his poems, essays, and reviews have appeared in Night Train, The Apalachee Review, Poet Lore, Bad Subjects, and The Explicator, among others, and he has new work forthcoming in The South Carolina Review and Alehouse.  He is an Assistant Professor of English at Wor–Wic Community College on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

is a native Mainer with three books of poetry to her credit, the most recent, Drowning: A Poetic Memoir, was published by Moon Pie Press in 2008. Drowning is a book about poverty in Maine, selected by The Orange Room Review as preferred reading for 2009.  She has been published in several poetry journals, the latest being Yankee Magazine’s New England series.  As a freelance writer, her articles appear in local newspapers, such as those by Courier Publications out of Rockland, Maine.  Her essays appear regularly in Wolf Moon Journal, book reviews in Off the Coast, The Cafe Review, and Rattle.  Claire has three grown children, a small herd of grandchildren, and lives in Winthrop, ME.

holds an M.F.A in poetry from Vermont College and has been published in Leaves by Night, Flowers by Day; Collecting Moon Coins II; Diner; The Dryland Fish; The Blue Fig Review; and Busenhalter among other publications. She teaches poetry and writing at the Community College of Vermont, New England Culinary Institute, and the University of Vermont.  Her award–winning chapbook, Epicenter, was published in 2007 by Blue Light Press.