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After Cambridge, Nicholas Bielby taught in India (U. of Agra), in schools
and in teacher education in Bradford and in Leeds University. Retired now,
he edits Pennine Platform poetry magazine when not sailing the West Coast
of Scotland. He has written books on early Tudor poetry and how children
learn to read, as well as publishing two collections of poetry. He has won
prizes in several competitions including New Poetry and Arvon
International. As he grows older, his life focuses more and more on his
three granddaughters.
Kristy Bowen’s work has appeared in a number of publications, including Small Spiral Notebook, Stirring, and Poems Niederngasse. She is the author of two chapbooks, Bloody Mary and The Archaeologist’s Daughter, and a variety of hypertext projects. A two-time Pushcart nominee, Bowen was recently awarded first place in The Poetry Center of Chicago’s 10th Annual Juried Reading Competition. She lives in Chicago, where she edits the online journal Wicked Alice, and is the founder of Dancing Girl Press, devoted to publishing work by women poets. More of her work may be seen at: www.angelfire.com/poetry/wickedpen. Janet Buck is a six-time Pushcart Nominee. Her poetry has recently appeared in 2River View, Poetry Magazine.com, Offcourse, Octavo, The Pedestal Magazine, Wicked Alice, Southern Ocean Review, Facets Magazine, and hundreds of journals worldwide. Janet's second print collection of poetry, Tickets to a Closing Play, was the winner of the 2002 Gival Press Poetry Award and her third collection, Beckoned By The Reckoning, was released by PoetWorks Press in the spring of 2004. For links to more of her work, see: http://members.aol.com/jbuck22874/whatsnew.html and www.janetbuck.com. Chris Crittenden lives shocking close to the easternmost edge of the United States, a dangerous place because it's sometimes tempting to flee. He's had recent acceptances from Blue Unicorn, Poesy, Kennesaw Review and Drexel Online Journal. Look for his poems in the latest issue of Chelsea (#76), due out soon! Mark Edmonton lives and works in Malaysia. This is his first published poem. Jesse Lee Kercheval was born in France and raised in Florida. Her second poetry book, Dog Angel, has just been published the University of Pittsburgh Press. Her poetry appears in recent issues of such magazines as Poetry London, London Magazine, Poetry Wales, Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry New Zealand, Prairie Schooner, Field, and the Virginia Quarterly Review among others. Peter Krok is the editor of the Schuylkill Valley Journal and Humanities/Poetry director of the Manayunk Art Center and he has been coordinating a poetry series at the center since 1990. Poems of his have appeared in the Yearbook of American Poetry, Midwest Quarterly, Poet Lore, Negative Capability, Mid-America Poetry Review, Blue Unicorn, New Zoo Review, Poem, River Sedge, and numerous other publications. Peter Roberts has poems forthcoming in Chaffin Journal & Star*Line, & has had poems & stories published in a number of literary magazines, including SubtleTea, Blue Fifth Review, The Paumanok Review, Poem, ken*again, Tryst, Number One, Ship of Fools, Lullaby Hearse, Lily, The Wisconsin Review, Bitter Oleander, Nebo, The William and Mary Review, Small Pond, New York Quarterly, and Confrontation. |
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