Contributors
June 7, 2016
A Romanian journalist, photographer, and writer, Ramona is the author of eleven books. She is the recipient of research scholarships from Cambridge University and CA Foscari University Venice.
June 12, 2017
Reggie grew up in a rich musical environment – one that nourished artists as stylistically diverse as pianists Jason Moran and Robert Glasper and guitarist Mike Moreno (featured on Freedmantown along with pianist Gerald Clayton and saxophonist Tim Warfield). They all attended Houston's High School of the Performing and Visual Arts, where the teachers, said Reggie, were "incredibly devoted. They gave us a real head start."
After graduating high school he ventured to the East Coast, more specifically, the Mannes School of Music at New School University where he got to study with three great drummers: Jimmy Cobb, Lewis Nash, and Kenny Washington. After some time honing his chops on the scene he returned to school earning his Master's in Jazz Studies at the prestigious Juilliard School.
November 30, 2015
Ricki was an elementary school teacher in the suburbs of Boston and on Long Island for 37 years. Somehow she is still able to stand up. She has an M.Ed. from Boston University and in May 2015 she earned her MFA in creative writing from Stony Brook. Her creative, nonfiction and humor pieces have appeared in various publications, including The Southampton Review, Barnes and Nobles.com, and Ducts. Her piece in this issue is an excerpt from her recently completed memoir.