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Derek Alger<\/strong><\/p>\n essays<\/p>\n Derek Alger is a graduate of the Columbia University MFA writing program, and serves as Editor-at-Large to PIF Magazine. His fiction has appeared in Confrontation, Del Sol Review, The Literary Journal, and Night Train, to name a few. He has worked as an editor and reporter for newspapers in the Bronx for over 20 years.<\/p>\n Duff Brenna <\/strong><\/p>\n essays<\/p>\n Duff is the author of six novels. He is the recipient of an AWP Award for Best Novel, a National Endowment for the Arts Award, a South Florida Sun-Sentinel Award for Favorite Book of the year, a Milwaukee Magazine Best Short Story of the Year Award, and a Pushcart Honorable Mention. His work has been translated into six languages. He is editor-in-chief of Serving House: A Journal of Literary Arts.<\/p>\n Ruth Coe Chambers<\/strong><\/p>\n humor<\/p>\n Ruth Coe Chambers, author of The Chinaberry Album, has published short stories and articles and written two prize winning plays.\u00a0 She writes from her home in Neptune Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n Francis Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n fiction<\/p>\n Francis won the Discovering New Writers of Fiction award\u00a0 sponsored by Pennbook of Philadelphia and had a chapbook published\u00a0 entitled Dying to be Released. His fiction has appeared in Natural\u00a0 Bridge, Notes Magazine, The Gihon River Review, and is forthcoming in\u00a0 Weber: The Contemporary West and Third Wednesday. He’s earned an M.F.A.\u00a0 in fiction from the University of Montana and a Ph.D. in English from\u00a0 the University of Nebraska. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska with his wife\u00a0 and three children.<\/p>\n Stephanie Eckenrode<\/strong><\/p>\n memoir<\/p>\n Stephanie is an Australian-born New Yorker and an award-winning advertising copywriter.<\/p>\n JC Elkin<\/strong><\/p>\n memoir<\/p>\n JC is an award-winning author of fiction and poetry, and the founder of the Broadneck Writers’ Worshop. A reviewer and essayist for The Bay Weekly, her work has also appeared in The Way of the Buffalo, Earth’s Daughters, and the Maryland Writer’s Association poetry anthology, Life in Me Like Grass On Fire.<\/p>\n Jonathan Freiberger<\/strong><\/p>\n fiction<\/p>\n Jonathan grew up in Tenafly, NJ and graduated from Oberlin College in 1991, barely managing a 3.0 GPA, having avoided reading most of the books assigned to him as an English major. He worked in Hollywood for a while then, tragically, fell into finance and banking. He currently lives in New Jersey, and is pursuing a Master\u2019s Degree in Social Work with the hope of somehow saving the World from itself.<\/p>\n Becki Fuller<\/strong><\/p>\n art gallery<\/p>\n Becki is a Brooklyn based photographer and co-founder of the street art bog \u201cThe Street Spot\u201d. Her passion for street art and graffiti takes her all around the five boroughs of New York and beyond, searching for beauty and inspiration in the urban landscape. Her photography has been exhibited at Pandemic Gallery, Fresthetic, and Outpost in Bushwick as well as numerous street art and graffiti books. She is a strong advocate for people taking back public space from corporate America and making it their own once again.<\/p>\n Pamela Gross<\/strong><\/p>\n poetry<\/p>\n Pamela\u2019s first complete collection, Birds of the Night Sky\/Stars of the Field, was published by University of Georgia Press in its Contemporary Poets Series. In 2009, two of the poems in that book were selected to be part of a national anthology, Poets Guide to the Birds, edited by Judith Kitchen and Ted Kooser. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, Poetry Northwest, Antioch Review, The Ohio Review, The Southern Review, The Journal, Commonweal, and many other publications.<\/p>\n Christie Grotheim <\/strong><\/p>\n essays<\/p>\n Christie is currently in the process of writing and publishing a series of personal essays. Her essays have been featured in online literary magazines including Ducts Webzine, Smith Magazine and Mr. Bellers Neighborhood. She participates in the 2nd Draft Reading Series, the Word of Mouth Non-Fiction Reading Series, and is also non-paying member of The Moth.<\/p>\n DeWitt Henry<\/strong><\/p>\n essays<\/p>\n DeWitt, the founder and longtime editor of Ploughshares, is the author of the memoir, Sweet Dreams: A Family History, and also Safe Suicide: Narratives, Essays And Meditations. He has edited several highly praised anthologies, including Sorrow’s Company: Writers on Loss and Grief, and Fathering Daughters: Reflections by Men, with James Alan McPherson. He is currently a Professor of Writing, Literature and Publishing at Emerson College.