Michael Macklin
is an associate editor with The Café Review. Lately, he has been working with local poets and police officers to produce The Portland Police
Sandee Lyles
is a Registered Nurse, poet, freelance writer, and Publishing Editor of Oak Bend Review. She lives with a houseful of teens, animals, and Jack
Joanne Lowery
her poems have appeared in many literary magazines, including Birmingham Poetry Review, Eclipse, Smartish Pace, Cimarron Review, roger, Atlanta
Sydney Lea
has published eight collections of poetry, most recently Ghost Pain (Sarabande, 2005); two collections of nonfiction, the latest A Little
Richard Jackson
is the author of nine books of poems, most recently, Half Lives: Petrarchan Poems (Autumn House, 2004), Unauthorized Autobiography: New and
Norbert Hirschhorn
is a physician in international public health, commended by President Bill Clinton as an “American Health Hero.” He lives in London and Beirut.