Mary Anne AndersonAnderson has made 5 CDs, and was a guest vocalist at the Monterey Jazz festival. Her stage plays include “The Climb”, and a one-woman musical,“BAR LIES... and other tales." She's an award-winning poet with two chapbooks, “The Road Home”, and “Dreamscape.” Her book,“Cronicas de un Amor Eternal/Letters to A Love Unsung” was read/performed at the San Miguel de Allende International Authors’ Sala. She is currently writing a fictional memoir, “Confessions of a Not-So-Famous Singer, or Please Don’t Tell My Mama On Me.” She and her husband, Ames, reside in Cambria, CA and Maui. They perform as the musical duo “Simple Pleasures.”
Randall Brown Brown teaches at and directs Rosemont College’s MFA in Creative Writing Program in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He is the author of the award-winning collection Mad to Live (Flume Press, 2008), his essay on (very) short fiction appears in The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips from Editors, Teachers, and Writers in the Field, and he appears in the Norton Anthology of Hint Fiction (W.W. Norton, 2010). He has been published widely, both online and in print, and blogs regularly at FlashFiction.Net.
Emma DuncanEmma Duncan is a native of the central coast, currently residing in New York where she will graduate from Sarah Lawrence College in May of 2012. She spent the last year abroad in England, where she studied acting intensively in London, traveled in Europe, and made literary pilgrimages all over the country. She has been published previously in ViVACE 2, and in the SLC Review. You can visit and read her poetry at http://thesilkumbrella.tumblr.com.
Jim HayesHayes is a Cal Poly State University Journalism Professor Emeritus, journalist and former
LA Times writing coach. In 2006, he collaborated with Art Professor Emeritus Robert Reynolds on
The Art of Robert Reynolds: Quiet Journey, a 176-page hardbound book.
Diane KosarkoKosarko's first major disappointment came at age 9 when it hit her (being neither male or black) that she would never be a Harlem Globetrotter. She dislikes okra, mendacity and intolerant people. She enjoys table tennis, gelato and the musings of David Sedaris. Born with the gift of laughter, realizing the world is mad, she is a guide at Hearst Castle, where she considers herself in the Infotainment business. Having taught kindergarten - 12th grade, she continues to annoy people in Cambria, Caifornia.
Sally LemeeLemee is an aspiring photographer who enjoys nature through the eyes of a camera lens. Her career as a program manager of training programs at UCSC Extension enabled her to take advantage of several photography classes in the Monterey and Santa Cruz areas.
Glenna LuscheiLuschei is the publisher/editor
Café Solo, Solo and Solo Café. She has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a D.H Lawrence Fellowship in New Mexico, an Honorary Doctorate of Literature from St. Andrew’s Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, North Carolina and a Master of Life Award from her alma mater, The University of Nebraska. She was named Poet Laureate of San Luis Obispo City and County for the year 2000. For four years, she served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Robert McDowellMcDowell's poetry, criticism, and fiction have been published widely here and abroad in magazines such as
The Hudson Review,
Poetry,
The New Criterion,
The Kenyon Review,
London Magazine, and
Zzyzyva, among others. He is the author of
Poetry as Spiritual Practice: Reading, Writing, and Using Poetry in Your Daily Rituals, Aspirations, and Intentions, and three collections of poetry, On
Foot, In Flames, Quiet Money and The Diviners and founder of
The Reaper magazine and
Story Line Press. His other published books include
How I Came to Know Fish by Ota Pavel, stories translated from the Czech with Jindriska Badal; the revised
Sound and Form in Modern Poetry with Harvey Gross; and
The Reaper Essays. He is also the editor of the anthologies,
Poetry After Modernism, and
Cowboy Poetry Matters.
NutzleNutzle, a.k.a Bruce Kleinsmith, who pictures himself as a fine artist locked inside a cartoonist's body. Contributor to the
Japan Times for 16-years and Rolling Stone Magazine in the 1970s and a cartoonist for
The Santa Cruz Weekly.
Mark B. OliverAmongst Oliver’s writing credits are short stories and radio documentaries for the BBC, including The Advent of Fear, Snowfall, and The Night After Hallowe'en for the immensely popular BBC drama Doctor Who. Other writing credits include comic strips for My Little Pony and Polly Pocket with a weekly readership of approximately one million children, and numerous articles. His first two books will be published in 2012; one is a humorous childhood memoir, the other a science fiction book.
