normal: normal cut his teeth wailing poesy in greenwich village circa 1962-64 at the legendary rafio cafe—in 1992 began sending his work out & has since had between 600-650 pieces including several chatbooks published—mostly in underground rags—in 2013 lummox press published a 50 year retrospect collection i see hungers childern—in 2020 normal published a book of meditative poems with artist stephen kerner a heightened sense of light—2022 iniquity press put out 2nd collection ghostsong for the masses—2023 normals first book of prose, the novella augie in the tower was published also by iniquity press.

Gary Margolis PhD: Executive Director Emeritus, College Mental Health Services, Associate Professor, English (part-time Middlebury College). Recent Books Included: What It Means To Be Happy, Museum of Islands, Time Inside, and Seeing the Songs: A Poet’s Journey to the Shamans in Ecuador

Bruce Holsapple: is a New Mexico-based poet and scholar, author of nine poetry books and a study on William Carlos Williams. A retired speech-language pathologist, he writes daily from his desert home, exploring experimental forms and the natural world. His latest work, Sun, Wind, Rain, is forthcoming.

Cecelia Hagen: Cecelia Hagen’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Shore, NELLE, Cider Press Review, New Ohio Review, Guesthouse, Eco Theo, On the Seawall, Zyzzyva, and other journals. Her books include Entering (Airlie Press) and the chapbooks Among Others (Traprock Books), and Fringe Living (26 Books Press). Her poems have been set to music and laser-cut onto steel panels that are put of the public art at 26 bus stops in her hometown of Eugene, Oregon.