Contributors' Notes

Phillipp Dismukes is your average bald man, and wanders the streets of Durham NC nightly.

Cheryl Gilbert is an Amsterdam-based writer. She used to publish a fair amount of poetry in pre-Internet journals and papers you probably have never heard of (Caliban, Sojourner, New Stone Circle). She has recently returned to writing after detours into film, teaching, and middle management.  She is originally from upstate New York. Her work has recently appeared in uglycousin.

Mark Murphey writes in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK.

Geoshino Ollscia Geoshino Ollscia was born in the United States and received training throughout the States and Europe at various institutions including Stanford University and The European Graduate School. He currently lives in New York City and teaches at private and charter schools. For contact, please e-mail geoshino.ollscia@gmail.com

Andrew Payton is a poet, filmmaker, hitchhiker, MFA hopeful, and recent graduate of Towson University. He currently lives in Bowling Green, KY after stints in an intentional community in DC and dropping out of grad school in Ireland. Next, he'll be making a film about grey whales in the Sea of Cortez. His poems have been published in Grub Street, The Oracle, and The GW Review.

Jay Smith lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Vuong Quoc Vu was born in Saigon, Vietnam, but grew up in San Jose, CA.  I studied creative writing at San Jose State University and Fresno State University.  My work has appeared in ZYZZYVA, The Atlanta Review, Kathika Review, Poet Lore, the North American Review, among others.