Spring 2011
Artwork
Never Enough, I Told You So, Sunny Days, Looking for Balance, Offering, Journey, Willing, Fiona (Red Shoe Series), Amy (Red Shoe Series), Conversations,听补苍诲听Chained to Fashion鈥擠eborah S. Ball听earned an MFA in ceramics from Indiana State University, where she studied with Ray Chen.
Poetry
鈥淩ig Worker鈥濃擬ary C. Mohr Poetry Award winner听听is the founding editor of听Pebble Lake Review听and the author of听The Glass Crib, winner of the 2010 Zone 3 Press First Book Award judged by Rigoberto Gonz谩lez, and of the chapbook听Light Under Skin听(Finishing Line Press, 2006). A former Theodore Morrison Poetry Scholar for the Bread Loaf Writers鈥 Conference, she has received awards and honors from听Bellevue Literary Review,听BOMB Magazine,听Crab Orchard Review,听Cutthroat,听Mid-American Review, and others. She holds an MFA from Bennington College and teaches creative writing and literature at Lone Star College-CyFair.
鈥淲补办别鈥浓赌Karen Dale听holds an MFA from University of California, Irvine, and her publishing credits include听Greensboro Review,听Threepenny Review,听Los Angeles Times, 补苍诲听Persimmon Tree.
鈥Sheyna in 1936鈥濃听divides his time between Northern California and Los Angeles, where he is on the faculty of the UCLA听English Dept. Writing Programs and adjunct faculty at Antioch Los Angeles. His poetry has appeared in听Fugue,听The Breadline West Coast Poetry Anthology,听The Dogwood Journal of Poetry and Prose,听Nimrod,听Pedestal, Pearl,听The Litchfield Review, and others. Frankel was nominated for the Pushcart Best of the Small Presses Poetry Prize 2006 and 2010. He has won first prize poetry awards from听Confluence,听New American Review,补苍诲听The Hackney Review. His chapbook听When the Catfish Are In Bloom: Requiem for John Fahey听was nominated for The PEN Center USA Literary Award and the California Book Award, and another chapbook,听People Of The Air,听was published by New American Press.
鈥淴鈥浓赌Maya Pindyck鈥檚听first collection of poetry,听Friend Among Stones听(New Rivers Press, 2009), won the Many Voices Project Award. She is also the author of the chapbook,听Locket, Master, which received a Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship in 2006. Her poetry won听Bellingham Review鈥檚听49th Parallel Poetry Award and recently appeared in听Squaw Valley Review,听Oranges & Sardines听(Poets & Artists),听The Tusculum Review, 补苍诲听Ekleksographia. She lives in Brooklyn.
Fiction
鈥淏arriere di Lingua鈥濃Gene Albamonte听graduated with an MFA in creative writing from the University of Central Florida. Thus far, his fiction has appeared in Clapboard House听补苍诲听Fragmentation + Other Stories,听an anthology published by Burrow Press. He was a finalist in Glimmer Train鈥檚 January 2008 Family Matters competition and earned an Honorable Mention in the April 2008 Family Matters competition. Albamonte writes a weekly column for听PANK Magazine鈥檚听blog and two columns for Burrow Press鈥檚 blog.
鈥淭he Children and I鈥濃Bipin Aurora听has worked as an economist, an energy analyst, and a systems analyst. His fiction has appeared in听Quarterly West, Epiphany,听Harpur Palate,听Prism Review, 补苍诲听North Atlantic Review, and is forthcoming in听Quiddity听补苍诲听Eclipse: A Literary Journal.
鈥淕un Shy鈥濃Kim Bradley听earned an MFA from the University of New Orleans. Her stories have appeared in听Kalliope听补苍诲听Gulfstreaming. Bradley teaches writing at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, and poetry to at-risk children. She edited a collection of their poems called听Juice up the True Say. Currently she is at work on a novel.
鈥淥ld Man Evil鈥濃Vince Czyz听is the author of听Adrift in a Vanishing City. He is also the recipient of the 1994 Faulkner Prize for Short Fiction and two fellowships from the NJ Council on the Arts. Czyz's fiction has appeared in听Shenandoah, AGNI,听Louisiana Literature, and the听Massachusetts Review. His work has also been antholgized in Turkish translation.
鈥淭he Beheadings鈥濃Ashley Rose Davidson听is from Flagstaff, Arizona. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in听Meridian,听Sou鈥檞ester,听Quarterly Westand other journals. She鈥檚 currently a student at the Iowa Writers鈥 Workshop.
鈥淭he Theory of Dog Shit鈥濃Gary Fincke鈥檚听collection of stories听Sorry I Worried You听won the Flannery O鈥機onnor Prize and was published by the University of Georgia Press. His next book, a collection of poems titled听The History of Permanence, won the Stephen F. Austin University Press Poetry Prize and will be published in the fall of 2011. Fincke is the Charles Desgenstein Professor of Creative Writing at Susquehanna University.
鈥淐补蝉颈苍辞鈥浓赌Rita Hypnarowski听studied creative writing at American River College and the University of California at Davis. Her nonfiction and fiction have appeared in听Fugue,听The Roanoke Review,听Willard & Maple, 补苍诲听The Santa Clara Review.
鈥淔rom the Mountaintop鈥濃Jim Krosschell听worked in science publishing for 30 years, starting as a 29-year-old production assistant, avoiding the real world until then via grad school, Peace Corps, travel, and TESOL teaching. He has mostly retired now, writing essays and a听, dividing his time between Newton, MA, and Owls Head, ME. His essays are published, or forthcoming, in听Louisville Review,听Southeast Review,听North Dakota Quarterly,听Contrary,听Saranac Review, and others.
鈥淭he Only Explanation for Electricity鈥濃Alison Ruth听was a feature writer for the popular music magazines听Creem,听Rock!,听Rock Fever, 补苍诲听Wavelength. Her fiction has been published in听J Journal, for which she was nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize;听G.W. Review;听补苍诲听Tulane Literary Magazine. Ruth graduated from Upsala College with a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Communications.
鈥淒ear Katie鈥濃Robert Yune听earned an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh and received a full tuition minority scholarship to the advanced fiction workshop at the New York State Summer Writers Institute. His publications include a short story, 鈥淐lear Blue Michigan Sky,鈥 in听Green Mountains Review, an interview with Michael Byers in听Hot Metal Bridge, and a book review of Allison Amend鈥檚听Things That Pass for Love听颈苍听Hot Metal Bridge.听Yune works as a tutor at the University of Pittsburgh鈥檚 Writing Center and as a reader for Chatham University鈥檚 Low-Residency MFA program.
Nonfiction听
鈥淢y Father鈥檚 Tears鈥濃Marilyn Martin听received her MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. Her work is forthcoming in听Front Porch, and she is also the author of a book about her experience as a parent of a child with a nonverbal learning disability.
鈥淎 History of the Kiss鈥濃Scott Saalman's听work has appeared in the anthology Home Again: Essays and Memoirs from Indiana;听Lost Magazine;听The Evansville Review;听Evansville Living听magazine;听The Coconut Telegraph;听Country Magazine; Editor's Workshop; and numerous newspapers.
Review听
"The Keeper's Voice"鈥Anthony Rintala听is a poet and English Instructor at the 91社区.