Cynthia Davidson lives in New York and teaches writing at SUNY Stony Brook. Her poetry has appeared in ACM, Lucid Stone, Snark, Tight, Old Crow Review, Zuzu's Petals, Overtures, Wire, and other journals.

Maria Kranidis (bio under construction)

Gail Lukasik has been published in over 50 literary journals including The Georgia Review, Carolina Quarterly, and Poetry Northeast. Her chapbook, Landscape Toward a Proper Silence, was published by Eye of the Comet Press. She has completed a novel, Destroying Angels. Her poetry appears in issue 3.

Susan Pilewski is a graduate of the MFA program at Sarah Lawrence College. Her poems have appeared in such publications as The Last Word, Parting Gifts and The Long Island Quarterly. She currently teaches writing at SUNY Stony Brook and organizes a small reading series there, provided she can persuade enough friends to read for free. Her poetry appears in issue 11.

Wilbur Farley teaches writing at SUNY Stony Brook. Hear his poems:

Warm Niche  .mp3, 3.4 mgs.

Waking up at noon.... .mp3, 428 kb.

The automated message...mp3, 1.5 mgs.

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