Richard Widerkehr - 3 posts

’s fourth book of poems, Night Journey, was published by Shanti Art Press, which will also bring out his next one, Missing The Owl, in the fall of 2024. Main Street Rag brought out his previous book, At The Grace Cafe; Moonpath Press published In The Presence of Absence, and Plain View Press brought out The Way Home. He has three chapbooks and one novel, Sedimental Journey, published by Tarragon Books. His work has appeared in Atlanta Review, Writer’s Almanac, Verse Daily, and many others. He won two Hopwood first prizes for poetry at the University of Michigan, three prizes in The Bridge’s annual contests, and first prize for a short story at the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference. He has been a poetry reader at SHARK REEF Literary Magazine for 12 years.

Rick Kuenning - 1 post

, after decades as an expatriate in Europe, lives in western North Carolina. His work reflects a keen interest in nature, art, culture, and religious studies. It also draws on a long career in international relations and national policy. His creativity is often sparked by dialogue with other poems. He is awed by nature, angered by injustice, and moved by the stories of those whose voices are not heard. He reads widely, enjoys cooking, and listens to classical and popular music. His poems are forthcoming in Cantos, El Portal, I-70 Review, Medicine and Meaning, Perceptions Magazine, The Phoenix, Slab, Steam Ticket, and Variant.

Rita Larom - 2 posts

’s interest in writing grew into a hobby after retirement and a move to Lopez Island, and it's slowly becoming a passion. She lives on the island with her husband, Gerhard Hoffman, and enjoys gardening and travel.

Robbie Imes - 1 post

is a writer living in Los Angeles. He is a two-time Emmy nominated documentary filmmaker and Boston Terrier owner. He likes French fries and Winona Ryder.

Robert Hill Long - 1 post

lives in Oregon. This poem is part of a MS titled Perpetua, set on the Oregon coast near Cape Perpetua. Other poems from the MS have appeared or are forthcoming in Deer Drink the Moon (Ooligan Press), Poetry East, Whiskey Island, Connotations Press, Diagram, Prime Number and other journals. His books include The Kilim Dreaming, The Wire Garden, The Effigies, The Work of the Bow, and The Power to Die. More about him can be found at http://roberthilllong.wordpress.com.

Robert Hoffman - 1 post

Robert Joe Stout - 1 post

’s fiction has appeared in Interim, The New Orleans Review, The South Dakota Review and dozens of other journals. He also has published the novels, Running Out the Hurt, Miss Sally, half a dozen poetry chapbooks and the non-fiction "Why Immigrants Come to America." He lives in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Robert Wexelblatt - 1 post

is professor of humanities at Boston University’s College of General Studies. He has published the story collections Life in the Temperate Zone and The Decline of Our Neighborhood; a book of essays, Professors at Play; two short novels, Losses and The Derangement of Jules Torquemal, and essays, stories, and poems in a variety of journals. His novel Zublinka Among Women won the Indie Book Awards first-place prize for fiction. His most recent book is The Artist Wears Rough Clothing. Another, Heiberg’s Twitch, is forthcoming.

Roger Collins - 2 posts

(he, his) is an African American clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of Cincinnati where he received the university’s Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching. Since undertaking creative writing later in his career, his short fiction and short drama have been published in a variety of literary journals and an anthology, and his stage plays have been produced in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and in Brooklyn, NY.

Ron Yates - 1 post

's work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Oddville Press, Still: The Journal, Bartleby Snopes, Clapboard House, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, Rose & Thorn Journal, and Prime Number Magazine. He lives in a remote area of east Alabama on the shores of a large hydroelectric impoundment and has been teaching high school literature, creative writing and journalism for many years. When not writing, he enjoys hiking, taking pictures, tinkering around with old cars and motorcycles, and playing on the lake.