Spring 2010
Artwork
Aerial Rhythm; Black, White, and Gray; Harmony in Three Parts, Locust Tre; Oak Leaf Mosaic; Red Leaf; River Run; Spring Leaf;Tempo in Line; White Earth II; & Winter Light鈥�Artist听听is a maker of tiles, sculpture, and public murals. She exhibits her work in invitational and juried exhibitions, most recently The 2010 Clay National in Lubock, Texas, and The Feats of Clay Exhibition 2010 in Lincoln, California, where听White Covering with Paw Paw Leaves听won the Tile Heritage Award. McCroskey is represented by Denise Bibro Fine Arts in New York City where she has had two solo exhibitions. Her work has been reviewed in听American Ceramics, reproduced in听Ceramics Monthly听and听American Craft, and featured in books such as听Mastering the Craft听by Richard Zakin,听Handmade Tiles by Frank Giorgini, and听Architectural Ceramics for the Studio Potter by Peter King. Nancy won regional and national competitions for public murals听Riverun听and听Aerial Rhythm听and has been awarded an Individual Artist Grant by The Indiana Arts Commission. McCroskey heads the Ceramics Program at Indiana Purdue University in Fort Wayne.
Poetry
"Casa Marina" & "Palmetto Bugs"鈥�Candace Black's听chapbook听Casa Marina听won the RopeWalk Press 2009 Thomas A. Wilhelmus Award, and her first collection of poems,听The Volunteer, was the 2000 winner of the Minnesota Voices Poetry Prize from New Rivers Press. Black teaches creative writing at Minnesota State University Mankato.
"There was once a shoe and a coat" & "Wish and ache, emphatic"鈥�Marianne Boruch听is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently听Grace, Fallen from听(Wesleyan, 2008) and听Poems: New and Selected听(Oberlin, 2004). A second book of essays on poetry,听In the Blue Pharmacy, appeared in 2005 from Trinity University Press. Boruch teaches in the MFA program at Purdue University and in the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.
"Splitting Post"鈥�Haines Eason听is the 2010 winner of the听Cream City Review听Beau Boudreaux Poetry Prize. His poems have appeared widely in journals like听New England Review, Pleiades, Yale Review, Barrow Street, Indiana Review, and听Shenandoah. His chapbook,听A History of Waves, selected by Mark Doty for a PSA Chapbook Fellowship, is forthcoming. Eason teaches at the Kansas City Art Institute.听
"The Postcard"鈥�Chelsea Henderson听is in her third year pursuing her undergraduate degree in poetry-writing at the University of Virginia, where she studies with Rita Dove and Lisa Russ Spaar. She has had poems accepted in the听Sow's Ear Poetry Review,听The Briar Cliff Review, and听The North American Review. Henderson was awarded second place in the 2009 James Hearst Poetry Prize, and is a co-winner of the 2010 Hollins University undergraduate poetry contest.
"Alzheimer's, a Portrait"鈥�Sara E Lamers鈥檚听collection of poetry听A City Without Trees听was published by March Street Press in 2007. A chapbook,听Applause: The Patron Saint Poems, is forthcoming from Pudding House Publications. Other work has appeared in journals such as听Fugue, The MacGuffin, Main Street Rag, and听Rattle. Lamers teaches at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, MI, and received an MFA in poetry from Purdue University.
"'A Struggle Between a Demon & a Gritty Little Dwarf,'" "Chicken & Other Stereotypes," "Marriage Proposal," "Race Relations (Etta Duryea)," & "Race Relations (Jack Johnson)"鈥�听is the author of听The Devil鈥檚 Garden听(Alice James Books, 2003) and听Mixology听(Penguin, 2009), which was a winner of the 2008 National Poetry Series. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in听American Poetry Review, The Best American Poetry 2010, Crab Orchard Review听and听Pleiades. Matejka teaches at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville where he serves a poetry editor of听厂辞耻鈥檞别蝉迟别谤.
"He Says the Sins"鈥�Laura McCullough听has four collections of poems including听Panic, winner of the 2009 Kinereth Gensler Award and forthcoming from Alice James Press;听Speech Acts, forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press in fall 2010; as well as two chapbooks, including听Women and Other Hostages, forthcoming from Amsterdam Press. A two time New Jersey State Arts Council Fellow, her work has appeared recently or is forthcoming in听The American Poetry Review, The Writers Chronicle, Prairie Schooner, Harpur Palate, Crab Orchard Review, Gulf Coast, and others. She is a doctoral candidate in the Critical and Creative Writing program at Bangor University in Wales.
"颁辞谤谤颈诲辞谤"鈥�Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum听grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, received his MFA in Poetry from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and now conducts genetic research at the University of Southern California. He has recent or forthcoming poems, interviews, and reviews in听The Missouri Review,听厂辞耻鈥檞别蝉迟别谤, Southern Indiana Review, The Spoon River Poetry Review, Grist, Rattle, Third Coast, The Cortland Review, The Crab Orchard Review, CENTER, Blueline, and The River Oak Review.听听He is also the founder and editor of听, an online forum of Contemporary American Poetry, original and previously-published interviews, essays, and reviews.
