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S Stephanie

holds an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has three chapbooks: Throat (Igneus Press), What the News Seemed to Say (Pudding House rereleased by Igneus Press in 2015), and So This What It Has Come To (Finishing Line Press). Her poetry, fiction, and book reviews have appeared in many literary magazines such as, Birmingham Poetry Review, The Café Review, Rattle, and The Sun. She is the Poetry Editor Emeritus for The Tower Journal and lives in Manchester, NH.

James Rioux

his poems and essays have appeared in such publications as Five Points, the North American Review, Prairie Schooner, and Agenda. He teaches writing at the University of New Hampshire. Living with his wife and dog in Kittery, ME, he is an active musician and founding member of the indie rock band Pale Wallace.

Ronald J. Pelias

his poems have appeared in a number of journals, including Small Pond, Yet Another Small Magazine, Out of Line, Midwest Poetry Review, Margie, and Whetstone.  His most recent books, Methodology of the Heart: Evoking Academic and Daily Life (AltaMira Press), Leaning: A Poetics of Personal Relations (Left Coast Press), and Performance: An Alphabet of Performative Writing (Left Coast Press), call upon the poetic as a research strategy.