CONTRIBUTORS
Thomas Bacher was born in Japan before moving to Minnesota, the coldest spot of his life. His formative years were spent in the southwest suburbs of Cleveland listening to rock music and live bands. He grew up when he moved to Brooklyn, New York in the early 1980s. At present, he is maturing in Akron, Ohio. He has written poetry before his age of reason.
Catherine Biggart was born in New York City. She attended the University of Southern California and received an MFA in Writing and Literary Translation from Columbia University. She translates from Spanish and Catalan.
Melissa Burton, the co-founder and website developer for LitBridge lives in Dallas, TX. She has a M.S. in Human Computer Interaction from Iowa State University (ISU).
Connie Conway has published short fiction and poetry in publications such as Redbook and Reader's Digest (sometimes under her then-married name of Brancato) as well as in literary magazines such as Calliope, Aethlon and Brink.
Tristan Franz is a teacher and a writer from Brooklyn, NY.
Ronald Friedman is retired psychologist living in Arizona. His short fiction has appeared in HuffPost/50, Bartleby Snopes Literary Review, and Indiana Crime Review among others.
Michael Green's poetry has appeared in Bitterroot, and others. His haiku/tanka variants have appeared in Modern Haiku, and others. His prose and flash fiction has appeared in several issues of Plain Brown Wrapper.
Andy Jameson -- After college, Andy Jameson spent many years spinning his wheels, working any number of jobs: as a rug roller in an Oriental rug factory; a sweeper and trash man at a giant mechanized mill; a bookseller in a lovely but foundering bookstore; and finally as a delivery driver for FedEx. Along the way, he retained his desire to write. Now he teaches composition and creative writing at Lander University and is currently putting the last touches on a short story collection. Other stories from this collection have been published in Harpur Palate and The Chaffin Journal.
Sara Korn's poetry has appeared in the University of Montana’s literary magazine The Oval. Other than being a poet, she is a Denver native and a student studying Poetry and Nonprofit Administration at the University of Montana in Missoula. She's a coffee addict, cat lover, and mac-and-cheese connoisseur. Her future goals are to not only publish her poetry, but also to establish a nonprofit in Missoula that makes the creative arts more accessible to people with disabilities, both physical and developmental.
Jane Rosenberg LaForge is the author of the full-length poetry collection, With Apologies to Mick Jagger, Other Gods, and All Women (The Aldrich Press, 2012) and three poetry chapbooks. Her experimental memoir, An Unsuitable Princess: A True Fantasy/A Fantastical Memoir, is forthcoming from Jaded Ibis Press in 2014. More information is available at jane-rosenberg-laforge.com
Patricia O'Donnell's short fiction has appeared in many places, including The New Yorker, Agni Review, North American Review, Prairie Schooner, and The American Literary Review. Her novel Necessary Places was published by Cadent Publishing in 2012. She is a Professor of Creative Writing and directs the BFA Program at the University of Maine at Farmington.
Kristen Orlando hopes to swim with dolphins one day, has eleven cactus plants in her windowsill, and has ridden an elephant twice. She is perhaps too passionate about things like mentoring, matching the color of her dog’s bandanna to her own clothing, cancer awareness, the possibility of saving children from foster care, and the misunderstood but actually beautiful intentions of Frankenstein’s monster. She writes.
Robert Schmidt was born in North Carolina and now resides in New York City. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina in Philosophy. He received his law degree at the City University of New York. His writing is focused on trying to portray the philosophical significance of everyday events. He is always searching for human nature in every word and action and tries to write on many different levels.
Mark Vogel has published short stories in Cities and Roads, Knight Literary Journal, Whimperbang, SN Review, and Our Stories. Poetry has appeared in Poetry Midwest, English Journal, Cape Rock, Dark Sky, Cold Mountain Review, Broken Bridge Review and other journals. He is currently Professor of English at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.
Abigail Warren is a resident of Western Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley arts community, She currently teaches writing, literature, and poetry at Cambridge College; in addition, she serve son the Advisory Board for 30 Poems in November, a fund-raising campaign for the Center For New Americans. In keeping with her passion, she has had the opportunity to participate in numerous poetry collectives, conferences, classes, programs, readings, and literary fundraisers. She has studied with Galway Kinnell, Sharon Olds, Claudia Emerson, Daisy Fried, Tony Hoagland, and Chase Twichell. In addition, she isa recipient of Smith College’s Rosemary Thomas Poetry Prize. Abigail's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Bluestem, Clarion, Compass Rose, Crack the Spine, decomP magazinE, Dos Passos Review, DUCTS, The Emerson Review, Forge, Gemini Magazine, Hawai’i Pacific Review, Into The Teeth Of The Wind, The Legendary, The Monarch Review, Progenitor, Pearl, Brink Magazine, Sanskrit, the Smith College Poetry Center Alumnae Poets, Sonora Review, and the anthology 30 Poems in November.