"Shifting with Both Hands"鈥擫iam Rector鈥檚听books of poems include听The Executive Director of the Fallen World,听American Prodigal, and听The Sorrow of Architecture. His poems appeared in听Agni, Paris Review, American Poetry Review, The New Republic,Boston Review, Slate, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. His reviews and essays appeared in magazines and books that include American Poetry Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The Boston Globe, Hudson Review, Bostonia, The Oxford Companion to Literature, and听Contemporary Poets. Rector鈥檚 honors include fellowships in poetry from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and he received the Friend to Writers Award from PEN New England. He edited听The Day I Was Older: On the Poetry of Donald Hall, and co-edited, with Tree Swenson,听On the Poetry of Frank Bidart: Fastening the Voice to the Page. He founded and directed the graduate Writing Seminars at Bennington College, and administered literary programs at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Academy of American Poets. Rector died on August 15, 2007.
"Watching President Reagan's Funeral, I Think of My Father in the Hospital Waiting Room on the Day I was Born"鈥�Joshua Robbins听has recent work published or forthcoming in听Best New Poets, Verse Daily, Third Coast, Hayden鈥檚 Ferry Review, Copper Nickel, Mid-American Review, Southern Poetry Review, and elsewhere. He won the 2008 James Wright Poetry Award, and recently received a Pushcart Prize nomination. Robbins is a PhD candidate in English at the University of Tennessee where he teaches poetry writing, and serves as Poetry Editor for the journal听Grist.
"Nobody's Fool"鈥擩ames Valvis听has poems or short stories forthcoming in听Confrontation, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Hurricane Review, New Laurel Review, New York Quarterly, Nimrod, Pearl, Rattle, Slipstream, Timber Creek Review, and others. He lives in Washington state with his wife and daughter.
Fiction
"Preservation" & "Primer"鈥�Kevin Allardice's听fiction has appeared in听The North American Review,听Gulf Coast, and elsewhere.听A graduate of the University of Virginia's MFA program, he lives in Charlottesville.
"骋谤补诲耻补迟别诲"鈥�Randall Brown听teaches at and directs Rosemont College's MFA in Writing and Graduate Literature programs. He is the author of the award-winning collection听Mad to Live听and has an essay in the anthology听The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips from Editors, Teachers, and Writers in the Field. Brown has been published widely, both online and in print.
"Low Life"鈥�Lori Rader Day鈥檚听stories have appeared in听Crab Orchard Review, TimeOut Chicago, After Hours, Big Muddy, and the anthology听Dia de los Muertos. She won the 2008 Chris O鈥橫alley Prize in Fiction from听The Madison Review. Day grew up in central Indiana and now lives in Chicago.
"Stray"鈥擬ary C. Mohr Fiction Award winner听Anne de Marcken听is a writer and time-based artist. Her short stories have been featured in听Best New American Voices, Glimmer Train, The Way We Knew It, Hunger Mountain, and on NPR鈥檚 "Selected Shorts." She has been awarded the Howard Frank Mosher Prize for Short Fiction, the Stella Kupferberg Memorial Prize, and has received grant and fellowship support from the Jentel Foundation, Centrum, the Hafer Family Foundation, and Artist Trust. She and her partner divide their time between Olympia and Oysterville, Washington.
"His Saving Grace and His Gravest Flaw"鈥�听is the author of three novels:听Water Wings, The Perpetual Ending,听and听Origin of Haloes. Her most recent book,听, was written with her sister, Tracy Kasaboski, and explores the life of their father鈥檚 family during the Second World War. She lives in Toronto, Canada, with her husband and daughter, and is currently at work on a novel.
"La Perdida"鈥�Molly Giles听was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her first book,听Rough Translations, which also won the Pushcart Prize, Flannery O鈥機onnor Award for Short Fiction, Small Press Book Award,听Boston Globe听Award, and PEN Syndicated Fiction Award. Her second book,听Creek Walk, was named one of the most notable books of 1997 by听The New York Times. Her stories have been featured on National Public Radio鈥檚 鈥淪elected Shorts,鈥� and her short story 鈥淭wo Words,鈥� first published in听The Missouri Review, won the 2003 O. Henry Prize. In 2000, Giles published her first novel,听Iron Shoes. Giles is currently Director of Programs in Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas.
"The Floating Wall"鈥�Adam Johnson听is a Senior Jones Lecturer in creative writing at Stanford University. A Whiting Writers鈥� Award winner and NEA Fellowship recipient, Johnson is the author of听Emporium, a short story collection, and the novel听Parasites Like Us, which won a California Book Award. His fiction has appeared in听Esquire, Harper's, Paris Review, Tin House听and听Best American Short Stories.