<\/p>\n Greg Herriges <\/strong><\/p>\n essays<\/p>\n Greg is the author of essays, five novels, a memoir about his meeting with J.D. Salinger, and a new collection of short stories, The Bay of Marseilles and Other Stories (2011 Serving House Books). His short works have appeared in The Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, Story Quarterly, The Literary Review, The South Carolina Review, The Encyclopedia of Beat Literature, and Great Britain\u2019s Popular Music and Society and World Wide Writers. He is currently a professor of English at William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, IL.<\/p>\n Jessi Klein<\/strong><\/p>\n humor<\/p>\n Jessi Klein is a New York comedian who appeared on The Showbiz Show with David Spade. She was previously a panelist on VH1\u2019s Best Week Ever, and had her own special on Comedy Central\u2019s Premium Blend. Klein served as Director of Development for Comedy Central and helped shepherd the network\u2019s hit series Chappelle\u2019s Show. She has also worked on Staff for the ABC series, Samantha Who? Starring Christina Applegate in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n Mindy Lewis<\/strong><\/p>\n essays<\/p>\n Mindy is the author of Life Inside: A Memoir, which received a starred Kirkus review and was named an Elle \u201cMust-Read\u201d and a 2003 \u201cBook of the Year\u201d by the American Journal of Nursing. She is also the editor of the anthology DIRT: The Quirks, Habits and Passions of Keeping House and a contributor to the New York Times Book Review. Her essays and articles have appeared in Newsweek, Body & Soul, Lilith, Poets & Writers, Arts & Letters Journal, Many Mountains Moving, Psychoanalytic Perspectives, huffingtonpost.com, and in anthologies. She teaches creative writing at Brooklyn College, The Writer\u2019s Voice of the Westside YMCA, and Hudson Valley Writers\u2019 Center, and has been a visiting writer at George Mason University\u2019s MFA program. http:\/\/www.mindylewis.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Christopher Locke <\/strong><\/p>\n essays<\/p>\n Christopher is a poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright. He is the author of the poetry collection End of American Magic (Salmon Poetry, 2011). He has also published three chapbooks of poetry,\u00a0 POSSESSED (Main Street Rag, Editor’s Choice Award — 2005), SLIPPING UNDER DIAMOND LIGHT (Clamp Down Press — 2002), and HOW TO BURN (Adastra Press – 1995). He currently resides in New Lebanon, NY with his wife and two daughters, and teaches literature and writing at The Darrow School.<\/p>\n Robert Marshall<\/strong><\/p>\n fiction<\/p>\n Robert\u2019s novel, A Separate Reality, was released in 2006 by Carroll & Graf and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction. In its review of A Separate Reality, The Washington Post called it \u201cas good an encapsulation of adolescence as you\u2019re likely to read.\u201d\u00a0 His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Salon, Event, Stickman Review, The Coe Review, Euphony, Blithe House Quarterly, and KGBbar.com, as well as in the anthologies Queer 13 and Afterwords.\u00a0 In 2007, his investigative feature “The Dark Legacy of Carlos Castaneda” was chosen for “Best of Salon.”\u00a0 As well as being a writer, he is also a visual artist, and has exhibited widely in both Europe and the United States at venues such as Richard Anderson Fine Arts, the Peter Kilchmann Gallerie in Zurich, the Koln Art Fair, White Columns\u00a0 and the Brooklyn Museum. He is a recipient of fellowships from MacDowell, Yaddo, the Virginia Center and the New York Foundation for the Arts.<\/p>\n Eric Victor Neagu<\/strong><\/p>\n fiction<\/p>\n Eric lives in Chicago, where he works as a consultant.\u00a0 Eric has degrees from Purdue University and The University of Chicago.\u00a0 His fiction has appeared in Bartleby Snopes, The Pedestal Magazine, Bewildering Stories, Aphelion, and many other journals.\u00a0 In addition to fiction writing, Eric spends time working on environmental issues in post-industrial communities.\u00a0 He is also working on his first novel and a documentary about the Great Lakes.<\/p>\n Cheryl Pallant<\/strong><\/p>\n memoir<\/p>\n Cheryl lives in Richmond VA, and has published several poetry books. The excerpt is from her forthcoming memoir, Ginseng Tango, about her life in South Korea. She continues to tango.