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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), ConversationsChained to Fashion—Deborah S. Ballearned an MFA in ceramics from Indiana State University, where she studied with Ray Chen.

Poetry

“Rig Worker”—Mary C. Mohr Poetry Award winneris the founding editor ofPebble Lake Reviewand the author ofThe Glass Crib, winner of the 2010 Zone 3 Press First Book Award judged by Rigoberto González, and of the chapbookLight Under Skin(Finishing Line Press, 2006). A former Theodore Morrison Poetry Scholar for the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, she has received awards and honors fromBellevue Literary Review,BOMB Magazine,Crab Orchard Review,Cutthroat,Mid-American Review, and others. She holds an MFA from Bennington College and teaches creative writing and literature at Lone Star College-CyFair.

“WŨĔKaren Daleholds an MFA from University of California, Irvine, and her publishing credits includeGreensboro Review,Threepenny Review,Los Angeles Times, ԻPersimmon Tree.

Sheyna in 1936”—divides his time between Northern California and Los Angeles, where he is on the faculty of the UCLAEnglish Dept. Writing Programs and adjunct faculty at Antioch Los Angeles. His poetry has appeared inFugue,The Breadline West Coast Poetry Anthology,The Dogwood Journal of Poetry and Prose,Nimrod,Pedestal, Pearl,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 fromConfluence,New American Review,ԻThe Hackney Review. His chapbookWhen the Catfish Are In Bloom: Requiem for John Faheywas nominated for The PEN Center USA Literary Award and the California Book Award, and another chapbook,People Of The Air,was published by New American Press.

“XŨĔMaya Pindyck’sfirst collection of poetry,Friend Among Stones(New Rivers Press, 2009), won the Many Voices Project Award. She is also the author of the chapbook,Locket, Master, which received a Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship in 2006. Her poetry wonBellingham Review’s49th Parallel Poetry Award and recently appeared inSquaw Valley Review,Oranges & Sardines(Poets & Artists),The Tusculum Review, ԻEkleksographia. She lives in Brooklyn.

Fiction

“Barriere di Lingua”—Gene Albamontegraduated with an MFA in creative writing from the University of Central Florida. Thus far, his fiction has appeared in Clapboard HouseԻFragmentation + Other Stories,an anthology published by Burrow Press. He was a finalist in Glimmer Train’s January 2008 Family Matters competition and earned an Honorable Mention in the April 2008 Family Matters competition. Albamonte writes a weekly column forPANK Magazine’sblog and two columns for Burrow Press’s blog.

“The Children and I”—Bipin Aurorahas worked as an economist, an energy analyst, and a systems analyst. His fiction has appeared inQuarterly West, Epiphany,Harpur Palate,Prism Review, ԻNorth Atlantic Review, and is forthcoming inQuiddityԻEclipse: A Literary Journal.

“Gun Shy”—Kim Bradleyearned an MFA from the University of New Orleans. Her stories have appeared inKalliopeԻGulfstreaming. Bradley teaches writing at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, and poetry to at-risk children. She edited a collection of their poems calledJuice up the True Say. Currently she is at work on a novel.

“Old Man Evil”—Vince Czyzis the author ofAdrift 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 inShenandoah, AGNI,Louisiana Literature, and theMassachusetts Review. His work has also been antholgized in Turkish translation.

“The Beheadings”—Ashley Rose Davidsonis from Flagstaff, Arizona. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming inMeridian,Sou’wester,Quarterly Westand other journals. She’s currently a student at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

“The Theory of Dog Shit”—Gary Fincke’scollection of storiesSorry I Worried Youwon the Flannery O’Connor Prize and was published by the University of Georgia Press. His next book, a collection of poems titledThe 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.

“CԴŨĔRita Hypnarowskistudied creative writing at American River College and the University of California at Davis. Her nonfiction and fiction have appeared inFugue,The Roanoke Review,Willard & Maple, ԻThe Santa Clara Review.

“From the Mountaintop”—Jim Krosschellworked 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, dividing his time between Newton, MA, and Owls Head, ME. His essays are published, or forthcoming, inLouisville Review,Southeast Review,North Dakota Quarterly,Contrary,Saranac Review, and others.

“The Only Explanation for Electricity”—Alison Ruthwas a feature writer for the popular music magazinesCreem,Rock!,Rock Fever, ԻWavelength. Her fiction has been published inJ Journal, for which she was nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize;G.W. ReviewTulane Literary Magazine. Ruth graduated from Upsala College with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications.

“Dear Katie”—Robert Yuneearned 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, “Clear Blue Michigan Sky,” inGreen Mountains Review, an interview with Michael Byers inHot Metal Bridge, and a book review of Allison Amend’sThings That Pass for LoveHot Metal Bridge.Yune works as a tutor at the University of Pittsburgh’s Writing Center and as a reader for Chatham University’s Low-Residency MFA program.

Nonfiction

“My Father’s Tears”—Marilyn Martinreceived her MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. Her work is forthcoming inFront Porch, and she is also the author of a book about her experience as a parent of a child with a nonverbal learning disability.

“A History of the Kiss”—Scott Saalman'swork has appeared in the anthology Home Again: Essays and Memoirs from Indiana;Lost Magazine;The Evansville Review;Evansville Livingmagazine;The Coconut Telegraph;Country Magazine; Editor's Workshop; and numerous newspapers.

Review

"The Keeper's Voice"Anthony Rintalais a poet and English Instructor at the ².