J. Ladin

J.Ladin holds the David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College of Yeshiva University.  His first collection of poems, Alternatives to History, was published in 2003 by Sheep Meadow Press, which will bring out his second, The Book of Anna, in April.  ”Transition Time” is from Life Blow, his recently completed third collection.  His poems and essays have appeared in many magazines and journals, including Parnassus: Poetry in Review, to which he is a regular contributor.

Joy Ladin

Joy Ladin is David and Ruth Gottesman Professor of English at Stern College of Yeshiva University. Her poem “Secrets” is drawn from Transmigration, her third book of poetry, which will be published by Sheep Meadow Press in September. Sheep Meadow also brought out her first two books (under the names “Jay” and “J.” Ladin), Alternatives to History and The Book of Anna. Her poems and essays have been widely published, and have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, Southwest Review, Parnassus and other publications.

Martin Langford

Martin Langford studied for his art degree at Polytechnic South West and then did his post graduate in Advanced Printmaking at Central St Martin’s College of Art where the late David Gluck RE introduced him to the old traditional printmaking technique of mezzotint.

He is a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers/Royal Engravers (based at Bankside Gallery) and has served on their council. He is a member of Southbank Printmakers a collaborative of artist printmakers (based at Gabriel´s Wharf, South Bank, London).

Langford has received numerous awards for his etching and printmaking, and regularly exhibits his work in the UK and internationally. You can learn more about him at http://www.martinlangford.com.

Patrick Lawler

Patrick Lawler has three collections of poetry published: A Drowning Man is Never Tall Enough (University of Georgia Press), reading a burning book (Basfal Books), and Feeding the Fear of the Earth, winner of the Many Mountains Moving poetry book competition (2006).  “Breathing Book” is from his next manuscript Breathe a Word of It, which is the final in the quartet of books inspired by the four elements.

Michael Leong

Michael Leong is the author of two books of poetry—e.s.p. (Silenced Press, 2009) and Cutting Time with a Knife (Black Square Editions / The Brooklyn Rail, forthcoming)—and two chapbooks—The Great Archivist’s / Cloudy Quotient (Beard of Bees Press, 2010) and Midnight’s Marsupium (Forks, Knives and Spoons Press, forthcoming). His translation of the Chilean poet Estela Lamat, I, the Worst of All, was published by BlazeVOX [books] in 2009. He lives in New York City and blogs at michaelleong.wordpress.com and bigother.com.

Amy Letter

Amy Letter is a writer and visual artist living in South Florida, where she teaches literature and creative writing to undergraduates at Florida Atlantic University. Her poetry and fiction have recently appeared in storySouth, Louisiana Literature, and Perigee, among others. She is currently writing a novel based on Twelfth Night.

Kim Liao

When not cooking shrimp dumplings and bao for herself and friends, Kim Liao is currently pursuing an advanced degree at Emerson College, where she teaches composition and works on the nonfiction staff of Redivider. Her scholarly work has appeared in SURJ, a Stanford University journal of research.

Jane Linders

Jane Linders is an award-winning photographer whose prints are in numerous national and international collections. Linders has exhibited her work everywhere from her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. Her favorite subjects are the eerie beauty of historical cemeteries as well as the oddities of roadside Americana. Jane makes her home in St. Louis, Missouri, but you might find her lurking around cemeteries anywhere in the world. You can see more of her work at www.freewebs.com/janelinders.

Reb Livingston

Reb Livingston is the co-editor of No Tell Motel and the anthology The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel. Her online chapbook, Pterodactyls Soar Again, is forthcoming from the Whole Coconut Chapbook Series. Her poems have recently appeared or will soon in Best American Poetry 2006, Coconut and MiPOesias.

Nathan Long

Nathan Long has work in recent or upcoming issues of Tin House, Natural Bridge, The Sun, and The Tusculum Review, as well as the recent Glimmer Train anthology, Mother Knows. Currently, he is teaching at Richard Stockton College in New Jersey.

Sean Lotman

Sean Lotman was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles. He fell into photography by accident, an endeavor he picked up while researching a novel set in India. Sean has an ongoing project called I Do Haiku You, combining medium format photography with haiku and senryu poetry. Utilizing these literary and visual aesthetics into a hybrid medium, a story is told, a feeling savored. His photography can be viewed at www.seanlotman.com and his haiku project at www.idohaikuyou.com. He lives in Kyoto, Japan.