Daniel Barbare

Danny P. Barbare likes to write poetry about his environment. He lives in the Upstate of the Carolinas. He says he never fails to have a subject to write about. He says he just likes to write one at a time. His poetry has appeared locally and abroad over 700 times.

Daniel Barbare has recently been published in Doxa, Blood and Thunder, The Santa Clara Review, and Lost Coast Review. He attended Greenville Technical College.

The Cloud in My Mind, Volume 1, Issue 2
The Red Wheelbarrow, Volume 2, Issue 1
Nature’s Gift on Mother’s Day, Volume 3, Issue 2
Interview

Michael Albright

Michael Albright has published poems in various journals, including Stirring, Rust + Moth, Tar River Poetry, Pembroke Magazine, Cider Press Review, Revolver, Moon City Review, Pretty Owl, Uppagus, and the forthcoming chapbook In the Hall of Dead Birds and Viking Tools (Finishing Line, 2015). He lives on a windy hilltop near Greensburg, PA with his wife Lori and an ever-changing array of children and other animals.

Tabloid, Volume 1, Issue 2

Valentina Cano

Valentina Cano is a student of classical singing who spends whatever free time she has either reading or writing. Her works have appeared in numerous publications and her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Web. Her debut novel, The Rose Master, was published in 2014.

Definitions, At the Store, The Beginning, and Of Them, Volume 1, Issue 1

Janet Butler

Janet Butler lives in Alameda with Fulmi, a lovely Spaniel mix she rescued while living in central Italy. Upheaval was one of three winning selections in Red Ochre Lit’s 2012 Chapbook Contest. She has recently taken up the Japanese Tanka, and will have one as Editor’s Choice in the January issue of Cattails as well as upcoming tanka publications in Atlas Poetica, and Undertow. She is a moderator of the monthly Poetry and Prose at the Blue Danube in Alameda, and is a watercolor painter.

Ferris Wheel, Volume 1, Issue 1

Barbara Brooks

Barbara Brooks, author of The Catbird Sang (Finishing Line Press, 2004) and A Shell to Return to the Sea (Finishing Line Press, 2013) chapbooks, is a member of Poet Fools. Her work has been accepted in Avalon Literary Review, Chagrin River Review, The Foundling Review, Blue Lake Review, Granny Smith Magazine, Third Wednesday, Shadow Road Quarterly, Indigo Mosaic Muddy River Poetry Review, Boston Literary Magazine and online at Southern Women’s Review, Poetry Quarterly, and Big River Poetry, among others. She currently lives in North Carolina with her dog.

Thoughts, Volume 1, Issue 2

Michael K. Brantley

Michael K. Brantley is the author of Memory Cards (2015, BRW) and the forthcoming Galvanized: The Unlikely Odyssey of a Carolina Confederate (2019, Univ. of Nebraska). He has an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte and teaches English at N.C. Wesleyan College.

Memory Cards, Volume 1, Issue 1
Number One Pork Chop Man, Volume 5, Issue 1

Katarina Boudreaux

Katarina Boudreaux is a writer, musician, composer, tango dancer, and teacher—a shaper of word, sound, and mind. She recently returned to New Orleans after residing in Texas, Connecticut, and New York. She has been published in The Bacon Review, PANK, SNReview, Blueline, New Jersey Underground, and Calliope. New work is forthcoming in Corvus and YAY!LA.

Subway Stops, Volume 1, Issue 2

Roy Bentley

Roy Bentley has earned fellowships from the NEA, the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Ohio Arts Council. He has published four books: Boy in a Boat (University of Alabama Press, 1986), Any One Man (Bottom Dog Books, 1992), The Trouble with a Short Horse in Montana (White Pine, 2006), and his latest, Starlight Taxi (Lynx House Press, 2013).

Cult of the Star-spangled Bottle Tree and The Country of Not-knowing, Volume 1, Issue 2
It Takes Exactly One Lifetime to Adjust to the Darkness, and Whatever Small Form of Joy Likeness Equals, Volume 3, Issue 2