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About the Author
David Clisbee’s poems have appeared in Ninth Letter and International Poetry Magazine. His first chapbook Botched Heroics was released by RockSaw Press in 2009. He lives in Mankato, MN with his girlfriend, Diana, and their wiggly son, Teddy. His favorite color is red. His dogs are black.
David Clisbee’s poems have appeared in Ninth Letter and International Poetry Magazine. His first chapbook Botched Heroics was released by RockSaw Press in 2009. He lives in Mankato, MN with his girlfriend, Diana, and their wiggly son, Teddy. His favorite color is red. His dogs are black.
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Blue Collar Fathers
By Jason lee Brown
By Jason lee Brown
About the Author
E.R. Carlin grew up in Youngstown, OH. He was educated at Youngstown State University and recently received his MFA from Pacific Lutheran University. Carlin has worked as a bus boy, dishwasher, back-up cook, waiter, construction worker, 3D hologram salesperson, peace activist, and malcontent adjunct. His poems have appeared in a number of journals, including Beloit Poetry Journal, Cimarron Review, Hiram Poetry Review, Hunger, Minnesota Review, Rattle, and Wisconsin Review. Carlin recently placed second in New South’s poetry contest and third in Quarter After Eight’s 2008 short prose contest.
E.R. Carlin grew up in Youngstown, OH. He was educated at Youngstown State University and recently received his MFA from Pacific Lutheran University. Carlin has worked as a bus boy, dishwasher, back-
About the Author
Originally from the flatlands of central Illinois, Justin Hamm now lives, along with wife Mel and daughter Abbey, near Mark Twain Territory in Missouri. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Nimrod International Journal, The New York Quarterly, Cream City Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, and a host of other publications. Recent work has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net Anthology. Justin earned his MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2005.
Originally from the flatlands of central Illinois, Justin Hamm now lives, along with wife Mel and daughter Abbey, near Mark Twain Territory in Missouri. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Nimrod International Journal, The New York Quarterly, Cream City Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, and a host of other publications. Recent work has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net Anthology. Justin earned his MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2005.
This Is How We Will Live, Now That We Are Free - $4 (w/shipping)
By Ivan Faute (very few left in stock)
By Ivan Faute (very few left in stock)
About the Author
Jason Lee Brown teaches writing at Eastern Illinois University and is co-Series Editor, with Jay Prefontaine, of New Stories from The Midwest (Ohio University Press). His writing has been nominated for six Pushcart Prizes and recently appeared in The Literary Review, The Journal, Ecotone, Natural Bridge, Post Road, Tar River Poetry, and more. He received honors from the Illinois Arts Council, Academy of American Poets and the Playboy College Fiction Contest. He is finishing a novel about the infamous Mad Gasser of Mattoon.
Jason Lee Brown teaches writing at Eastern Illinois University and is co-
About the Author
Ivan Faute recently graduated from the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His prose has appeared in a variety of on-line and print journals and plays have been produced in Chicago, New York, and San Diego. He currently lives in Chicago with two rat terriers.
Ivan Faute recently graduated from the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His prose has appeared in a variety of on-
Pretending to be Italian
By Katy Giebenhain
By Katy Giebenhain
About the Author
Katy Giebenhain edits the Poetry + Theology rubric for Seminary Ridge Review. Her MA is from University of Baltimore and her MPhil is from University of Glamorgan, Wales. Poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Water˜Stone Review, The SHOp, American Life in Poetry, The London Magazine and Bordercrossing Berlin. She lives in Pennsylvania.
Katy Giebenhain edits the Poetry + Theology rubric for Seminary Ridge Review. Her MA is from University of Baltimore and her MPhil is from University of Glamorgan, Wales. Poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Water˜Stone Review, The SHOp, American Life in Poetry, The London Magazine and Bordercrossing Berlin. She lives in Pennsylvania.
Hanging the Moon
By Jenny Yang Cropp
By Jenny Yang Cropp
About the Author
Jenny Yang Cropp grew up in Lawton, Oklahoma. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Boxcar Poetry Review, Superstition Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Eclipse, and others. She received her MFA from Minnesota State University-Mankato and is currently working on a PhD in creative writing at University of South Dakota.
