Contributors are listed alphabetically by last
name:
Seth Biderman
was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is a graduate of
the UNM Master’s in Writing Program. His fiction has appeared in
Blue Mesa Review, Colorado Review, and Front Range Review.
Debbi Brody
conducts poetry workshops at festivals and other venues throughout
the Southwest to writers aged twelve through eighty-five. She
publishes frequently in Albuquerque’s Central Avenue Poetry. Her
work has appeared in the Santa Fe Literary Review, Broomweed
Journal, Poetica, Taj Mahal Review and other literary magazines. Her
latest book, Portraits in Poetry, (Village Books Press, Oklahoma,
2006), as well as her chapbook, FreeForm are available through
artqueen58@aol.com. Debbi
lives in Santa Fe where she co-owns Canyon Road Contemporary Art.
She truly enjoys hearing from her readers through the above email
address.
Lauren Camp won
a 2006 New Mexico Discovery Award for her poetry. Her poems have
been published in Southwest Women’s Poetry Exchange, All as One,
Central Avenue and Impetus, among other journals. She is a visual
artist, poet, and the host and producer of “The Colors of Jazz,” a
3-hour mind-bending exploration of the many facets of jazz music—and
the musicality of poetry—on Santa Fe’s public radio station, KSFR-FM,
every Monday morning. Lauren is currently working on her first book,
a series of poems about women and the grief of love.
Nancy Driesbach
Originally from Ohio, I have lived in Santa Fe for over twenty
years. I have worked at jobs ranging from bus grandma (you can’t be
a bus girl if you’re in your fifties) to community college
instructor and ended my working days as administrator at the
Unitarian Congregation. I am now enjoying retirement and having the
time of my life taking a variety of art classes here at the college.
Casey Frank is a
student at the Santa Fe Community College. She works as an English
tutor at the Tutoring Center on campus. She aspires to be a starving
writer and a college professor.
Amy Fritz is
studying business administration at SFCC, and enjoys writing poems
and short stories in her free time. In Terry Wilson’s creative
writing class, a poem written by Federico Garcia Lorca was used in a
writing exercise. Inspired by the poem, Amy wrote “Song of the
Valkyries” with her own heritage in mind.
Gary Glazner is
the founder and executive director of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project
(APP). The APP was listed as a “best practice” by the National
Endowment for the Arts. Glazner’s work has been featured on NBC’s
“Today” show, NPR’s “All Things Considered,” CNN, Voice of America
and New Zealand National Radio. He has been published by Harper
Collins, W.W. Norton and Salon. He is the author of How to Make a
Living as a Poet on Soft Skull Press. More info
www.alzpoetry.com
Susan Hazen-Hammond
has lived in Northern New Mexico for 27 years and is the author of
nine books, including Thunder Bear and Ko and Spider Woman’s Web
(both published by Penguin Putnam). Awards include a Benjamin
Franklin Award, a South Carolina Book Award, and, in Mexico, El
Primer Premio Nacional de Periodismo.
Luke Hettel: I
am currently enrolled at Santa Fe Community College, studying
architectural drafting. I was raised in the Chicago south suburbs,
until moving away from home, eventually coming to New Mexico. This
poem emerged from feelings and imagery developed from being driven
through the desert as a child. Even now the barren and haunting New
Mexico desert stirs my imagination.
Lonnie Howard
has lived in Santa Fe since 1981 and is the director of the Scherer
Institute of Natural Healing. Her work has appeared in Manzanita
Quarterly, Edgz, Spillway Review, Passager, Santa Fe Literary
Review, and as part of a commissioned piece for the Santa Fe Women’s
Ensemble 2006 Christmas Concert. She is also an avid birder.
Dallas Huth’s
poetry has appeared in The Manzanita Quarterly and she is thrilled
to be chosen for the third consecutive edition of the Santa Fe
Literary Review. This acknowledgment and the support of her group,
Poets Ink, inspires her to keep writing.
Frances Hunter
is happy to have put down roots in Santa Fe since 1997 when she
arrived after a lifetime of travel. She enjoys the company of family
and friends. Her poems have appeared in journals and anthologies in
South Africa and America, and she has two published collections, “A
Maverick Elation” and “Sesame.”
Angela Janda, a
Minnesotan by birth, has spent the last two and a half years doing
theater and writing poetry in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her work has
appeared in Central Avenue and in the forthcoming Earthships, and
she has staged poetry performances at Theaterwork in Santa Fe, where
she is also a member of the permanent acting company. Ms. Janda was
the recipient of a 2006 New Mexico Discovery Award for poetry. She
can be contacted at
ajanda@gmail.com.
Kim Knowles is a
student in Santa Fe.
Ann Laser, a
recently retired psychotherapist, is experiencing a late-in-life
creative surge. She has moved from Arkansas to Santa Fe to pursue
her art education. In addition to her focus as a visual artist, she
has found that writing poetry is another satisfying means of
self-expression.
Lisa McCormack
was born in West Virginia, has lived all over, but feels as if Santa
Fe is her home. By day, she writes marketing materials for various
technology companies. At night, she transforms into a writer of
poetry and fiction. She sometimes fantasizes about joining Doctors
Without Borders (which she would do were it not for the fact that
she is completely bereft of any medical knowledge).
