Jamie Parsley is the author of seven books of poems, most recently Just Once, published in 2007 by Loonfeather Press. In 2004, he was named an Associate Poet Laureate of North Dakota by current Poet Laureate Larry Woiwode. He lives in Fargo, North Dakota, USA.
Emma Cottrell is a free-lance writer and poet now living in Atlanta, Georgia who seeks to explore the inner nature of things and the role of the senses in her writings. Her poetry has been published in two anthologies, Twilight Musings and A Surrender to the Moon and in journals such as Georgia Backroads and White Tops.
Joan E. Bauer grew up in Los Angeles, CA and worked for some years as an English and journalism teacher in public and independent schools. Her poems have appeared in The Comstock Review, 5 AM, Main Street Rag, Paper Street, Poet Lore, and other journals.
Christine Timm is a NYC performance poet, drawing inspiration from jazz and ska, West African griottes, Ginsberg and Bukowski, and a bucket of spoken word artists. Her recently completed dissertation, Breaking the Silence: Manifestations of the Oral Tradition in 20th Century Literature landed her a Ph.D. from the City of New York Graduate Center, where she was a student of Allen Ginsberg.