Issue 67, Spring 2006
Priscilla Atkins's poems have appeared in The Southern Humanities Review, Tar River Poetry, and Shenandoah, among other journals. She lives and works in Holland, Michigan.
J. G. Brister teaches English at the University of Kansas where he is completing a Ph.D. His work has appeared in The New York Quarterly, Chelsea, The North Stone Review, and Nimrod. He lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with his wife, Emily.
T. Alan Broughton lives in Burlington, Vermont. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an NEA Award, he has published four novels, eight poetry collections, and two collections of short stories. His most recent books are the collection of poems, The Origin of Green (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2001), and a collection of short stories, Suicidal Tendencies (Colorado State University Press, 2003).
Roberto Christiano's poetry has appeared in Red River Review. Three plays, On a Train, Riding into the Night, and The Hamster of Happiness, were produced at the Source Theatre in Washington, D.C. He co-scripted the film, Flowers from Albert, which aired on Metrovision Cable.
Richie Dent has published work in Crazyhorse, The Mid-Atlantic Poetry Review, Poetry East, Kaleidoscope, Delmar 10, and has work forthcoming in the Jabberwock Review. He graduated with an M.F.A. in 1999 from the University of Arizona, where he won an honorable mention from the University of Arizona Poetry Center and the American Academy of Poets in a poetry contest judged by Tony Hoagland. He is working on his first novel, Back Kitchen Tango.
William Doreski's work has appeared in Notre Dame Review, Hazmat Review, and Hidden Oak. His most recent book is Sacra Via. He teaches at Keene State College.
Jeffrey Franklin's poems have been published or are forthcoming in Arts & Letters, The Hudson Review, Measure, New England Review, and Shenandoah, among others, as well as in Best American Poetry (2002). His book, For the Lost Boys, which contains "The Art of Building a Fire (I)," is forthcoming from Ghost Road Press, and a collection of formal verse, Stooped Ancestral Gods, is seeking publication. He is finishing a scholarly book on Buddhism in nineteenth century England and teaches at the University of Colorado at Denver.
Lauren Genovesi is an M.F.A. candidate in poetry at New Mexico State University. This is her first publication.
Lyn Lifshin has published more than one hundred books of poetry, including Before It's Light, Marilyn Monroe, and Blue Tattoo. She has won awards for her nonfiction and has edited four anthologies of women's writing, including Tangled Vines, Ariades Thread, and Lips Unsealed. For more information, visit her website at www.LynLifshin.com.
Daniel Lee lives in Hamden, Connecticut, with his wife and two baby girls. This is his first publication.
Thomas Luedtke was born in Lamina, Wisconsin. He has been a resident at the Vermont Studio Center and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. His works have appeared in The Madison Review, Carolina Quarterly, South Carolina Review, and The Texas Review, along with other publications. He now lives in Delaware.
Matt Mason earned an M.A. from the University of California-Davis, then moved back to Omaha where he runs poetrymenu.com--a listing of local poetry events and information. His first full-length book of poetry, Things We Don't Know We Don't Know, will be released by the Backwaters Press in 2006.
Mitchell Metz writes only because he never made it to the pros. His wife likes to remind him: "You never even came close." A former All-Ivy football player, Metz is now the primary caregiver for his four children. His work has appeared widely, including such venues as Southern Poetry Review, South Carolina Review, Redivider, Pearl, and Passages North.
Jen Michaels was born in Hawaii and grew up in Tennessee, Virginia, and Germany. She is currently pursuing a career and an M.F.A. in poetry at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
Jessica Murray grew up in Hollis, Maine. She is completing her M.F.A. in creative writing at the University of Florida and has poems that will appear in 32 Poems and Cranky.
William Neumire's chapbooks include Resonance of Kin and Between Worlds. His recent poems have appeared in Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Terminus, and Redactions.
John Poch teaches at Texas Tech University. He is the editor of 32 Poems.
Jessy Randall is the curator of special collections at Colorado College. Her poems have appeared in Antietam Review, Explosive Magazine, Mudfish, and Painted Bride Quarterly. Her website is http://personalwebs.coloradocollege.edu/~jrandall.
Charles P. Ries lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. To find out more about him, visit his website at www.literati.net/Ries/.
Will Wells' poetry can be found in recent issues of Field, Permafrost, Denver Quarterly, Hudson Review Limestone, and Prairie Schooner Review. He is currently seeking a publisher for his second book, Homes and Exiles.
W. Arnold Yasinski lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island. Journals in which his poems have been published or are forthcoming include: The Baltimore Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, Carquinez Poetry Review, Descant, Eclipse, Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Hawaii Review, International Poetry Review, Nimrod International Journal, Phantasmagoria, Poem, The Seattle Review, Southern Humanities Review, and Southern Poetry Review.