Susan Schaefer McDevitt
is a native of New Mexico and a long-time resident of Santa Fe. By
day she is a pretty good lawyer and by the dark of night she
retreats to sit. She also dabbles too infrequently as a wordsmith.
Her poems have been published here and elsewhere.
Mary McGinnis
has been writing, giving readings, and being published since the
early seventies. Her first full-length collection was Listening For
Cactus, published in 1996. She has upcoming work in Earthships
Anthology and Heartlodge. She has collaborated with sculptors and
musicians to interweave words and other art forms.
James McGrath a
Sunstone Press poet with At the Edgelessness of Light in 2005 and
expecting Speaking with Magpies in 2007, has poetry in fourteen
anthologies. James hosts readings in his La Cieneguilla orchard in
“outdoor-reading-weather.” He will launch Irish poet, John McGrath,
in Ireland this May.
Karen McKinnon
has published poetry in numerous Southwestern reviews and
anthologies. Her book, Coming True, published by Watermelon Mountain
Press, Albuquerque, in 2001, has an introduction by poet Robert
Creeley.
Ed Moreno is a
native New Mexican. He has studied Creative Writing at Santa Fe
Community College, the University of Oregon, and the University of
California, Riverside. He certainly does get around! He is currently
living in Melbourne, Australia, where he plans on settling down for
just a brief moment, until the travel bug bites again.
Christopher Mulrooney,
has written poems and translations in Eclipse, the Hollins Critic,
Zoland Poetry and Upstairs at Duroc, criticism in Green Integer
Review, Elimae and Parameter.
Sheila Ortego is
the president of Santa Fe Community College.
Edelweis Ananke Pailos:
I am fifty seven years old. I grew up in Uruguay. I married thirty
six years ago. I have four children and two grandchildren. My dream:
to see my family together and happy. My goal: to become a nurse and
work in rape cases and domestic violence.
Christopher Porter
did his undergraduate work in English Literature at Rutgers College
in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He now lives in Portland, Oregon.
Leo Romero was
born in New Mexico and has lived in Santa Fe since 1984. Recently
one of his novelas and a short story were translated into Italian.
Lori Romero’s
chapbook, Wall to Wall, was published by Finishing Line Press. Her
short story, Strange Saints, was a semifinalist in the Sherwood
Anderson Fiction Award. Her poetry and short stories have been
published in more than sixty journals and anthologies. She is
co-founder of the literary journal “Cezanne’s Carrot” (www.cezannescarrot.org).
She was just nominated for her second Pushcart Prize.
Kathleen Runyan
moved in 1943 from the Midwest to Los Alamos, New Mexico where her
husband produced bombs and she produced four babies in five years.
Last year she took a University of New Mexico class taught by poet
Joan Logghe. She is a founding member of the Poetry Posse—a spin-off
of the class. As a young teenager she started trying to write
poetry. At 87 she is still trying.
Elaine G. Schwartz
lives in Albuquerque with her husband, Daniel, and Purr’l, the
Postmodern Pussy Cat. Her work, best described as a tapestry of
place and political imagination, has appeared in a number of
publications including the Harwood Anthology, Central Avenue and An
Anthology of Monterey Bay Poets. She is currently learning basic
Quichua from her two-year old grandson, Kihua Daniel.
Marcia Starck is
both a poet and an internationally known Medical Astrologer. Her
first book of poetry, The Turning Wheel, was published in
2004. Her poems are also included in Dancing Between Worlds,
a book of poems by Word Dancers, 5 women poets. She has written nine
books on astrology, healing, the shadow side, and women’s rituals.
Marcia does performance poetry, conducts seasonal rituals, and is a
peace activist working with Women in Black.
Tom Stevens
Retired primary teacher that spent most of career in Canada. Decided
to warm up and take art and writing classes. Have been challenged
and encouraged by the instructors here at SFCC.
Annette Strom I
was born in New York City, but lived for many years in Florida. My
brother Philip and my sister-in-law Linda brought me out here to
Santa Fe when there was no family left in Florida. Through them
helping me and encouraging me, I have been able to undertake things
I never thought I would, such as being enrolled in college.
Kirk VanDyke is
a biologist living in Laramie, WY. His poetry and prose have most
recently appeared in 2River View, Mountain Gazette, and the Sun.
Ursula Moeller is happy to have mild Santa Fe winters after 40 years
of shoveling feet of snow in Syracuse NY. She began writing poetry
in Santa Fe, and then got hooked on Memoir writing in Miriam Sagan’s
class. BEEP BEEP BEEP is a part of that work. Last year she was
co-poetry editor and contributor to the Santa Fe Literary Review.
Peggy van Hulsteyn,
the author of six books, is currently writing Living Creatively
With Parkinson’s: A Guide To Empowerment. Her writing has
appeared in Yoga Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles
Times, USA TODAY, Mademoiselle, and Cosmopolitan. When Van Hulsteyn
taught advertising classes at the SFCC, her students designed four
award-winning campaigns.
Mordecai Walawelsky
lives with his wife and son in Santa Fe, New Mexico. “New Addition”
is the first of his poems to be published.
Steven L. Walker
lives in Franklin, Tennessee. He currently teaches composition and
literature at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.
B.A. Wingate is
a climate scientist and poet. She lives in Los Alamos, New Mexico,
with her husband, a computational physicist, and their two dogs, Max
and Aggie.