Robert PenskePeake’s debut short collection Human Shade was selected for the Lost Horse Press New Poets Series by Marvin Bell. He studied poetry at the University of California, Berkeley and in the Master of Fine Arts In Writing Program at Pacific University, Oregon. In the 2010-2011 academic year, he was Senior Poetry Editor of Silk Road Review. His poems have received honorable mentions in both the Rattle Poetry Prize and the Atlantic Monthly Student Writing Contest. He was also a finalist in the 2007 James Hearst Poetry Prize, a runner up in the 2009 Indiana Review Poetry Prize, and received a Pushcart Prize nomination. Robert’s essays and reviews have appeared in Poetry International and the Chicago Sun-Timesonline. Peake currently lives in London, England with his wife, Valerie and cat, Miranda.
Kit SibertAs a poet, a painter, or a photographer, Sibert is largely influenced by her childhood in Mexico, Puerto Rico and Cuba (where she lived from 1950 to 1960) and her years in New York City, Madrid, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles and the Pacific Northwest. Presently she lives in Eugene, Oregon where she makes a living as a psychotherapist. She worked for the alternative television series The 90s produced by PBS and more recently has done a score of motel guerrilla art actions throughout the West Coast. She has published How The Light Gets In (lulu.com), a book of poetry, paintings and prose; and has poems in Paul Krassner ‘s Pot Stories for the Soul and in Askew.
Marjorie SimonSimon resides in in Eugene, Oregon where she's been writing, playing and participating in writers' groups. She was a co-editor of
kayak magazine. Her poems have appeared in
Sea of Cortez Review,
Artlife, kayak.
Rebekkah ThompsonThompson was born and raised in rural Oregon. She is an avid artist in all mediums; playing music, painting, making crafts, writing and yoga. Recently she realized writing was her true calling and is pursuing a degree with the intent of becoming a teacher. Her inspiration has stemmed from the wonderful English and Writing teachers she's had over the years, and she wants to inspire others in the same way. In the meantime, she is living in Long Beach, California spending her time channeling creative energy into her writing, work as a barista, and exploring other creative forms of art.
Corbin WentWent is a young actor, playwright, and poet living in New York while concluding his formalized education, before he moves back to his heart of hearts, London, to pursue a career in the theatre. His poetry and photography are available for viewing at anamerican.tumblr.com. This will be his first publication.
Dan WestonWeston grew up in the Boston area and received his Bachelors degree in Engineering from Northeastern University. Specializing in aerospace engineering, he found it rewarding to be on design teams for projects like the Delta family of rockets, satellites, and the International Space Station, but the other side of his brain eventually rebelled and he soon found himself in several improvisational theater groups and writing skits & scenes for friends and television comedy pilots. Weston is currently writing a novelization of a comedy screenplay he co-wrote about the aerospace business while he is working on his Masters degree in Aeronautical Science at Embry-Riddle University.
Liz Hughes WileyLiz Hughes Wiley is a writer, educator and event organizor. Her poetry has appeared in such journals as Passager, Permafrost, Mikrokosmos and Prairie Poetry where her poem Kansas won both the Friends Award and Peer Award. She holds an MA in Aesthetic Education from UC Santa Cruz and an MFA in Creative Writing from Wichita State. In 2011, she brought poets and editors from all over the country to St. Louis for her event "Kayak at the Confluence: A Tribute to George Hitchcock" honoring her former professor and his impact on poetry and poets.
Thomas WilmerWilmer's travel writing and photography have taken him from Morocco to China, up to the Arctic Circle, throughout Europe and across Southern Africa. His work has appeared in numerous lifestyle magazines in more than 40 North American newspapers. He is the author of three travels books, Romancing the Coast--Romantic Inns and Resorts Along the California, California Coast Getaways and Wine Seeker’s Guide to Livermore Valley and his award-winning radio travel show, Audiolog—The Travel Show, celebrating its 21th season, airs over National Public Radio affiliate stations. Awarded the Tourism Australia/Qantas Henry Lawson Travel Writing Award for the best North American magazine feature on Australia in 2007, his radio show won “Best Radio Show” from Outdoor Writers Association (OWAC) along with a “Best Magazine Feature” awards in 2007 and his wine book won a “Best Guide Book” award from OWAC in 2011.
Holly WojahnWojahn has made a living with her art for over two decades. Her fine art has been represented by Galleries in The USA, Canada, Japan, and France. Together with her daughter, Kirby, Wojahn co-authored and illustrated "Bon Bon, Voyage", and the soon to be released, "That Hat's Fedorable". A painter, illustrator, and blogger who divides her time between southern California and the south of France, Holly lives, paints, and writes about faith, art, and her much loved life in France.
R. M. ZurkanBorn on Long Island, in New York, Zurkan worked for the CIA and UN before she was 20-years-old, then took a tramp steamer to Istanbul. Returning, she was confidential secretary to Clifton Daniel at
The New York Times. Most recently, she has been a programmer for airlines and hotels. The high point of her career was living in Paris for five years while programming a reservation system for the French high speed trains and Eurostar. Zurkan now resides in Central California with a jealous border collie mix and a cranky cat.
