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This Month's
Contributors.
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Ace Boggess
Ace Boggess (Huntington, WV), senior associate editor for The Adirondack
Review, is author of one book of poems, THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHOSE
WISH WAS NOT FULFILLED, published in 2003 by Highwire Press. He earned
degrees from Marshall (B.A.) and West Virginia (J.D.) Universities. A fellowship
recipient in fiction from the West Virginia Commission On the Arts, his
writing appears in Harvard Review, Poetry East, Notre Dame Review, Atlanta
Review, The Southeast Review, The Florida Review and similar journals.
Currently he seeks a publisher for his literary novel, STATES OF MERCY,
represented by Anne Hawkins in New York, that follows a spiritually-inclined
young woman through the turmoils of the new millennium and 9/11 while she
strives to find the key to her enlightenment. His new audio CD featuring
13 songs was released in May. Many of his songs can be downloaded as free
mp3 on various web sites (artist.amazon.com/aceboggess,
www.besonic.com/aceboggess,
music.download.com/aceboggess).
Kristy Bowen
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 hypertext collection, lattitudes. 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.
Joe Brennskag
Joe has been interested in photography since childhood but has only
within the last couple of years began seriously working at his craft.
Joe lives in rural West Virginia and rural themes and landscapes are his
chief interest. You can see his work at http://www.pbase.com/wvjoe/pad
Tess Campbell
Tess Campbell states that experimenting with digital infrared photography
is her passion. More of her work can be seen at http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallByMember.asp?mem=9537
Curtis Cole
Curtis Cole, the author of lovelifeloss currently resides in Texas
with his two lovely children. Besides his book, his work has been published
in Nevermore Magazine, The Bawl Point Pen, The Poetry Sharings Journal,
and other publications.
Carolyn Fuller
Carolyn Fuller is a writer who lives in Michigan with her husband and
two children. She has worked as a journalist for Camden Publications,
and published and edited Soubriquet~The Zine of Ironies. Her poems,
a book review, a short story and an essay have been published in The
Stone Table and Sensual Aspirations.
Jennifer Lynn Hall
Jennifer Lynn Hall's poems appear in Confluence, Pebble Lake Review,
Silhouette, Mobius, Poems Niederngasse, Pierian Springs, Umbriate, Fiction
Falls, Et Cetera and COPIOUS, with work forthcoming in the anthology,
Wild
Sweet Notes II: More Great Poetry from West Virginia (edited by Ace
Boggess). She is a member of the Guyandotte Poets, and recently won the
Calamity Cafe 11th-anniversary-party poetry slam.
Sheema Kalbasi
Sheema Kalbasi writes in several languages and wrote her first poem
at the age of eight. She is the Director of Dialogue of Nations Through
Poetry in Translation and co-director of the Other Voices International
Project. Kalbasi’s works have been translated and published in various
anthologies, literary journals, and online magazines. Her poems "For Women
of Afghanistan" and "Mama in the War" have attracted critical attention.
She has traveled frequently, having resided in a variety of countries since
a very young age. Today she lives with her husband and their daughter in
the United States.
David Krump
David Krump writes: "I am currently pursuing (almost done) a BS in
English Writing from Viterbo University. I recieved the Genglier
Award for Composition in 2000, and this last May (2004) I recieved the
Newman Award for my last collection of poems words for rain.
My work has appeared or is forthcoming in Rio: a Journal of the Arts,
Red River Review, Chiron Review, Blue Fifth Review, L'Intrigue: the Wild
Magnolia of Literature, Steam Ticket, Unlikely Stories: a collection of
literary art, and about a dozen other kind journals."
Brenda LaFleur
I have been an on again, off again amateur photographer for many years.
Digital opportunities have rekindled my interest. I have always focused
on landscape and travel photography but am attempting to broaden my sights.
I've taken Bryan Peterson's Exposure and Learning to See Creatively classes
and Lewis Kemper's Photoshop #1 and PhotoShop #2 classes. I live in Lake
Charles, Louisiana, and take advantage of the many photo ops here in the
bayou country.
Marie Lecrivain
Marie Lecrivain is a writer/photographer residing in Los Angeles, stuck
in the 10th level of poetic hell, and is the executive editor of poeticdiversity.
Her work has appeared in Animus, Aesthetica, Poems Niedergasse, The
Blue House and The Homestead Review. Her collection of poetry,
Canticle
of a Bored Hausfrau, is available through Sybaritic
Press.
Richard Messer
Richard Messer writes: "I was once a teacher of creative writing and
have published one book of poetry and prose and many individual words of
poetry and fiction in places like The Sun and the Nation, and Black
Warrior Review."
Mitchell Miller
Mitch Miller has been a photographer since 1989. He recently won the
Artist of the Month honors at Pixiport. More of his work can be viewed
at http://www.pixiport.com/Gallery-E75.htm
and http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/12439.html
Graham Nunn
Graham Nunn is a Brisbane based writer, current Director of the Queensland
Poetry Festival and founding member of local performance group speedpoets
. Currently he edits and produces the monthly speedpoets zine. His
work has been featured in ezines such as Get Underground, Retort Magazine,
Vibewire, Slamming The Sonnet, Synaptic Graffiti, Muse Apprentice Guild,
Ink Mag, Poetic Voices, Stylus Poetry Journal, Melomag, The Surface Online,
Simply Haiku, Short Stuff, tinywords and Sidereality.
Donna Pagakis
Donna Pagakis writes: “I like to take photographs that are artistic
in nature. With the computer as my darkroom, I have been able to use photoshop
to explore the world of photography.” More of her work can be seen at http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallByMember.asp?mem=59877
Donnali Peters
Donnali Peters is a 53 year old
homemaker who has devoted her whole life to family and church. Her three
kids are now grown. In the midst of a mid life crisis a few years back,
needing something to fill her time, she bought her first digital camera
- a Sony Mavic FD88 - and took a little trip to Hawaii. That was her first
experience with a camera, and since that time, she's gotten another Sony
- the FD95. She is now waiting for the Sony 828, which has 8 megapixels.
After all these years, she has found her passion, and it's photography.
She loves to find the story in every picture. More of her photos can be
viewed at
http://community.webshots.com/user/donnali127
Mark Prudowsky
The poet lives in Western North Carolina where he works as an electrical
contractor. Recently he had some poems accepted for publication at offcourse
literary magazine. He will be reading at Warren Wilson College on
September 17, 2004.
Brenda Tate
Brenda Tate is a recently retired high school drama and English teacher
from Canada. She was a finalist in the Glimmer Train 2002 spring competition,
and in the 2003 Winning Writers War Poetry competition. She won the IBPC
contest for May, 2004, with 18 poetry boards participating and also received
Honorable Mention in the 2002 UAS Explorations poetry competition. More
of her poems can be found at The
Critical Poet, where she is a moderator and frequent contributor.
Kosta Trimovski
Kosta Trimovski writes: "I started photography in February of 2003
when I bought my first camera Fuji3800.
My bigest interest are landscapes in color and b/w. Lilly magazine
is a very interesting place on the web and I'm honored to participate in
making it even better." More of Kosta's work can be seen at: http://www.pbase.com/pitsaman
Ann White
Ann White, a native Floridian, is a former journalist who began writing
poetry in 2003. Her poems appear or are scheduled for release in a few
journals and online publications including HLFQ, Barbaric Yawp, Blue
Fifth Review, Triplopia and The Pulse. She is a 2003 Pushcart
Prize nominee.
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