Janet I. Buck, Ph.D. is the author of four collections of poetry. Her work has appeared in CrossConnect, Zang Spur Review, Pif Magazine, Slow Trains, The Dakota House Journal, The Melic Review, Drunk Duck, Stirring, The Rose & Thorn, Avatar Review, pith, Perihelion, In Motion, OffCourse, and hundreds of journals world-wide. In the year 2000, Janet was of ten U.S. poets to be featured at the "One Heart, One World" Exhibit at the United Nations Exhibit Hall in New York City. Her poem "Acrylic Thighs" was translated into five languages and paired with original artwork. The tour traveled to France, Australia, Vietnam, Brazil, and Japan. In 2001-2002, Buck's poetry is scheduled to appear in PoetryBay, The Montserrat Review, Runes, The Pedestal Magazine, Concrete Wolf, The Carriage House Review, Swagazine, PoetryRepairShop, Slow Trains, Verse Libre Quarterly, Wicked Alice, Facets, Southern Ocean Review, Artemis, The American Muse, and The Pittsburgh Quarterly. Recent awards include The H.G. Wells Award for Literary Excellence, First Place in Kimera's Poetry Contest 2001, Editor's Choice Award for Sol Magazine, and the 2001 Kota Press Anthology Prize. In 2001, Janet's poem "The Teapoy" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by The Pedestal Magazine. For links to more of her work, see: http://members.aol.com/jbuck22874/whatsnew.html ; http://www.janetbuck.com
Michael Ladanyi began seeking
publication of his work this year, though he has been writing
for several. He has been published in Borderlands: Texas Poetry
Review, Austin TX, 2001 Summer print issue, The Circle,
Denver PA, 2001 Spring print and online issues, Creative Juices,
Canterbury CT, Spring 2001 print issue, and has work upcoming
in Joey and the Black Boots, Nederland CO, Summer
2002 print issue, Snow Monkey, Edmonds WA, Summer 2002
print issue, Promise, Mar Vista CA, Spring 2002 print issue
and Concrete Wolf, Bedford NH, 2002 Spring online issue.
Michael invites readers to visit his poetry page at http://www.geocities.com/poet662002/
Veronique Latimer graduated from Vassar College in 1997.
She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco from 1999 to
2001. She now works for The Food Project, a non-profit organization
that brings youth from the city and and the suburbs together to
grow organic vegetables, serve others, learn business and farming
skills and explore issues of hunger and community. Her paintings
from Morocco are currently on exhibition in
the Peace Corps office in the Tip O'Neill Building, Boston.
Tucker Lieberman is a senior at Brown University. His
first novel is coming out in Summer 2002 from XLibris Press.
Chamel Raghu studied art at University of Texas, Austin. More of his work can be seen at http://www.chamel.com/index.htm.
Paul Steven Ray has been composing and performing various mutations of electric-ritual music for over 20 years in experimental venues and festivals. He has worked with such music/video/dance artists as Pheeroan Ak Laff, Vernon Reid, Susie Ibarra, Laura Staton, and Sikay Tang. The trio heard on SHINESPACE, featuring Yuko Fujiyama(piano) and Eli Fontaine (percussion), first performed as part of the NORTH RIVER MUSIC SERIES. Paul Ray lives in Brooklyn and kindly requests that all posers refrain from frequenting Thai restaurants henceforth. Contact: OVRG/RAY 459 59th Street, Bkyln., NY 11220/cmca@earthlink.net
M. L. 'Max' Roth is work is published widely in print and online journals. His work reflects an interest in Eastern philosophy. He lives outside of Los Angeles.
Elizabeth Routen, 21, is the author of the recently
released short story collection, VOICES ON THE STAIR, the official
website for which can be accessed at http://thestair.cjb.net.
Her writing has appeared in publications including The Dead
Mule and The Paumanok Review.
Royce Sykes lives in the Central West End of St. Louis,
Missouri (USA). Panhandlers know him affectionately as "Hey,
you!" He believes the power of love is something akin to
cold fusion; great theory if anyone ever figures out how to make
it work. His poetry has appeared online at Unlikely Stories,
Wired Hearts, Countless Horizons, Another Night And Day Alliance,
Ygdrasil, 2River View, Poetry Magazine (online), Snakeskin,
Switched On Gutenberg, Touch and Liberty Grove. Samples of
his verse may also be viewed at his website: http://www.geocities.com/sojournerwolf/index.html
Penelope Talbert is a poet from Pennsylvania whose work has appeared in many journals including Blind Man's Rainbow, 67 Throw Street High, Adirondack Review and Poems Niederngasse. She is also the founder of Circle Publications; editor of The Circle Magazine (www.circlemagazine.com), a quarterly print and electronic literary journal; a member of the Executive Board of BerksBards, a nonprofit poetry organization based in Berks County, PA and a member of the Lebanon Poetry Project, a not for profit poetry organization in Lebanon County, PA. She also manages the spoken word poetry band Left Sock Theory.
Doug Tanoury grew up in Detroit and still lives in the area. Doug is exclusively a poet of the Internet with the majority of his work never leaving electronic form. He is published widely across the World WideWeb. The greatest influence on Doug and his work was the 7th grade poetry anthology used in Sister Debra's English class: Reflections On A Gift Of Watermelon Pickle and Other Modern Verse, Stephen Dunning, Edward Lueders and Hugh Smith, (c)1966 by Scott Foresman & Company.