Matthew M. Cariello
is a writer and teacher originally from New Jersey, currently living in Columbus and teaching in the English Department at the Ohio State University. His poetry has been published in Poet Lore, Artful Dodge, The Journal of New Jersey Poets, Frogpond, Acorn, Simply Haiku, Riverbed, The Heron’s Nest, Daily Haiku and Modern Haiku. His reviews and fiction have appeared in The Indiana Review, The Cortland Review, The Journal, The Long Story, Iron Horse Literary Review, Parting Gifts, and Ohioana.
Karina Borowicz
has recent work in AGNI Online, New Ohio Review, and Rattle. Her translations have appeared on Poetry Daily. She lives in Western Massachusetts.
Elly Bookman
is a recent graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She lives and writes in Eugene, Oregon, but will be attending the M.F.A. program at U.N.C. Greensboro this Fall.
Benjamin Aleshire
his poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Green Mountains Review, Connecticut River Review, Seven Days, and Vermont Literary Review. His play, “Gauvain the Good Knight,” won the 2009 Nor’Easter Playwright Competition. This year he helped found a new publication, The Salon: A Journal of Poetry & Fiction, where he serves as editor.

