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Ronald Palmer - 1 post
comes from the mild streets of Bloomington, MN, where he has been writing poetry on and off for a number of years. He has been published in the Great River Review and The Talking Stick. He is a member of The Poetry Constellation, Bloomington Poetry Group and The St. Paul Poetry Workshop writing groups.
Ronald Pelias - 3 posts
spent most of his career writing books, e.g., If the Truth Be Told (Sense/Brill Publications), The Creative Qualitative Researcher (Routledge), and Lessons on Aging and Dying (Routledge), that call upon the literary as a research strategy. Now he just writes for the pleasures of lingering in bafflement.
Rose Mary Boehm - 8 posts
is a German-born British national living and writing in Lima, Peru, and author of two novels as well as eight poetry collections. Her poetry has been published widely in mostly US poetry reviews (online and print). She was three times nominated for a ‘Pushcart’ and once for ‘Best of Net’. DO OCEANS HAVE UNDERWATER BORDERS? (Kelsay Books July 2022), WHISTLING IN THE DARK (Cyberwit July 2022), and SAUDADE (December 2022) are available on Amazon. Also available on Amazon is a new collection, LIFE STUFF, published by Kelsay Books November 2023. https://www.rose-mary-boehm-poet.com/
Russ López - 1 post
is the author of six nonfiction books including The Hub of the Gay Universe: An LGBTQ History of Boston, Provincetown, and Beyond. He is the editor of LatineLit, an online magazine that publishes short fiction by and about Latinx people, and his work has appeared in The Fictional Café, Somos en escrito, Bar Bar, Northeast Atlantic, Agapanthus Collective, Night Picnic, The Gay and Lesbian Review, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), and elsewhere. López has written numerous academic articles, book reviews, and works in other formats. Originally from California with degrees from Stanford, Harvard, and Boston University, Russ lives in Boston and Provincetown.
Ruthie Marlenée - 2 posts
is a novelist, poet and screenwriter of Mexican heritage. Born in Orange County, she makes her home now in both Los Angeles and the Coachella Valley with her husband. Marlenée earned a Writers’ Certificate in Fiction from UCLA and is the author of Isabela’s Island, Curse of the Ninth, nominated for a James Kirkwood Literary Prize and Agave Blues Honorably Mentioned by the International Latino Book Awards for the Isabel Allende Most Inspirational Fiction Book Award. An excerpt from the novel is also nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Agave Blues was adapted into a novel from her screenplay for which she received awards from the Women’s International Film Festival, the Oaxaca Film Festival, Carmesi International Fest, and the Mexico International Film Festival. Her poetry and short stories can be found in various publications, including SHARK REEF, The Coiled Serpent Anthology, So To Speak, Detour Ahead, What They Leave Behind: A Latinx Anthology, Silver Birch Press, Slow Lightning, Impractical Poetry and Inlandia Institute. Marlenée is currently working on a novel Amish in the Hood and a sequel And Still Her Voice.
Ryka Aoki - 1 post
is the author of Seasonal Velocities, He Mele a Hilo (A Hilo Song) and Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul. She has been honored by the California State Senate for her “extraordinary commitment to free speech and artistic expression, as well as the visibility and well-being of Transgender people. Ryka was the inaugural performer for the first ever Transgender Stage at San Francisco Pride, and has performed in venues including the San Francisco Pride Main Stage, the Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival, the National Queer Arts Festival, and Ladyfest South. Ryka also appears in the recent documentaries “Diagnosing Difference” and “Riot Acts.” She has MFA in Creative Writing from Cornell University and is the recipient of a University Award from the Academy of American Poets. She is a professor of English at Santa Monica College.
Sam Felder
is a retired cardiologist who is now legally blind. Writing was his passion forty years ago and four years ago he began writing again.
Sam Wise - 1 post
is a Vancouver native living in Montreal, Canada. When he's not writing poetry, he's philosophizing at Concordia University or playing his saxophone. He's been writing poetry for the past two and half years.
Samantha Malay - 3 posts
’s work recently appeared in TINGE Magazine and In Parentheses, and will soon be published by Kind Writers and Five South. She was born in Berlin, Germany, grew up in rural northeastern Washington State, and is a graduate of Seattle University’s sociology program. A theatrical wardrobe technician by trade, she is also a mixed-media artist and poetry editor in residence at Flying Ketchup Press. Her published words can be found at https://thistleandhasp.wordpress.com.
Sandra Dowd - 1 post
received a BFA in Studio Art and Art Education from the University of Texas at Austin and MA in Painting from Texas Woman’s University. She also has studied at the Art Students League in New York City and under such renowned pastel artist as Daniel Green, Raymond Kinstler, David Leffel, and Richard McKinley. Ms Dowd has been painting for 50 years. Her prize-winning paintings hang in homes across the United States, Canada, and England. They have been reproduced in national magazines and exhibited in many regional and national juried shows. She is a current recipient of an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. Ms. Dowd maintains a studio/gallery in the historic Northrup King Building where her art can be seen on 1st Thursdays of each month and by appointment. Ms. Dowd is a retired Art Professor from Navarro College in Texas. There she created the first academic computer art program in Texas. Prior to that she maintained a freelance graphic design business in Washington, DC, and worked as a technical illustrator in North Carolina. After moving to Minneapolis 6 years ago she has worked as adjunct instructor for Minneapolis College of Art and Design and has taught workshops to a variety of people. You can view her art at moc.emnull@dwodardnas.www.