POETRY

Brooks Carver

Brooks Carver is a farmer, a writer of historical fiction and a poet. His family originally came from the Blue Ridge region of North Carolina. He has a reconstruction era novel set in eastern Tennessee, The Angels' Share. At present Brooks is working on the sequel and another manuscript about Confederate Cavalry General John Hunt Morgan entitled, Kentucky Rain. He also has a published anthology of his work called Pilgrim Heart. His poetry and short stories have appeared in numerous magazines. His work may be seen at www.prairie-sky-press.com. You may write to Brooks Carver at Briiks35@sbcglobal.net
Kathleen Paul-Flanagan Kathleen Paul-Flanagan writes
" I'm a stay-at-home mother of three wonderful beasts.  I've been married to a very nice man for nineteen years.  I stopped writing for almost twenty years and in the Spring of 2004 decided to try again. Since then, I've had poems published in Nerve Cowboy, Shemom, My Favorite Bullet, Anthills, Words Dance and Word Riot. I edit and publish a small poetry magazine called remark. You may write to her by email at remarkpoetry@gmail.com
Charles P. Ries Charles P. Ries lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His narrative poems, short stories, interviews and poetry reviews have appeared in over one hundred and twenty print and electronic publications. He has received three Pushcart Prize nominations for his writing and most recently read his poetry on National Public Radio's Theme and Variations, a program that is broadcast over seventy NPR affiliates. He is the author of THE FATHERS WE FIND, a novel based on memory. Ries is also the author of five books of poetry - the most recent entitled, The Last Time which was released by The Moon Press in Tucson, Arizona. He is the poetry editor for Word Riot (www.wordriot.org) and on the board of the Woodland Pattern Bookstore in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Most recently he has been appointed to the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission. You may find additional samples of his work by going to: http://www.literarti.net/Ries/ He is Poetry Editor for Passport Journal. You may write to him at charlesr@execpc.com
Judy Roy Judy Roy is a wood nymph, disguised as a crone. She lives in the boreal forest of northeast Wisconsin, where she writes poetry, knits into the mystery, and spins dreams. Your may write her by email at jroy@dcwis.com
Peter Schwartz Peter Schwartz is a poet, author, editor, painter and playwright. He has over 120 poems published or pending. He has fiction with 'Pindeldyboz', 'Dispatch',and 'Monkeybicycle'. His more recent digital artwork publishings can be seen at 'The Pedestal Magazine' and 'Sein und Werden'. See 'Mannequin Envy' for an example of when he combines both word and image. To learn more about his own journal 'eye' which focuses on poetry editors themselves, visit www.watchtheeye.com. You may write to him at pupil@watchtheeye.com
Lauara Stamps

Laura Stamps is an award-winning poet and novelist. Over six hundred of her poems, short stories, and poetry book reviews have appeared in literary journals, magazines, anthologies, and broadsides, including the Louisiana Review, The Pittsburgh Quarterly, Poetry Midwest, Big City Lit, Poesy Magazine, American Writing, and the Chiron Review. The recipient of six Pushcart Award nominations, she is the author of thirty books and chapbooks of poetry and prose. Her latest collection of poetry, "The Year of the Cat," Artemisa Publishing 2005, has been naominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Several of her poems are included in the celebrity anthology "Open My Eyes, Open My Soul," McGraw-Hill Books 2003 and "Women of the Web Anthology of Poems," Little Poems Press 2005. More about Laura Stamps can be found at www.kittyfeatherpress.blogspot.com
You may write her by email at laurastamps@mindspring.com
William Taylor, Jr.

William Taylor, Jr. currently lives in San Francisco with his wife and a cat named Trouble. His poetry and stories have appeared widely throughout the small press and on the internet for over a decade now. He has books forthcoming from Sunnyoutside and Centennial Press.
You may write to him at bardamu67@sbcglobal.net

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