| The Writers: Demrie Margo Alonzo – Union City, California. Demrie returned to the bay area after living in Oregon, Alaska, and Wisconsin. She earned a BA in Creative Writing and founded the Central Wisconsin Creative Writer’s Group. Her work has been published in Bellowing Ark: A Literary Tabloid, Prairie Dyke, Sapphic Ink, and Amelia. John Chinworth-Percy – Arvada, Colorado. John graduated from Naropa University. His poems have appeared in Bombay Gin and Blood & Tears: Poems for Matthew Shepard. John and his partner recently held their commitment ceremony. LeAnna Crawford – Fort Collins, Colorado. LeAnna is an English student at Colorado State University and recently returned from a semester in Ireland. This is her first publication. Joe Eichman – Denver, Colorado. Joe earned his degree in English and German at Hastings College in Nebraska. This is his first publication. Eric Inman – Boulder, Colorado. Eric moved to Colorado in 1979. He works in student services at the University of Colorado at Boulder and is a practicing Buddhist and an omnivore. Christopher Thomas – Omaha, Nebraska. Christopher chose to read poetry and learn from it directly. His work has appeared in several publications, including Amelia, Bay Windows, Chiron Review, The Evergreen Chronicles, The James White Review, and New York Magazine. His poetry collection, The Smell of Carnal Knowledge, is being published by Lone Willow Press. Noah Tysick – Freeland, Michigan. Noah is pursuing his M.A. in English Literature at Central Michigan University with a creative writing concentration. In 1997, his writing was awarded the Tyner Prize from Saginaw Valley State University. Sandra Vannoy – San Diego, California. Sandra lives with "cute-poet-chick" and step-cat, Dustin. She has begun a habit of coming in second place at local poetry slams. Her work has been printed in The Poet’s Tree, CityWorks, and The Best of the Beach. The Artists: D.C. Kelly – Tucson, Arizona. Diane studied drawing in Paris in 1989 and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting in 1991. She received the Eastern Michigan University Fine Arts Scholarship in 1985 and the Amazon Women’s Fund Grant in 1997. She was awarded first place in a juried exhibit at the Stillwell-Twiggs House in Tucson, AZ in 1998. Steve Wilcox – Tucson, Arizona. Steve has been painting for many years. Steve’s landscapes are expressions of his fascination with the natural world and the desert in particular. His deepest interest is plants because of their quiet, patient, tenacious beauty. He says we learn from plants because they produce (food, wood) and do not try to escape, but call upon our own volitional restraint to not harm them. Gary Brown – Santa Barbara, California. Gary is a Professor of Art at UCSB, and has exhibited both nationally and internationally. Over the course of the last decade, much of Gary’s work has centered on issues of life, love, loss and death, influenced by the AIDS crisis. Ann Reyes – Cheyenne, Wyoming. Ann received her doctorate from the University of Cincinnati. She is a marriage & family therapist in Cheyenne where she lives with her partner and son. She was a faculty member at the University of Wyoming and the University of Washington. Her interest in photography began two years ago. Ann enjoys both digital & traditional photographs. Other non-academic publications include her poem, "Eventide," and an essay, "Sacredness of the Ordinary". Kent Allen Jones – Tucson, Arizona. Kent is interested in human conditions, our obsessions, and our idiosyncrasies. He wants his work to have a presence and a sense of itself. It looks out as you look in. Kent also does sculpture in fiber. |
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