"厂肠补惫别苍驳别谤蝉"鈥�Alexander Lumans听was born in Aiken, SC. His fiction has been published in or is forthcoming from听Story Quarterly,听Greensboro Review, Black Warrior Review, Cincinnati Review, Rosebud, Gargoyle, Clarkesworld, Surreal South 鈥�09, Press 53 Open Awards 2009, and听The Versus Anthology, among others. He recently graduated from the MFA Fiction Program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and now currently eats and teaches in Boulder, CO.
"骋颈谤濒颈别-骋颈谤濒"鈥�Lee Martin听is the author of the novels听The Bright Forever, a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction;听River of Heaven; and听Quakertown. He has also published two memoirs,听From Our House听and听Turning Bones, and a short story collection,听The Least You Need To Know. Martin鈥檚 fiction and nonfiction have appeared in such places as听Harper鈥檚, Creative Nonfiction, The Georgia Review, Story, The Kenyon Review, Fourth Genre, The Southern Review,听and听Glimmer Train. He is the winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction and the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ohio Arts Council. Martin teaches in the MFA Program at The Ohio State University.
"叠别濒颈别惫别谤蝉"鈥�听is a fiction writer and playwright who lives in Chicago. A winner of the Nelson Algren Literary Award, the Great Lakes Book Award, the Society of Midland Authors Fiction Prize, and a finalist for the Story Prize, he is the author of five novels,听The Great Perhaps, The Boy Detective Fails, Hairstyles of the Damned, How the Hula Girl Sings, and听Tender As Hellfire. His short-story collections are听Bluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir听and听Demons in the Spring. His nonfiction has appeared in听The New York Times听and听Chicago Magazine. Meno was a contributing editor to the now-defunct听Punk Planet听magazine and currently teaches at Columbia College Chicago.
"The Autopsy"鈥�Joe Woodward听lives in Los Angeles and is at work on a biography of Nathanael West to be published by O/R Books in the fall of 2010. A two-time winner of a Los Angeles Press Club Award, his nonfiction has appeared in the听San Francisco Chronicle Book Review,听Los Angeles Times, and听Poets & Writers听magazine. His story 鈥淓arthquake Kit,鈥� was a finalist for the听Glimmer Train听Short Story Award for New Writers. Woodward received an MFA at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Essays
鈥淗ow Can I Help You?鈥濃��J. David Gonzalez听is a fiction candidate in the MFA program at Florida International University. He has written for听Beautiful Decay Magazine,听Blueprint Directory, and听D.A.M.N. Magazine.
"Houhai Lake in Winter" & "The Overnight Train from Xian Pulls Into Beijing"鈥�听was born and raised in northern California, and currently lives with his wife and children in Peru. He鈥檚 the author of a novella called听Nothing in the World听(winner of the Bullfight Media Little Book Award), a collection of short stories called听All Over听(a finalist for the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award), and a historical guide to the city of Nanjing, China. His work has appeared in several anthologies including听Best American Short Stories, New Sudden Fiction, The Robert Olen Butler Prize Anthology听and听The Future Dictionary of America, and in more than sixty magazines including听McSweeney's, Subtropics, The Georgia Review, American Short Fiction, The Iowa Review听and听Ninth Letter.
"How to Care for Your Pets"鈥�Laura Madeline Wiseman is the recipient of the 2009 Academy of American Poets Award from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she is completing her dissertation and teaching English. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in听Feminist Studies, Margie, MississippiReview.com, and elsewhere. Her poetry chapbook,听My Imaginary, is forthcoming from Dancing Girl Press. Other awards include the Mari Sandoz Award in fiction, the Will Jumper Award in poetry, and three Pushcart Prize nominations. 鈥淗ow to Care for Your Pets鈥� was a finalist for the 2008 Mary C. Mohr Nonfiction Award.听
Reviews
"A Disturbing Dreamscape"听& "Solitary Stanger"鈥擟ontributing editor听Brenda DeMartini鈥檚听stories and poems have appeared in听Confrontation,听Kansas Quarterly,听Minnesota Review,听Mississippi Mud,听The Sun, and听Three Rivers Poetry Journal.
"An Elegant Unearthing:Pamela McClure's听Rock Dove"鈥�Pamela Garvey鈥檚听chapbook听Fear听is available from Finishing Line Press. She has published poetry in many literary journals including听The North American Review, Sonora Review, The Spoon River Poetry Review, Pleiades, and others. Garvey is an associate professor of English at St. Louis Community College-Meramec, and lives in the city of St. Louis with her husband and son.
"Nomadic Music"鈥�Mihaela Moscaliuc's听first poetry collection,听Father Dirt, was published by Alice James Books in 2010.听Her poems, translations, reviews, and articles have appeared in听The Georgia Review, New Letters, Prairie Schooner, Poetry International, Pleiades, Arts & Letters, Connecticut Review, Mississippi Review, Sou,听and elsewhere. Moscaliuc teaches at Monmouth University and in the MFA Program in Poetry and Poetry in Translation at Drew University. 听
"Bringing the Past to Life: Matthew Brennan's听The House with the Mansard Roof"鈥斕�Tory Vandeventer Pearman's听book听Women and Disability in Medieval Literature听is forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan. She regularly publishes poetry and reviews of poetry.