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Peter Grandbois

is the author of seven previous books, the most recent of which is, The Girl on the Swing (Wordcraft of Oregon, 2015).  His poems, stories, and essays have appeared in over sixty journals, including, The Kenyan Review, The Gettysburg Review, and Prairie Schooner, and have been shortlisted for both Best American Essays and the Pushcart Prize.  His plays have been performed in St. Louis, Columbus, Los Angeles, and New York. He is a senior editor at Boulevard magazine, fiction co-editor at Phantom Drift, and teaches at Denison University in Ohio.

D. Walsh Gilbert

work has appeared in Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts, Ireland of the Welcomes, and Englyn, and he has received honors from The Farmington River Literary Arts Center and the Artist for Artists Project at the Hartford Art School.  He grew up in southern New Hampshire with family ancestry from County Monaghan, and so, he shares a love of Irish poetry.

Karen Douglass

has published short fiction, two novels, Accidental Child and Providence, and five books of poetry. A member of Lighthouse Writers’ Workshop, Colorado Independent Publishers Association, and Columbine Poets, she has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize.  Another poetry collection, Urban Safari, will be published in 2017.

Pete Brown

was born Christmas day 1940 and is still relatively messianic.  He has been a professional poet since 1960, starving until Albert Hall in 1965.  He is a member of Horovitz’ New Departures group and solo and began songwriting with Cream in 1966 — big hits and a living.  He has been a bandleader and singer since 1968 and is still on the road as this moment passes.  He also produces records and writes filmscripts.  A feature documentary about him should appear this year.  His recent book of poems, Mundane Tuesday and Freudian Saturday  was published in 2016 in the United States.