Contributors
June 7, 2016
Jacqueline, former Ducts art gallery editor, is an award-winning photographer-painter-writer born and raised in Jamaica, who now lives and works in New York City (“Jamaica’s 15th Parish”). Her book, The Gymnast and Other Positions, won the 2016 Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature in the nonfiction category. She has twice been awarded Fulbright Fellowships, including a year-long grant to Morocco; her work exhibits widely in North America, Europe and North Africa. She teaches Liberal Studies at New York University, and is the author of The River’s Song, a novel about growing up in Jamaica. In addition, she writes a monthly visual arts article for the Huffington Post. Visit Jacqueline at her website, https://jacquelineabishop.com.
June 7, 2016
James teaches writing in the Liberal Studies program at New York University. His writing has appeared in or is forthcoming from The Smart Set, The New Inquiry,Painted Bride Quarterly, Lambda Literary Review, The Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide, and Brevity.
April 16, 2019
Jamie hails from Southern New Jersey but for the last 27 years has lived in Central Jersey with her husband, two daughters and numerous cats. A plethora of life experiences influences her work. She chases light to create scenes for memories. In 2018 she was part of a group show at Gallery of Division in Somerville. This showcased several members of the Raritan Photographic Society. Her other exhibitions include Alfa Art Gallery in New Brunswick in 2016 & 2017, as well as Guild of Creative Art’s Eyesights 2017 & 2019 Juried Art Exhibit.
December 12, 2017
Janet lives with her husband on their Seattle houseboat, the floating nation of Tui Tui. Her writing has appeared in Raven Chronicles, Bayou, Porcupine, Passager, The MacGuffin, North Dakota Quarterly, The Evansville Review, The Massachusetts Review, Pilgrimage, River Teeth, and Chautauqua. She is currently at work on a collection of personal essays inspired by her friendship with Skagit tribal elder, the late Vi Hilbert. www.janetyoder.com