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Matt Bell’s fiction has appeared in magazines such as Hobart, Barrelhouse, Caketrain, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. He was a finalist for the 2007 Storyglossia Fiction Prize and has been nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize. He can be found on the web at www.mdbell.com.

Kristin Berkey-Abbott earned a Ph.D. in British Literature from the University of South Carolina. She has published in many journals and was one of the top ten finalists in the National Looking Glass Poetry Chapbook Competition.  Pudding House Publications published her chapbook, Whistling Past the Graveyard, in 2004. Currently, she teaches English and Creative Writing at the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, where she was recently promoted to Assistant Chair of the General Education department.

Blake Butler is the editor of Lamination Colony. He blogs at www.newheavy.com and blakebutler.blogspot.com.

Ryan Call's fiction appears or is forthcoming in Barrelhouse, Hobart, Avery, Caketrain, NO COLONY, and Sonora Review. He blogs at ryanpcall.blogspot.com.

Having been fed a steady diet of science fiction and fantasy since she was old enough to read, Janet Cannon dreams of one day flying a dragon through space...or at least publishing a series of books where the main character does so. Currently she teaches computer applications and communication arts to fifth and sixth graders in Southeast Missouri.

Anna Clark's writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The American Prospect online, Utne Reader, Bitch Magazine, The Women's International Perspective, Women's eNews, ColorLines, Writer's Journal, Blood Lotus and other publications. She edits the literary and social justice weblog, Isak and holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College. She lives in Detroit.

In the past, Miles Clark has volunteered at McSweeney's, The Believer and Zoetrope: All-Story, among others. He is now the Editor of No Record Press (www.no-record.com), from which his first novel is now available. He lives in Brooklyn.

Deborah Diemont has called three countries and at least six U.S. states home. She now lives in Syracuse, New York, where she’s trying to convince herself that the blank page of winter holds infinite possibilities. Her poems have appeared in The Texas Review, Potion, Literary Mama and Lucid Rhythms among other journals.

Robert Duffer’s work has appeared recently in Word Riot, The 2nd Hand, No Touching Magazine, and The Taj Mahal Review. He writes for Chicago Scene, Time Out Chicago, Centerstage Chicago, Rain Taxi Review of Books and for Chicago Public Radio's 848. Visit him and excerpts of his novel at www.robertduffer.com.

When she isn't engaging in a plan to rid the world permanently of onions, Laura Eve Engel is preparing for a summer teaching high school-age poets at the University of Virginia Young Writers Workshop, and preparing for her own MFA in poetry at the University of Houston, where she will begin studying in the fall.  Her reviews have been published by the likes of the C-VILLE Weekly, Charlottesville's alternative newsweekly, and Meridian, and her poetry is forthcoming on her computer and on napkin scraps.

Donna J. Essner teaches college English and works for the University Press at Southeast Missouri State University, while finishing her Masters in Creative Writing. For three years she authored monthly gardening articles for the Southeast Missourian newspaper. She writes short stories and poetry. Her work has been published in Journey and Big Muddy.

Maggie Glover is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She earned a BA from Denison University and has just completed her MFA at West Virginia University, where she was the recipient of the James Paul Brawner Graduate Poetry Award in 2007. Her poems have appeared in or are forthcoming in The Journal, Controlled Burn, 32 Poems, Pebble Lake Review and others. She was nominated for a 2007 Pushcart Prize.

Rav Grewal-Kök lives in Brooklyn, where he is writing a novel.  His short fiction has appeared in the Santa Monica Review.

Denise Hill has been teaching college English for well over a decade in addition to first writing for then becoming the editor for NewPages. She currently teaches at Delta College in Michigan and is an active member of the AWP 2-Year College Caucus.

Cyan James is a recent MFA graduate from the University of Michigan, where she currently works as a research assistant at the Center for the History of Medicine. She's completing her Hopwood-winning novel, and has been published in The Beloit Poetry Journal, Blackbird, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Oleander Review, among others.

Rachel King is a University of Oregon, Robert D. Clark Honors college graduate. She currently teaches freshman English in Baltimore at MATHS charter high school. Her work has been published in The Birch, a Russian and East European Studies journal at Columbia University. You can contact her at king.rachelsuzanne-at-gmail.com.

