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Gerard Grealish

his poetry has appeared in Poet Lore, Free Lunch, The Sow’s Ear, The Connecticut River Review, Parting Gifts, The Ontario Review, The Bad Henry Review, and other magazines.  In August of this year, three pieces of his flash fiction were published by tiny booklets at chapbookpublisher.com. Founder of the Mulberry Poets & Writers Association in 1978, he chaired the editorial board of its poetry anthology, Palpable Clock, published in 2004 by the University of Scranton Press.  For a number of years, he taught literature at the high school and college levels, and presently works as a criminal defense attorney.

Maurizio Cucchi

was born in 1945 in Milan, where he continues to live.  In addition to his poetry, he has published a novel and a book of essays.  His most recent collection, Vite pulviscolari (Dusty Lives, 2009), was awarded the Premio Mario Luzi, one of Italy’s most prestigious literary prizes.  Two translations of his poetry, a volume of selected poems (Chelsea Editions) and a dramatic monologue titled Jeanne d’Arc and Her Double (Gradiva Publications), will be published in 2011.