David Filer
David Filer: grew up in the California desert. He received his undergraduate degree in English literature from the University of California–Santa Barbara. After law school, he took up the practice of law in Oregon in 1981. His poetry has appeared in Rattle, Cider Press Review, White Pelican Review, Poetry Depth, The Café Review, Tiger’s Eye Review, Roanoke Review, and many others. His most recent books are Housekeeping, a chapbook of sonnets (Finishing Line Press 2012) and The Fear of Love (Plainview Press 2013). Proceeds from the sale of his books are donated to The Imani Project’s orphan support fund.
Lucas Diggle
Lucas Diggle: a native New Englander, Luc was raised in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He divides much of his time between the Maine Coast and Vermont’s Upper Valley, where he is a professional bread baker for King Arthur Flour. He holds an undergraduate degree in religion and in 2016 received his MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars.
Neeli Cherkovski
Neeli Cherkovski: was born in Santa Monica, California in 1945. He is an applauded poet, critic, memoirist, and literary biographer. He has written twelve books of poetry, including: From the Canyon Outward, the award winning Leaning Against Time, Elegy for Bob Kaufman, and Animal; two acclaimed biographies, Bukowski: A Life and Ferlinghetti: A Biography. His book, Whitman’s Wild Children (a collection of critical memoirs), has become an underground classic. He teaches in The Floating University, offering courses in poetics, along with David Meltzer and Michael Rothenberg.
Robert Carr
Robert Carr: is the author of Amaranth a chapbook published in 2016. He is Associate Editor for Indolent Books in Brooklyn, NYC. Recent work appears in the Bellevue Literary Review, Kettle Blue Review, New Verse News, Radius Literary Magazine, Pretty Owl Poetry, and other publications. His poem “Censor Approaching” is recently published in the Sibling Rivalry Press anthology, If You Can Hear This: Poems in Protest of an American Inauguration. He is Deputy Director for the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.