Sean Lovelace is on a river right now. He has a spinning rod and a beer. Other times he teaches at Ball State University. He recently won the CrazyHorse Fiction Prize, and his works have appeared in Diagram, Puerto del Sol, Willow Springs, and so on.

Josh Maday lives in Saginaw, Michigan. His writing has appeared in Opium, Rivet Magazine, Barrelhouse, Haggard and Halloo, Thieves Jargon, The Binnacle, and elsewhere. Never having considered the fact that he will die someday, he fully intends to read all those books on his shelves. He can be reached via e-mail at joshmaday-at-sbcglobal.net and found on the web at http://joshmaday.blogspot.com.

Camilla S. Medders lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. When she isn’t pursuing innovative therapies for her daughter, who has cerebral palsy, or giving moral support to her husband, who is trying to get tenth graders interested in reading, she’s earning her MFA from the University of Arkansas. And if she’s lucky, she finds a little time in there to write short stories and essays.

Dan Moreau’s fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Farfelu, Word Riot, Clapboard House and Segue.

Stefani Nellen is a psychologist-turned-writer living in Pittsburgh and the Netherlands with her husband. She writes literary fiction and science fiction.

Laura Polley is an MFA student in Poetry at Lesley University. Her poetry has been published in Margie, Autumn Sky Poetry, Crescent Moon Journal, and on the Interboard Poetry Community website. Her essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Mississippi Review, Loch Raven Review, and Alimentum. Contact Laura at Knit30-at-aol.com.

Jessica Powers is a freelance writer who lives in the tiny corner of the U.S. where New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico meet. She may be reached for comments at jlpowers at evaporites.com. You can read her African History column at www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/african_history.

Cynthia Reeser is the editor-in-chief and founder of the online literary journal Prick of the Spindle, for whom she regularly writes reviews and conducts author interviews. She is a staff writer for a military newspaper where she also pens a weekly book review column. Her visual art can be seen online at her personal web site, and forthcoming in a gallery in Louisiana throughout July. She designs and builds web sites for visual artists; for her portfolio, see her LinkedIn profile at http://www.linkedin.com/pub/8/662/180.

Sarah Sala is the co-founder and current editor-in-chief of the University of Michigan’s literary magazine, Oleander Review. Her work has appeared in Richard Siken's Spork, The Statement, Bear River Review, OffBeat, RC Review, and various others. Her awards and honors include the Marjorie Rappaport Award for poetry, the Academy of American Poets Prize and a Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship.

Jennifer Sinor is the author of The Extraordinary Work of Ordinary Writing. Her essays have appeared in Fourth Genre, Bellingham Review, Green Mountains Review, and elsewhere. She teaches at Utah State University.

Roy Wang is a Canadian poet living in Ferndale, MI, where he works in technical sales. With a degree in Math & Physics from the University of Toronto, he is currently applying for MFA programs in poetry.

Anne Wolfe works at Delta College in their archives and Academic Testing Center. She has an AMLS from the University of Michigan.  Among other jobs, she has been a stringer and radio reporter and published news articles for the Ann Arbor News, the Saginaw News, the Bay City Times, and the Midland Daily News. She can be reached at  wolfe.a-at-sbcglobal.net.

Debbie Yee is a trusts and estates attorney and poet in San Francisco. A Kundiman fellow, Debbie's poems appear or are forthcoming in 32 Poems, Barn Owl Review, OCHO, MiPOesias and Cheers to Muses: Contemporary Works by Asian American Women. She is an alumna of U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Berkeley School of Law. Visit www.debbieyee.com.

Micah Zevin's poetry has appeared in the Chiron Review. During the past year he has been working on a novel-in -verse about the life of the "Bearded Lady" from adolescence through adulthood  and has just completed his first short film Shelf Life. He also is one of the founding members for a new sketch comedy troupe The Despots. Currently, he is a Librarian in the Queens Library system and lives with his fiancée, a playwright, earning her MFA at Adelphi University. You can read and hear his poetry at
www.somarspoetry.blogspot.com.

 

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