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Rain Ananael is an ecologist and writer who lives in the northern California Coastal ecosystem. She has a B.S. in Ecology from Colorado Mesa University, extensive graduate work in Conservation from the University of Pennsylvania and CSU, and an MA in English from CSU, Sacramento. She is one of the founding members of a CSU, Sacramento writing group, whose members formed the new Editorial Board of Convergence Journal. She continues to work in various capacities as an ecologist, conservationist, writer and editor. Lytton Bell 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. 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. The last poem in the book, “I am Fortune’s Ungraceful Daughter,” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2012. A music aficionado with a theater background, Cynthia is usually out and about supporting the arts in Sacramento and in the San Francisco Bay Area. |
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Andrew Aulino Andrew Aulino was born in Camp Springs, studied in Kent and Los Angeles, and lives in Sacramento. He holds an MFA from Antioch University. Jane Blue Jane Blue has been published in Montucky Review, Pirene's Fountain, FutureCycle, Innisfree Poetry Journal, Chattahoochee Review, and quite a few other places, both print and on-line, including antholgies, books and chapbooks. She was born and raised in Berkeley, California but now lives near the Sacramento River. She likes Sacramento and finds inspiration there, in a city of trees, rivers and urban wildlife. She has taught in colleges, women centers, prisons and privately. 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. Darren C. Demaree Darren C. Demaree's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous journals, including the South Carolina Review, Meridian, Louisville Review, Cottonwood, Tribeca Poetry Review, and Whiskey Island. His first full collection of poetry, tentatively entitled As We Refer To Our Bodies is forthcoming from 8th House Publishing House this fall. Recently, Freshwater Poetry Journal and Blue Stem have each nominated him for a Pushcart Prize. He lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and daughter. James Ducat James Ducat's work has appeared in Word Riot, Specter Magazine, Inlandia: A Literary Journey, and others. He teaches writing in Southern California, at Mt. San Jacinto College and at Beaumont High School. James lives with his son and 12 fish, the largest of which is called "Bob." Grant Flint Grant Flint has been published in the Story Quarterly, Nation, King’s English, Poetry, Weber, Courtland Review, Sun, Slow Trains, Northwind, and 37 other print and online journals. He won the memoir prize in the 2007 Soul Making Literary Contest, was published in the 2007 Writer’s Digest Short Story Competition Collection, and was nominated for a 2009 Pushcart Prize. Bill Freedman Bill Freedman is a retired English literature professor, currently teaching part time and serving on the board of governors at Sakhnin College for Teacher Education in the Arab town of Sakhnin, Israel. In addition to books and essays on literary criticism and theory and an oral history of baseball fans, he has published three books of poetry. His poems have been included in the Antioch Review, Iowa Review, Shenandoah, Quarterly, International Quarterly, Dalhousie Review, Nation and elsewhere. A.J. Huffman A.J. Huffman is a poet and freelance writer in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has previously published six collections of poetry all available on Amazon.com. She has also published her work in numerous national and international literary journals. Most recently, she has accepted the position as editor for four online poetry journals for Kind of a Hurricane Press. Find more about A.J. Huffman, including links to her work, on Facebook and Twitter. Michael Lee Johnson Michael Lee Johnson is a poet, freelance writer and editor from Itasca, Illinois. He has been published in over 25 countries, and his books and chapbooks include From Which Place the Morning Rises, Lost American: from Exile to Freedom, Challenge of Night and Day, and Chicago Poems. To find out more, visti his website. 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 Kirby Light Kirby Light has been telling stories all his life, but has only been writing for the past ten years. He writes a monthly column called "Pearls for Swine" for the online magazine Subtopian and will have a collection of poems and short stories published by Subtopian Press in 2013. Ann Privateer Ann Privateer is a poet, painter, photographer, and retired teacher from Cleveland, Ohio, who resides in northern California and spends part of the year in Paris, France, where she tries to keep up with her grand daughter, Lilas. Ann's poems have appeared in Ink, Sweat, and Tears a UK Blog, Sacramento News and Review, Manzanita, Mamazine, Poetry Now, Ophidian, Tapestries, Suisun Valley Review, The Sacramento Anthology: One Hundred Poems, and Tiger's Eye to name a few. Fabio Sassi Fabio Sassi started making visual artwork after varied experiences in music and writing. He creates acrylics with the stencil technique on board, canvas, or other media. He uses logos, tiny objects and whatever is considered to have no worth by the mainstream. He stilll prefers to shoot with an analog camera. Fabio lives and works in Bologna, Italy. His work can be viewed at www.fabiosassi.foliohd.com. 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. 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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