Heathcote Williams

a poet, playwright, and actor, he has made a significant contribution to many fields. He is best known for his extended poems on environmental subjects: Whale Nation, Falling for a Dolphin, Sacred Elephant and Autogeddon. His plays have also won acclaim, notably AC /DC produced at London’s Royal Court, and Hancock’s Last Half Hour. As an actor he has been equally versatile — taking memorable roles in Orlando, Wish You Were Here, and Derek Jarman’s The Tempest, in which he played Prospero.
Leah Twitchell

lives in Brunswick, Maine. This is her first appearance in The Café Review.
Gerd Stern

is a poet, media artist, and cheese maven. He has published several books of poetry and oral history. From Beat Scene Poet to Psychedelic Multimedia Artist 1948 –1978 was publisherd by ROHO, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. He was a founder of the arts /technology cooperative USCO (the company of us), an early member of The Reality Club, president of the public company Intermedia Systems Corporation, and consultant for the Rockefeller Foundation arts program for NEA and NYSCA. He was born on the German/French border and presently lives in New Jersey and on the island of Jamaica.
Russell Rowland

born in Connecticut, he has spent the past quarter century in New Hampshire. His poetry appears in over a hundred journals. He was the 2007 recipient of the Descant magazine Baskerville Publisher’s Award, was the Featured Poet in The Aurorean and Chantarelle’s Notebook, and was featured reader for the Poetry Society of New Hampshire. He has received four Pushcart Prize nominations.