Cynthia Gallaher

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Cynthia Gallaher, a Chicago-based poet and playwright, is author of three poetry collections and two chapbooks. Most recently, she made a 10-city book tour with her nonfiction guide & memoir Frugal Poets’ Guide to Life: How to Live a Poetic Life, Even If You Aren’t a Poet, which won a National Indie Excellence Award. The Chicago Public Library lists her among its “Top Ten Requested Chicago Poets.” Follow her on Twitter at @swimmerpoet and on her Facebook page at @frugalpoets.

Yoga Teacher Stokes the Sauna, Volume 4, Issue 1
Interview

Robert Ford

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Robert Ford lives on the east coast of Scotland. His poetry has appeared in both print and online publications in the UK and US, including Antiphon, Dime Show Review, Butcher’s Dog and San Pedro River Review. More of his work can be found at https://wezzlehead.wordpress.com/

Little Grey Cloud, Volume 4, Issue 1

Chris Dungey

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Chris Dungey is a retired auto worker in MI. He rides mtn. bike, sings in Presbyterian choir, feeds two wood-stoves, camps at sports-car races (Mid Ohio), follows minor-league soccer teams, and spends too much time in Starbucks. More than 60 stories published. So far in 2017, published at Likely Red, pamplemousse, Four Ties, and Marathon Review.

Break-In, Volume 4, Issue 1

Maureen Daniels

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Maureen Daniels teaches English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, where she is also a doctoral fellow in creative writing. She is an editorial assistant for Prairie Schooner and Western American Literature. Her work has recently been published in Sinister Wisdom, Wilde Magazine, Gertrude Press, and the South Florida Poetry Review.

Fire Chasers, Volume 4, Issue 1

Barbara Daniels

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Barbara Daniels’ book Rose Fever was published by WordTech Press and her chapbooks Black Sails, Quinn & Marie, and Moon Kitchen by Casa de Cinco Hermanas Press. Her poetry has appeared in Prairie Schooner, WomenArts, Mid-American Review, The Literary Review, and many other journals. She received three Individual Artist Fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Inside a Song, a Sea, Volume 4, Issue 1
Interview

Sandy Coomer

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Sandy Coomer is a poet, artist, and endurance athlete. She is the author of three poetry chapbooks, including the forthcoming Rivers Within Us (Unsolicited Press). Her art has been featured in local art shows and exhibits and has been published in literary art journals. She lives in Brentwood, TN.

Interior, Phoenix Rising, and Spiral Galaxy, Volume 4, Issue 1
Interview

Tony Concannon

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Tony Concannon grew up in Massachusetts. After graduating from college with a degree in English and American Literature, he taught for 18 years in Japan, where much of his fiction is set. Since returning to the United States, he has been working in human services. Stories of his have appeared in Columbia Journal, Litro, On the Premises, Thema, The Taproot Literary Review, Origins Journal, and HCE Review.

A Fire in the Neighborhood, Volume 4, Issue 1
Interview

Ann Colcord

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Ann Colcord writes in the Boulder county area of Colorado, where she has lived since 1978. Colcord has kept her poetry a well-guarded compulsion, separate from her more professional pursuits in the world of business. Her poetry seeks connection between commonalities in nature, human and non-human, land and culture at a deeper existential level.

Feeling the Fire Nearby, Volume 4, Issue 1

Mara Cohen

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Mara Cohen, Ph.D. is a writer, public speaker, civic activist and mother working on a memoir about family and resilience. Her personal essays have appeared in an eclectic mix of publications, from The Nervous Breakdown (2017) to Chicken Soup for the Soul (forthcoming), from Jewrotica (2015) to Mothers Always Write (2015) and a dozen others. She has also written articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals and general news outlets. Her greatest joy is spending time with friends and family. Read more of her work at maracohen.com.

Fire Pit, Volume 4, Issue 1
Interview

Antonia Clark

by Suzanna Anderson Creates

Antonia Clark has published a chapbook, Smoke and Mirrors, and a full-length poetry collection, Chameleon Moon. Her poems have appeared in numerous print and online journals, including 2River View, The Cortland Review, Eclectica, The Pedestal Magazine, and Rattle. A medical writer and editor, she has also taught poetry and fiction writing and manages an online poetry forum, The Waters. Toni lives in Vermont, loves French picnics, and plays French café music on a sparkly purple accordion.

Winter Haiku, Volume 4, Issue 1