David Spicer has, in pursuit of the word, worked as paper boy, dishwasher, bottle loader, carpet dragger, burger flopper, ditch digger, weather observer, furniture mover, Manpower flunky, gas pumper, bookseller, … Continue Reading Grand Opening by David Spicer
Cynthia Pitman is a retired high school English teacher. She has a very patient artist husband, Tom, two perfect children, Rebecca and Eric, and a grand-cat, Ginger, who gets scrambled … Continue Reading Perennial by Cynthia Pitman
Mike Pantano wrote his first poems on a Smith-Corona typewriter. When first out of college, he worked at a small printing company as a proofreader, but in fact used his … Continue Reading Bounty by Mike Pantano
Will Wells’ most recent poetry collection, Odd Lots, Scraps & Second-hand, Like New, won the the 2016 Grayson Poetry Prize and was published by Grayson Books in April, 2017. Will’s … Continue Reading Ringside, 1959 by Will Wells
Martin Willitts Jr has 24 chapbooks including the winner of the Turtle Island Quarterly Editor’s Choice Award, “The Wire Fence Holding Back the World” (Flowstone Press, 2017), plus 11 full-length … Continue Reading Is This Where You Expected to Be by Martin Willitts Jr
Mike Pantano wrote his first poems on a Smith-Corona typewriter. When first out of college, he worked at a small printing company as a proofreader, but in fact used his … Continue Reading Memorial Day by Mike Pantano
J.S. Absher has been a missionary, offset printer, teller, janitor, records manager, editor, and consultant, sold mutual funds, and surveyed scrub timberland. Absher’s poetry has been published or is forthcoming … Continue Reading The Ten-Year-Old Learns to Play Poker by J.S. Absher
Melissa Huff returned to her love of writing after fifteen satisfying years making one-of-a-kind jewelry, which can be seen here. When she needed to use more of her intuition and … Continue Reading For Pamela, Recovering from a Stroke by Melissa Huff
Amy L. Bethke lives in Maple Grove, Minnesota with her husband, children and a crazy dog named Cooper. Her favorite coffee drink is an almond milk latte with honey. She’s … Continue Reading Remember This by Amy L. Bethke
Jennifer Schomburg Kanke is originally from Columbus, Ohio and lives in Tallahassee, Florida. For twenty-one years she taught everything from study skills to critical theory but gave it all up … Continue Reading Our Lady of Lost Causes by Jennifer Schomburg Kanke
Jeff Hardin is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently Small Revolution and No Other Kind of World (recipient of the X. J. Kennedy Prize). His sixth collection, … Continue Reading An Assurance of Something Unforeseen by Jeff Hardin
Hannah Marshall lives in south-central Illinois, an hour outside of St. Louis, MO. She is a loose-leaf tea nerd and has a large college of handmade mugs given to her … Continue Reading In the Backyard by Hannah Marshall
Heather Bourbeau’s fiction and poetry have been published in 100 Word Story, Alaska Quarterly Review, Cleaver, Eleven Eleven, Francis Ford Coppola Winery’s Chalkboard, Open City, and The Stockholm Review of Literature. Her … Continue Reading Wanderlust by Heather Bourbeau
M.S. Rooney lives in Sonoma, California, with poet Dan Noreen. She would love to put together a tidy biography, but all those different M.S. Rooneys inside can’t agree on a … Continue Reading At the Farmers’ Market by M.S. Rooney
Karen Schubert is the author of five poetry chapbooks, including Dear Youngstown (NightBallet Press) and Black Sand Beach (Kattywompus Press). Kathleen Flenniken selected I Left My Wings on a Chair … Continue Reading On the Way to the C.D. Wright Women Writers’ Conference by Karen Schubert
Penelope Scambly Schott is a past recipient of the Oregon Book Award for Poetry. Recent books include Serpent Love: A Mother-Daughter Epic about a struggle with her adult daughter, with … Continue Reading Manning Up by Penelope Scambly Schott
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