Catherine Biggart was born in New York City. She attended the University of Southern California and received an MFA in Writing and Literary Translation from Columbia University. She translates from Spanish and Catalan.
Melissa Burton, the co-founder and website developer for LitBridge lives in Dallas, TX. She has a M.S. in Human Computer Interaction from Iowa State University (ISU).
Connie Conway has published short fiction and poetry in publications such as Redbook and Reader's Digest (sometimes under her then-married name of Brancato) as well as in literary magazines such as Calliope, Aethlon and Brink.
Tristan Franz is a teacher and a writer from Brooklyn, NY.
Ronald Friedman is retired psychologist living in Arizona. His short fiction has appeared in HuffPost/50, Bartleby Snopes Literary Review, and Indiana Crime Review among others.
Michael Green's poetry has appeared in Bitterroot, and others. His haiku/tanka variants have appeared in Modern Haiku, and others. His prose and flash fiction has appeared in several issues of Plain Brown Wrapper.
Andy Jameson -- After college, Andy Jameson spent many years spinning his wheels, working any number of jobs: as a rug roller in an Oriental rug factory; a sweeper and trash man at a giant mechanized mill; a bookseller in a lovely but foundering bookstore; and finally as a delivery driver for FedEx. Along the way, he retained his desire to write. Now he teaches composition and creative writing at Lander University and is currently putting the last touches on a short story collection. Other stories from this collection have been published in Harpur Palate and The Chaffin Journal.
Sara Korn's poetry has appeared in the University of Montana’s literary magazine The Oval. Other than being a poet, she is a Denver native and a student studying Poetry and Nonprofit Administration at the University of Montana in Missoula. She's a coffee addict, cat lover, and mac-and-cheese connoisseur. Her future goals are to not only publish her poetry, but also to establish a nonprofit in Missoula that makes the creative arts more accessible to people with disabilities, both physical and developmental.
Jane Rosenberg LaForge is the author of the full-length poetry collection, With Apologies to Mick Jagger, Other Gods, and All Women (The Aldrich Press, 2012) and three poetry chapbooks. Her experimental memoir, An Unsuitable Princess: A True Fantasy/A Fantastical Memoir, is forthcoming from Jaded Ibis Press in 2014. More information is available at jane-rosenberg-laforge.com
Patricia O'Donnell's short fiction has appeared in many places, including The New Yorker, Agni Review, North American Review, Prairie Schooner, and The American Literary Review. Her novel Necessary Places was published by Cadent Publishing in 2012. She is a Professor of Creative Writing and directs the BFA Program at the University of Maine at Farmington.
Kristen Orlando hopes to swim with dolphins one day, has eleven cactus plants in her windowsill, and has ridden an elephant twice. She is perhaps too passionate about things like mentoring, matching the color of her dog’s bandanna to her own clothing, cancer awareness, the possibility of saving children from foster care, and the misunderstood but actually beautiful intentions of Frankenstein’s monster. She writes.
Robert Schmidt was born in North Carolina and now resides in New York City. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina in Philosophy. He received his law degree at the City University of New York. His writing is focused on trying to portray the philosophical significance of everyday events. He is always searching for human nature in every word and action and tries to write on many different levels.
Mark Vogel has published short stories in Cities and Roads, Knight Literary Journal, Whimperbang, SN Review, and Our Stories. Poetry has appeared in Poetry Midwest, English Journal, Cape Rock, Dark Sky, Cold Mountain Review, Broken Bridge Review and other journals. He is currently Professor of English at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.
Abigail Warren is a resident of Western Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley arts community, She currently teaches writing, literature, and poetry at Cambridge College; in addition, she serve son the Advisory Board for 30 Poems in November, a fund-raising campaign for the Center For New Americans. In keeping with her passion, she has had the opportunity to participate in numerous poetry collectives, conferences, classes, programs, readings, and literary fundraisers. She has studied with Galway Kinnell, Sharon Olds, Claudia Emerson, Daisy Fried, Tony Hoagland, and Chase Twichell. In addition, she isa recipient of Smith College’s Rosemary Thomas Poetry Prize. Abigail's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Bluestem, Clarion, Compass Rose, Crack the Spine, decomP magazinE, Dos Passos Review, DUCTS, The Emerson Review, Forge, Gemini Magazine, Hawai’i Pacific Review, Into The Teeth Of The Wind, The Legendary, The Monarch Review, Progenitor, Pearl, Brink Magazine, Sanskrit, the Smith College Poetry Center Alumnae Poets, Sonora Review, and the anthology 30 Poems in November.
