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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. Josh Fernandez Josh Fernandez is a freelance writer for Spin.com, Boulder Weekly, San Antonio Current and the Sacramento News and Review. His poetry is widely published, and he continues to be a sought after reader and speaker – often asked to talk about ethnic diversity, abuse and addiction. Fernandez was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his poem "The Last Thing He Said." His first full-length collection of poems, Spare Parts and Dismemberment, was published by R.L. Crow in May 2011. 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. A music aficionado with a theater background, she is usually out and about supporting the arts in Sacramento and in the San Francisco Bay Area. |
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Jason Dean Arnold Jason Dean Arnold is a former elementary and high school teacher with a M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and a doctorate in process. Jason currently works as Learning Systems Architect for the University of Florida's College of Education distance learning development. His passion is learning, and he pursues it daily in his music, painting, and poetry. 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. Doug Bolling Doug Bolling's poetry has appeared widely in literary journals including Slant, Poetalk, Georgetown Review, Illuminations, Blue Unicorn, Wallace Stevens Journal, Pebble Lake Review, Trajectory, Crab Creek Review, Blueline, Albatross, California Quarterly, Tribeca Poetry Reviewand 0regon East among others. He has received two Pushcart Prize nominations. A former editor and publisher, he lives in Flossmoor, Illinois, in the SW suburbs of Chicago. Melissa Donovan Born and raised in Northern California, Melissa Donovan writes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. She is the founding editor of Writing Forward where she explores the craft of writing, and she is an anti-censorship activist working to maintain an open and free Internet and supporting free speech for writers and artists. Find out more about her work here. Anara Guard Anara Guard spent the first half of her life in the Midwest, the second half in New England (where she attended the Breadloaf Writer's Conference), and is now living her third half in California. She has published a small collection of short stories (The Sound of One Body) and four children's picture books on safety topics. She and her husband own and rent Skylight Retreat in Calaveras County. M. Boyd Houts M. Boyd Houts wrote a weekly humor column and served on the editorial board for his college newspaper. After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in English, Mr. Houts worked as a print journalist for two years before starting law school. As a law student, he served on the editorial board for his school’s law review. 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 Pete Madzelan Pete Madzelan resides in New Mexico with his wife and cat, Manny. He will have fiction in Dying Goose; he currently has photography in San Pedro River Review, Catcus Heart, and Vine Leaves Literary Journal. He has had fiction and poetry published in literary journals, including Cigale Literary Magazine, Bellowing Ark, Wind, and essays in a variety of publications including the Santa Fe Reporter and Minor League News. David McAleavey David McAleavey’s fifth and most recent book is Huge Haiku (Chax Press, 2005), and he has had poems in many journals over the years, including Poetry, Ploughshares, and Georgia Review. Recently he’s had poems in several dozen journals, both online and in print, including Poetry Northwest, Denver Quarterly, diode poetry journal and Epoch among others. He teaches literature and creative writing at George Washington University in Washington, DC. John McKernan John McKernan — who grew up in Omaha, Nebraska — is now a retired comma herder after teaching 41 years at Marshall University. He lives — mostly— in West Virginia where he edits ABZ Press. He has published poems in many places from The Atlantic Monthly to Zuzu’s Petals. His latest book is Resurrection of the Dust. Simon Perchik Simon Perchik is an attorney whose poems have appeared in Partisan Review, The Nation, The New Yorker, and elsewhere. For more information, including his essay entitled “Magic, Illusion and Other Realities” and a complete bibliography, please visit his website at www.simonperchik.com. Robert R. Sanders Since first holding a camera over forty years ago, Robert Sanders has had a relationship with the delicate lines of the erotic form, whether in a flower, a bottle, or a human contour. A successful commercial photographer, teacher, and mentor, Robert's work spans half a century of creative development through analog and digital. View more of his photography here. Anita Scharf Anita Scharf’s photos appear in many publications, including the University of the Pacific Swimming and Capital Public Radio media guides. She specializes in commercial portraiture, athletic events, and fine art platinum-palladium printing. She teaches writing at California State University at Sacramento and owns Scharf Photography. You can view more of her work and contact her there. 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. Randy M. Taylor Randy M. Taylor is an independent public relations practitioner living in Christiansburg, Virginia. He is an emerging contemporary poet who enjoys drawing inspiration from the surrounding foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and his well-established roots that run into the deep southeastern United States. From a pack of Marlboros to a discarded bottle of Seagram's, his poetry invokes strong imagery of things left behind and things unspoken. Taylor has been published in Pif Magazine, The Unrorean, Floyd County Moonshine and Ascent Aspirations. David Thornbrugh David Thornbrugh is a Ring of Fire poet based in Seattle, Washington. In his poetry, he strives to make sense of existence, and to lessen some of the gloom he feels as the natural world fades further and further into the past and the future looks less and less viable. He finds life without humor not worth the effort, and the idea of being a poet in America pretty funny. 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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