Spring 2006
Artwork
Nature Walk,听The Blues, A Shining Moment,听and听Bead It鈥�JANICE GREENE is a graphic designer at the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library. She received her M.A. in printmaking from the University of Evansville. Greene has exhibited extensively throughout the Midwest, and her artwork is included in many corporate and private collections. Her interest in mixed media art includes ceramics, printmaking, and handmade paper.
Amanda with Hydrangeas, Stephanie, The F Drawing, Amanda,听and听Pzycho Noir鈥�Monty Helm, a painter living in Owensboro, Kentucky, is chair of the Art Department at Owensboro Community College. Helm received his M.F.A. from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1988. His current work, The Gothic Series, consists of twenty life-scale portraits of women immersed in gothic culture.
Poetry
"Me and My Shadow"鈥擜NNE SILVER听earned an M.A. in poetry from San Miguel de Allende in 1972 and an M.S. in psychology from California University Los Angeles in 1982. Before she passed away in October of 2005, she was an internationally recognized author and co-host of Moonday at Village Books Poetry Series in Pacific Palisades, CA, with Alice Pero. Her recent publications appeared in听The Atlanta Review,听English Journal,听Nimrod,听Red Wheelbarrow, and听Minnesota Review. Her books include听Bare Root: A Poet鈥檚 Journey with Breast Cancer听and听Ark for One.
"Madness and the Brackets of March"鈥擜USTIN HUMMELL鈥檚 books are听Poppy听(Del Sol Press) and听The Fugitive Kind听(University of Georgia Press). He teaches at Northern Michigan University and is poetry editor of听Passages North.
"Persimmon Moon"鈥擨NSUK JO earned her M.F.A. in creative nonfiction from Goucher College and teaches English at the 91社区. She is looking to publish her memoir in the near future.
"Interdisciplinary Studies"鈥斕齣s an assistant professor of English at Western Kentucky University and the director of Steel Toe Books. His latest book is听My Life as a Minor Character听(Pecan Grove Press 2005), and his next book is听Towards a Rhetoric of Poetry Writing Instruction听(Multilingual Matters LTD. 2007). Hunley鈥檚 most recently published poems are in听Poetry East,听Rhino, and听River City.
"Hornets鈥� Nest"鈥擲TEPHEN HAVEN听is the director of the Ashland Poetry Press at Ashland University, where he also teaches American literature and co-directs the Creative Writing Program. His book of poems,听The Long Silence of the Mohawk Carpet Smokestacks, was published by West End Press in 2004. Haven's poetry and essays have appeared in听Crazyhorse,听American Poetry Review,听Salmagundi, Image,听Western Humanities Review,听The Missouri Review,听The Christian Science Monitor, and many other journals.
"Joshua Trees" and "Dust Bowl"鈥斕齜ook,听Einstein Considers A Sand Dune听(2004), won the Steel Toe Books contest. Doyle is married to poet Sharon Doyle and has poems coming out in听Poems & Plays,听The Briar Cliff Review,听Prairie Schooner,听The Iowa Review,听River Styx, and听Xavier Review.
"Young Man"鈥擬ARC ELIHU HOFSTADTER has a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz and has taught American literature at Santa Cruz, the Universite d'Orleans (on a Fulbright), and Tel Aviv University. He has published two books of poems,听House of Peace听and听Visions, and another volume,听Shark's Tooth, will soon be out. His poems, translations, and essays have appeared in numerous magazines including听Talisman,听Exquisite Corpse,听The Malahat Review,听The Hawai'i Review,听Rattle,听Home Planet News, andConfrontation. He lives with his partner in Walnut Creek, California.
"The Promise"鈥擠AVID SIEGEL lives in New Paltz, NY. He teaches English at two local colleges and is a home tutor for elementary and high school students.
"The New Physics" and "Forgetful Fugue"鈥擱ICHARD JACKSON is the author of nine books of poems, most recently听Half Lives: Petrarchan Poems,听Unauthorized Autobiography: New and Selected Poems, and听Heartwall. He has published four chapbooks of adaptations from Petrarch and other Italian poets. His own poems have been translated into a dozen languages. In 2000, he was awarded the Order of Freedom Medal for literary and humanitarian work in the Balkans, and he won his fifth Pushcart Prize in 2003. Jackson teaches at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga and in the Vermont College low-residency MFA program.
Fiction
"Victory in the Hands of the High Priestess"鈥斕齢as published short stories in听Glimmer Train,听The Georgia Review,听Western Humanities Review,The Antioch Review, and others. She is a repeat contributor of fiction to听The Hudson Review,听Virginia Quarterly Review, and听The North American Review. Haas teaches fiction writing at Iowa Sate University.
"Body Art," "Death of an Ironist," and "Previews"鈥斕齣s a writing instructor at UW-Milwaukee, where he edits the literary journal听Cream City Review. In 2006, his stories will appear in听AGNI,听Florida Review,听Iowa Review,Inkwell Journal,听Massachusetts Review,听Meridian,听Rosebud, and others.
"Cathedral Pace"鈥斕齱orks at听The Missouri Review听as marketing coordinator and teaches at Stephens College and the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her short stories and prose poems have appeared in various magazines, including听The North American Review,听Hayden's Ferry,听River City,Passages North,听Southern Indiana Review, and听Quarterly West. Her essay 鈥淜atie Suber鈥� received notable mention in Best American Essays 2000.
"Roses"鈥擣ORREST ASHBY is a 2005 Pushcart Prize nominee. His stories have appeared in听Water~Stone Review,听Hayden's Ferry Review, and听Hotel Amerika. He teaches and writes in Arizona.
Nonfiction
"The True Israelites"鈥擬ARK DOSTERT holds an M.A. in history from the University of North Texas. He was an undergraduate student in Chicago during the early 1990s and volunteered at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center where he later became a full-time employee. 鈥淭he True Israelites鈥� is adapted from a book he is writing about his experiences there.
Reviews
"A Geometry of Desire: Julia Wendell鈥檚 Dark Track"鈥擡RIC NORTON is a teacher and writer who lives in Cambridge, MA. He holds an M.A. in English and American Literature from Boston University.
"Richard Newman鈥檚 Borrowed Towns: A Review"鈥擝RENDA DeMARTINI teaches writing and literature at Purchase College in New York. Her stories and poems have appeared in听Confrontation, the听Sun, the听Minnesota Review,听Three Rivers Poetry Journal,听Mississippi Mud, and听Kansas Quarterly.