a poet and playwright, is also editor of Simpatico Poets Press in New Orleans. He is a frequent contributor to Yawp: A Journal of Poetry and Art, also out of New Orleans. Kerwick’s work has been presented in Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Oregon, Toronto, and smaller North American cities. His poetry collections include The Orchestra has Left the Building and Behind Lies the Sugar. His book–length poem, You Stand Alongside Desire, is slated for release by Foothills Publishing in May. He has lived in New Orleans Parish for more than 25 years.

is a Romanian–born author living in Vestal, N.Y. His first book of poetry is Days When I Saw the Horizon Bleed (FootHills Publishing, 2006). His work has also appeared in Ted Kooser’s American Life in Poetry project, Dogmatika, Paterson Literary Review, and Confluence (an anthology of New York writers). He has a bachelor’s degree in English from Binghamton University, a master’s degree in journalism from Iona College, a master’s degree in education from Elmira College, and has worked as a reporter, columnist, and lecturer. He is currently pursuing a doctorate at Binghamton.

is native New Englander, A distinguished Professor Emeritus at Eastern Illinois University, his poems have appeared in Poetry, The Atlantic, American Scholar, and many of the quarterlies. Among his books of poetry are January Thaw (University of Pittsburgh Press) and, most recently, New England Primer (Cherry Grove Collections). He has received fellowships in writing from the NEA, the Illinois Arts Council, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. He edits The Spoon River Poetry Review. He and his wife, the artist/jeweler Victoria Woollen–Danner, divide their time between homes in Charleston, Ill., and Bethel, Maine. Together, they have five children.

originally from Memphis, he is currently an associate professor at the University of Evansville–Indiana, where he is the editor of Measure: A Review of Formal Poetry and associate director of the University of Evansville Press. His work has appeared in numerous publications such as Poetry, The North American Review, Prairie Schooner, and others. He has been a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. Griffith, who lives in Evansville, has published two chapbooks, Necessary Alchemy (1999), which won the Tennessee Chapbook Competition, and Poisoning Caesar (2004). His first full–length collection, A Matinee in Plato’s Cave, was recently published by Water Press & Media.