Contributors

C o n t r i b u t o r s

A l i c e   G a v i n

was born in London, England and lives in Brooklyn, New York. She has an MA in Cultural Anthropology from The New School.

B r a d   R o s e

evidently is the only person in the United States who has not earned an MFA. He received a BA in English, however, during the reign of the Tudors. Links to his poetry and fiction can be found here. His chapbook of miniature fiction from Right Hand Pointing can be read here.

C h i p   D a m e r o n

has published five collections of poems, and individual poems have appeared in publications in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Nigeria.

G o r d o n  P u r k i s

has poetry most recently in Gutter Eloquence and translated into French in Recours au Poème. He is an editor at Shoe Music Press.

J e f f r e y   P a r k

has poetry most recently in Eye to the Telescope, In Parentheses, and Pyrokinection. A native of Baltimore, Jeffrey now lives in Munich, Germany, where he works at a private secondary school. Links to all of his published work can be found here.

J o h n   G r e y

is an Australian-born poet. Recently published in International Poetry Review, Chrysalis, and the science fiction anthology, Futuredaze, with work upcoming in Potomac Review, Sanskrit and Fox Cry Review.

J o h n   M c K e r n a n

who grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, is now a retired comma herder after teaching 41 years at Marshall University. He lives (mostly) in West Virginia where he edits ABZ Press. His most recent book is Resurrection of the Dust. He has published poems in many magazines.

J o n   D e n s f o r d

is a retired government bureaucrat who was once an English Major. He tinkers with his poems in Memphis, Tennessee and at Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas (where he has proclaimed himself poet laureate.) He has recently decided to try to have his poetry published, and his first attempt was accepted by Big Muddy.

L a r r y   D .   T h o m a s

a longtime contributor to  Right Hand Pointing, served as the 2008 Texas Poet Laureate. He has published several collections of poetry, most recently Colors, an electronic chapbook published by Right Hand Pointing in May 2013. His New and Selected Poems (TCU Press, 2008) was a semi-finalist for the National Book Award.

L e n K u n t z

is a writer from Washington State and an editor at the online literary magazine Metazen. His work appears widely in print and online. His story collection, I'm Not Supposed to Be Here and Neither Are You, debuts from Aqueous Books next year. You can find him and his writing at lenkuntz.blogspot.com.

L u i s   C u a u h t é m o c   B e r r i o z á b a l

has had poetry in Blue Collar Review, Orion Headless, and a number of times previously in Right Hand Pointing.  His latest book, Peering Into The Sun, was published by Poet's Democracy (2011).

M .  J .   I u p p a

lives on a small farm near the shores of Lake Ontario. Her most recent poems have appeared in Poetry East, The Chariton Review, Tar River Poetry, Blueline, The Prose Poem Project, and The Centrifugal Eye, among other publications. Her most recent poetry chapbook is As the Crow Flies (Foothills Publishing, 2008), and her second full-length collection is Within Reach (Cherry Grove Collections, 2010). Between Worlds, a prose chapbook, was published by Foothills Publishing in May 2013. She is Writer-in-Residence and Director of the Visual and Performing Arts Minor program at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York.

M a r k   L e e   W e b b

has poems in Juked, Literary Juice, Write Room, Connotation Press, District Lit, and forthcoming in a special edition of San Pedro River Review. He was awarded a June 2013 writing residency on Martha’s Vineyard by Renaissance House. He edits the poetry journal A NARROW FELLOW. Mark was recently nominated for both a Pushcart Prize and Best New Poets.

M a r y   L o u   B u s c h i

has a chapbook, The Spell of Coming (or Going) just published by Patasola Press. Her poems have recently appeared in Swarm, Pank, Willow Springs, Fourway Review, among others. She is a special education teacher in the Bronx.

P h i l i p p e   S h i l s

has 2 kids and a wife. There are dogs and cats too. He's a PA. That could stand for many things. He'd like to leave it to your imagination.

S c o t   S i e g e l

lives in Oregon.

T o m o k o   S a w a d a

a native of Kyoto City, Japan, now lives in New York City. She holds an MFA from The City College of New York.

V a l   D e r i n g   R o j a s

is a Los Angeles based poet and artist who has also studied Addiction and Recovery Counseling and Psychology. A regular contributor to Referential Magazine, her poetry and short fiction has been included in or is forthcoming in ken*again, Dogzplot and A Handful of Dust, among others.