Jenny Yang Cropp grew up in Lawton, Oklahoma. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Boxcar Poetry Review, Superstition Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Eclipse, and others. She received her MFA from Minnesota State University-
About the Author
John W. Evans is a Wallace Stegner fellow in poetry at Stanford University. His poems appear in Boston Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Northwest Review, and Verse Daily. A former Peace Corps volunteer in Bangladesh, a Fulbright Hays fellow to India, and a middle school teacher, he currently serves as the executive director of The Katie Memorial Foundation (KMF), a nonprofit organization that promotes grassroots international public health work in the developing world. He lives in San Francisco.
John W. Evans is a Wallace Stegner fellow in poetry at Stanford University. His poems appear in Boston Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Northwest Review, and Verse Daily. A former Peace Corps volunteer in Bangladesh, a Fulbright Hays fellow to India, and a middle school teacher, he currently serves as the executive director of The Katie Memorial Foundation (KMF), a nonprofit organization that promotes grassroots international public health work in the developing world. He lives in San Francisco.
About the Author
Nicole Louise Reid is the author of the novel In the Breeze of Passing Things (MacAdam/Cage). Her stories have appeared in The Southern Review, Quarterly West, Meridian, Black Warrior Review, Confrontation, turnrow, Crab Orchard Review, and Grain Magazine. She is recipient of the Willamette Award in Fiction, and has placed in Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards, Press 53 Open Awards, Pirate’s Alley William Faulkner Short Story Competition, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Society, and Glimmer Train. She teaches creative writing at the University of Southern Indiana, where she is fiction editor of Southern Indiana Review and directs the RopeWalk Visiting Writers Reading Series.
Nicole Louise Reid is the author of the novel In the Breeze of Passing Things (MacAdam/Cage). Her stories have appeared in The Southern Review, Quarterly West, Meridian, Black Warrior Review, Confrontation, turnrow, Crab Orchard Review, and Grain Magazine. She is recipient of the Willamette Award in Fiction, and has placed in Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards, Press 53 Open Awards, Pirate’s Alley William Faulkner Short Story Competition, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Society, and Glimmer Train. She teaches creative writing at the University of Southern Indiana, where she is fiction editor of Southern Indiana Review and directs the RopeWalk Visiting Writers Reading Series.
Girls
By Nicole Louise Reid
By Nicole Louise Reid
About the Author
Dan Nowak is pursuing his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the co-founder of Imaginary Friend Press, an editor for New Sins Press, and an editorial assistant for the Cream City Review. His first book, Recycle Suburbia, won the 2007 Quercus Review Poetry Series Award. Dan currently lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Dan Nowak is pursuing his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-
The Goldilocks Complex
By Teneice Durrant Delgado
By Teneice Durrant Delgado
About the Author
Teneice Durrant Delgado was born in the hot and sultry center of Louisiana, but grew up in Northeast Ohio. She earned an MFA from Spalding University in 2006 and is currently finishing an MA in Literature at the University of Toledo. In a past life, she was a Argentine Tango Champion.
Teneice Durrant Delgado was born in the hot and sultry center of Louisiana, but grew up in Northeast Ohio. She earned an MFA from Spalding University in 2006 and is currently finishing an MA in Literature at the University of Toledo. In a past life, she was a Argentine Tango Champion.
Botched Heroics
By David Clisbee
By David Clisbee
About the Author
David Clisbee’s poems have appeared in Ninth Letter and International Poetry Magazine. His first chapbook Botched Heroics was released by RockSaw Press in 2009. He lives in Mankato, MN with his girlfriend, Diana, and their wiggly son, Teddy. His favorite color is red. His dogs are black.
David Clisbee’s poems have appeared in Ninth Letter and International Poetry Magazine. His first chapbook Botched Heroics was released by RockSaw Press in 2009. He lives in Mankato, MN with his girlfriend, Diana, and their wiggly son, Teddy. His favorite color is red. His dogs are black.
About the Author
Glenn Sheldon has been writing and publishing for over three decades. In addition to a few chapbooks, Glenn published his first full-length poetry book, Bird Scarer (Èervená Barva Press) a few years ago. His second full-length poetry collection, Angel of Anarchy (Ahadada Books) is due out in 2011. Some say his careful ear and eye as a poet have created a body of precise and challenging work.
Originally from Salem, Massachusetts, he is currently an Honors Professor of Humanities at The University of Toledo, Ohio, where he teaches Multicultural Literature and Cultural Studies, as well as other courses.
Glenn Sheldon has been writing and publishing for over three decades. In addition to a few chapbooks, Glenn published his first full-
Originally from Salem, Massachusetts, he is currently an Honors Professor of Humanities at The University of Toledo, Ohio, where he teaches Multicultural Literature and Cultural Studies, as well as other courses.
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