education to name a few. He has taught university English in China and the Palestinian West Bank. Im A Bear Im A Bear, 21 years old, was born and raised in Orono, Maine. Her material comes from many years in and out of institutions and psych wards, and she is now studying psychology and creative writing and experimenting with photography. She says that in her work, she doesn't hold anything back. Myles Boisen Myles Boisen is a recording engineer, album producer, professional musician, teacher and writer who lives in Oakland, California. His photography has appeared in print publications and on fashion and music websites. He regularly shows his work in Bay Area galleries. View more of his photos at www.flickr.com/photos/21341545@N00/ and find out more about his work at www.MylesBoisen.com. Doug Bolling Doug Bolling's poetry has appeared widely in literary journals including Slant, Poetalk, Georgetown Review, Illuminations, Blue Unicorn, Wallace Stevens Journal, Pebble Lake Review, Trajectory, Crab Creek Review, Blueline, Albatross, California Quarterly, Tribeca Poetry Reviewand 0regon East among others. He has received two Pushcart Prize nominations. A former editor and publisher, he lives in Flossmoor, Illinois, in the SW suburbs of Chicago. Holly Day Holly Day is a housewife and mother of two living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her poetry has recently appeared in Hawai’i Pacific Review, The Oxford American, and Slipstream. Her book publications include Music Composition for Dummies, Guitar-All-in-One for Dummies, and Music Theory for Dummies, which was recently translated into French, Dutch, Spanish, Russian, and Portuguese. Karen Greenbaum-Maya Karen Greenbaum-Maya’s poems and photos have been published in Lilliput Review, Centrifugal Eye, Cæsura and many more journals. She was nominated for the 2010 Pushcart Prize. Her chapbook Eggs Satori was a finalist of note in Puddinghouse Publications’ 2010 chapbook competition. You can read her photo and poetry blog at cloudslikemountains.blogspot.com. A former German lit major, she is currently a clinical psychologist in California. Anara Guard Anara Guard spent the first half of her life in the Midwest, the second half in New England (where she attended the Breadloaf Writer's Conference), and is now living her third half in California. She has published a small collection of short stories (The Sound of One Body) and four children's picture books on safety topics. She and her husband own and rent Skylight Retreat in Calaveras County. Patricia Hickerson Patricia Hickerson is a Barnard College graduate, a former Warner Bros. dancer, copy editor and Penthouse fiction writer. Her work has been published in a broadside At Grail Castle Hotel, two chapbooks Rachel, My Torment and Dawn and Dirty, and a book Punk Me as well as in numerous journals, including Echoes, The Yolo Crow, Medusa's Kitchen, Rattlesnake Review, The Ophidian, WTF, Presa, Passager, and Tenpagespress.com. Erren Geraud Kelly Erren Geraud Kelly's work has been published in over 60 publications in the United States, Canada and abroad. Mr. Kelly recieved his B.A. degree in English-Creative Writing from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and lives in Chicago Pete Madzelan Pete Madzelan resides in New Mexico with his wife and cat, Manny. He currently has fiction in Cigale Literary Magazine and photography in San Pedro River Review. He has had fiction and poetry published in literary journals, including Bellowing Ark, Wind, San Fernando Poetry Journal and Proof Rock, and essays in a variety of publications including the Santa Fe Reporter, Minor League News, Eastside Boxing and others. Rebecca Meredith Rebecca Meredith's works can be found in children’s fiction and nonfiction publications, surface patterns, licensed content, and in private, gallery and corporate fine art collections. Awards include Top 100 Artists for Paint for America, teaching fellow at Mission 17, Museum Purchase by Triton Museum of Art, numerous artist residencies around the world, and a grant from the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation. Rebecca Meredith currently resides in the the San Francisco Bay Area. Allyson Seconds Allyson Seconds is a singer, musician and physical culturist with an artist's mind. She discovered photography studying sculpture at UC Davis and has since shot for several publications, bands, record labels, and gallery shows. She likes messing with the precision of digital photography, tousling its perfect hair-do. You can contact her at alnational1@gmail.com. Nina Sokol Nina Sokol is a poet and translator with a Master’s degree from Copenhagen University. She was a poet-in-residence at The Vermont Studio Center for four weeks in 2011 and has received grants from the Danish Arts Council to translate modern Danish plays to English. Her poems were recognized by The Emily Dickinson Award for Poetry. They have appeared in the anthology The Write Stuff and most recently in Ardent: A Journal of Poetry and Art and Nite Writers International Literary Arts Journal. David Thornbrugh David Thornbrugh is a Ring of Fire poet based in Seattle, Washington. In his poetry, he strives to make sense of existence, and to lessen some of the gloom he feels as the natural world fades further and further into the past and the future looks less and less viable. He finds life without humor not worth the effort, and the idea of being a poet in America pretty funny. Brenda Yamen Brenda Yamen is a Health Scientist and amateur photographer currently residing in Washington DC. She has loved photography since the age of 15 and goes nowhere without her trusty sidekick, Nigel the Nikon. Brenda's interest in photography occasionally crosses paths with her love of great music; her photos have been used by some of her favorite musicians. In addition to concert photography, Brenda enjoys landscape and nature photography, and travels extensively searching for her next photo op. Her collection can be seen at www.flickr.com/photos/bjy/. |
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