<\/p>\n Joan Lauri Poole<\/strong><\/p>\n poetry<\/p>\n Joan was born and raised in New York City. She lives in the Turtle Bay section of Manhattan with the poet John Couturier and an amazing canine named Oliver. Her work has been published in This Full Green Hour: An Anthology by the One O\u2019Clock Poets (Sonopo) and in various small magazines (Shenandoah, Blue Mesa, New York Quarterly, Mudfish, and others). Carry Tiger Press is bringing out her first book, Bed of Crimson Joy, in 2011.<\/p>\n David Poolman <\/strong><\/p>\n art gallery<\/p>\n David was born in Wallaceburg, Ontario. He is an MFA graduate from the University of Windsor, and a graduate of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. Working in drawing, video, print media, and installation, Poolman has exhibited in art galleries and screened in festivals both nationally and internationally. Poolman currently lives in Toronto and is a professor of Drawing at Sheridan Institute. His video work is distributed through VTape and Ouat Media in Toronto.<\/p>\n Michael Sandler <\/strong><\/p>\n poetry<\/p>\n Michael has other new work appearing in Moment Magazine, The Griffin, The Chaffin Journal, Diverse Voices Quarterly, California Quarterly, Natural Bridge, and Ship of Fools. He also works as an arbitrator in Mercer Island, Washington.<\/p>\n Sunsh Stein <\/strong><\/p>\n memoir<\/p>\n Sunsh has lived in New York City for more years than she thought possible. She has a master’s degree in journalism and has written for JazzTimes and Jazz Notes. She’s the author of the unpublished Sibling Rivalry: The Road to Love Is Paved with Medication and is currently working on Reality — What a Concept. Sunsh also works as a patient advocate\/educator\/navigator.<\/p>\n Kate Tellers<\/strong><\/p>\n memoir<\/p>\n Kate lives in Brooklyn with her fuzzy dog and husband. She is currently working on her memoir.<\/p>\n Abigail Warren<\/strong><\/p>\n poetry<\/p>\n attended Smith College where she received the Rosemary Thomas Poetry Prize. A resident of Western Massachusetts\u2019 Pioneer Valley arts community, she currently teaches writing, literature, and poetry at Cambridge College. She has participated in numerous poetry collectives, conferences, classes\/programs, readings, literary fundraisers, and the Palm Beach Poetry Festival. She has taken workshops with Galway Kinnell, Sharon Olds, Claudia Emerson, and Daisy Fried, and has taught writing\/poetry workshops to low-income women.<\/p>\n Louis Wittig<\/strong><\/p>\n humor<\/p>\n There’s really not too much to know about Louis Wittig. He’s slightly overweight, his haircuts don’t always make perfect sense, and he thinks he’s a much better judge of character and investments than he actually is. He does try to write, though. His blog is www.mrbutterworth.com.<\/p>\n Vivian Yang<\/strong><\/p>\n fiction<\/p>\n Vivian is a Shanghai-native and a top winner of The WNYC Loenard Lopate Show Essay Contest. She is the author of the novels “Memoirs of a Eurasian,” “Shanghai Girl,” “Shan Hai Gaaru” and the non-fiction “Status, Society, and Sino-Singaporeans”. She divides her time between New York and Shanghai.)<\/p>\n STAFF<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Jonathan Kravetz<\/strong><\/p>\n editor-in-chief<\/p>\n Jonathan is best known for his ability to scratch his forehead and squint his eyes simultaneously .\u00a0 He is a playwright, editor and some time trumpet player who spends too much time reading long feature stories on the world wide web.\u00a0 He is a co-founder of ducts and founder of the New York based reading series, Trumpet Fiction, held each month at KGB Bar in the east village.\u00a0 His plays have been produced in New York, Dallas and Brighton, England.\u00a0 He teaches creative writing in New York.<\/p>\n Derek Alger<\/strong><\/p>\n essays editor<\/p>\n Derek Alger is a graduate of the Columbia University MFA writing program, and serves as Editor-at-Large to PIF Magazine. His fiction has appeared in Confrontation, Del Sol Review, The Literary Journal, and Night Train, to name a few. He has worked as an editor and reporter for newspapers in the Bronx for over 20 years.<\/p>\n Lisa Kirchner<\/strong><\/p>\n memoir editor<\/p>\n Lisa is the producer and host of New York\u2019s only reading and improv series, The Next Chapter. