Judy Kronenfeld
Judy Kronenfeld's poems have appeared in many journals including The Portland Review, Passages North, Hubbub, Poetry International, Chariton Review, Kansas Quarterly, The Manhattan Poetry Review, The Evansville Review, The Mississippi Valley Review, The Louisville Review, The MacGuffin, Spillway, Pebble Lake Review, Hiram Poetry Review, Snake Nation Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, Natural Bridge, The Pedestal, Barnwood, and The Women's Review of Books, as well as in anthologies including Blue Arc West: An Anthology of California Poets (Tebot Bach, 2006), and Red, White and Blues: Poets on the Promise of America (Iowa U. P., 2004). A book of her poems, Shadow of Wings, came out in 1991 (Bellflower Press), a chapbook, Disappeared Down Dark Wells, and Still Falling (The Inevitable Press) in 2000, and another chapbook, Ghost Nurseries (Finishing Line Press) in 2005.
She has published stories, essays and reviews in The Madison Review, The North American Review, Potpourri, The Crescent Review, Under the Sun, The AWP Chronicle, Chelsea, and The Literary Magazine Review, as well as criticism and scholarly reviews in many journals such as Shakespeare Quarterly and ELH. A critical study, KING LEAR and the Naked Truth: Rethinking the Language of Religion and Resistance was published by Duke University Press in 1998. She teaches in the Creative Writing Department at the University of California, Riverside.
Karren Alenier
Karren LaLonde Alenier is author of five collections of poetry, including Looking for Divine Transportation (The Bunny and the Crocodile Press), winner of the 2002 Towson University Prize for Literature. Her poetry and fiction have been published in such magazines as the Mississippi Review, Jewish Currents, and Poet Lore. Gertrude Stein Invents a Jump Early On, her opera with composer William Banfield and Encompass New Opera Theatre artistic director Nancy Rhodes, premiered in New York City in June 2005. Forthcoming in the fall of 2007 is The Steiny Road to Operadom: The Making of American Operas, her collection of essays about creating opera in America and the libretto Gertrude Stein Invents a Jump Early On.
Gary Beck
Gary Beck's poetry has appeared in dozens of literary magazines. His recent fiction has been published in numerous literary magazines. His chapbook, The Conquest of Somalia, will be published by Cervena Barva Press. His plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes, and Sophocles have been produced Off-Broadway.
Bob Boston
Bob Boston, a poet residing on the East Coast, is indigent and moves constantly from shelter to shelter at this time. Although he has been writing for many years, these are his first published poems.
Grace Cavalieri
Grace Cavalieri was given the key to the city of Greenville, South Carolina, and February 16 was proclaimed "Grace Cavalieri Day" by the Mayor of Greenville for the play "Quilting the Sun" that brought the black and white cultural communities together. She was featured in the February/March 2007 issue of Writers' Digest. She has 14 books and 21 produced plays to her credit. Grace is the Book Review Editor of The Montserrat Review, and the producer/host of "The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress" for public radio. Audio columns "INNUENDOES" and "ON LOCATION" are presented by MiPOradio, on line.
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