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Salon.com, BUST Magazine, The New York Post, Budget Travel, Kirkus Reviews and TheHuffingtonPost.com, among numerous others. Before moving to the Persian Gulf, she was the religion editor for Pittsburgh\u2019s gay and lesbian newspaper, the bridal editor for its society rag, and an alt newsweekly dating columnist. Her flash essay, \u201cMy Husband: My Moto,\u201d appeared in the compilation Learning to Love You More (Prestel Publishing, 2007). Her solo show, CRANKY WHITE GIRL IN QATAR, is the basis for her memoir. She currently lives in New York City.<\/p>\n Amy Lemmon<\/strong><\/p>\n poetry editor<\/p>\n Amy is the author of two poetry collections:\u00a0Fine Motor\u00a0(Sow\u2019s Ear Poetry Review Press, 2008) and\u00a0Saint Nobody\u00a0(Red Hen Press, 2009) and co-author, with Denise Duhamel of ABBA: The Poems\u00a0(Coconut Books, 2010) and\u00a0Enjoy Hot or Iced: Poems in Conversation and a Conversation\u00a0(Slapering Hol Press, 2011). Her work has appeared in\u00a0Rolling Stone,\u00a0New Letters,Prairie Schooner, Verse, Court Green, The Journal, Barrow Street,\u00a0and many other magazines and anthologies. Amy is associate professor of English at the Fashion Institute of Technology and lives with her two children in Astoria, Queens.<\/p>\n Anne Mironchik<\/strong><\/p>\n assistant<\/p>\n Anne is much more renowned for her songwriting, which reaches back to capture the classic brilliance of favorite hits by Carole King and Laura Nyro.\u00a0 She blurs the lines between jazz, country, rock and R&B, weaving melody and rhythm together in masterful ways. Her rich alto voice leads listeners from one genre to another as she explores the struggles, loves, fears and joys of everyday heroes.\u00a0 When she\u2019s not writing great music, Anne is busy crunching numbers for ducts!\u00a0 Anne\u2019s new CD “Find Me” is now available and can be found at www.annemironchik.com.\u00a0 4newsongs@earthlink.net.<\/p>\n Cindy Stockton Moore<\/strong><\/p>\n art gallery editor<\/p>\n Cindy is a Philadelphia-based artist, whose paintings have recently been featured in\u2018An Island Now Peopled,\u2019 a two-person exhibition at Chashama Chelsea Project Space in New York. She has shown throughout the US and abroad at venues such as Heskin Contemporary (New York, NY,) PS122 (New York NY,) The Painting Center (New York, NY,) Sandy Carson Gallery (Denver, CO,) and Public Fiction (the museum of) in Los Angeles, CA.\u00a0 Her latest project \u2018Zane\u2019s Wake\u2019\u00a0 was recently on view at the \u2018Book as Art\u2019 show at The Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa, FL.\u00a0 Her writing on art has appeared in ArtNews, NYArts Magazine, The New York Sun, in addition to university and gallery publications in the US and Canada.\u00a0 Cindy is currently a member of the curatorial team at Grizzly Grizzly, an artist run gallery in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n Kat Rodies<\/strong><\/p>\n humor editor<\/p>\n Kat Rodies is a nurse practitioner, medical writer, and short fiction enthusiast who has been called the ideal person to have with you in a POW camp.<\/p>\n Tim Tomlinson<\/strong><\/p>\n fiction editor<\/p>\n Tim\u2019s fiction has appeared in The Missouri Review, North American Review, Libido, and elsewhere.\u00a0 He’s published haiku in Modern Haiku, Time Haiku, and Black Bough.\u00a0 He’s an occasional journalist, and a full time teacher, working at both NYU and the New York Writers Workshop.<\/p>\n Illustrators<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Daniella Batsheva <\/strong><\/p>\n Daniella is an illustrator and designer born and raised in Philadelphia, working in Los Angeles. \u00a0Brought up in a clash of cultures from various different countries, her work subtly reflects the frenzy of her home and family.\u00a0 She graduated from The University of the Arts with a BFA in Illustration in May, 2011. Inspired by bad horror films, eastern culture, and candy, Daniella concocts edgy pieces with color palettes brighter than your mom\u2019s 80\u2019s jumpsuit. <\/strong><\/p>\n Chris Frost (humor section<\/strong>)<\/p>\n When not reminiscing about life in the old New York, Chris Frost designs and crafts handbags. His illustrations have appeared in Ducts and Santa vs. Satan: The Official Compendium Of Imaginary Fights. He currently resides in Bushwick, but dreams of a move to Puerto Varas.<\/p>\n Yuliya Kashapova<\/strong><\/p>\n Yuliya has been working in the design field for past 6 years as a graphic artist and illustrator. In 2005 she received BA in Design and Studio Art from UVA, and went on working on various projects in TV, film, and music industries in NYC, San Francisco, LA, and New Jersey. 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