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Fourth Summer 1959 – Shoshauna Shy

Shoshauna Shy is the founder of Woodrow Hall Editions and the Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf program. Her poems have been published by over 200 journals and presses. One of her poems was selected for the Poetry 180 Library of Congress program launched by Billy Collins. Author of five collections, she is the recipient ofContinue reading “Fourth Summer 1959 – Shoshauna Shy”

The Museum – Zakiyyah Dzukogi

Zakiyyah Dzukogi Zakiyyah Dzukogi is the author of Carved (a poetry collection); winner of the Nigeria Prize for Teen Authors, 2021, a prize she had earlier won the second-place position in 2020. She is a winner of Brigitte Poirson Poetry Prize, 2021 as well as the Splendors of Dawn Poetry Prize, 2019. She has herContinue reading “The Museum – Zakiyyah Dzukogi”

Words and Wisdom – Kate MacDonald

I’m Kate MacDonald, a retired septuagenarian. I started to write just over sixteen months ago at the start of the pandemic. I have many hobbies, but writing helps to fill an insomniac’s dark quiet hours. I’ve had ninteen poems and seven short stories published, online and in print by: Chris Fielden’s “Nonsensically Challenged,” which was forContinue reading “Words and Wisdom – Kate MacDonald”

“History is not a burden on the memory, but an illumination of the soul” – Nancy B. Franklin

Nancy Franklin has been published in The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Daily Breeze. Her satirical pieces have been published in Slackjaw, The Belladonna and Points In Case. Visit her website at http://www.mirthquakes.com or follow her on Twitter, @mirthquakes_.

The Lure of the Local Library – Jenny England

Jenny England is a retired journalist who spends her free time writing essays, flash fiction and knitting quirky pieces. I live in Kiama, NSW Australia with my partner and spoilt cat! I also love spending time in my local library.

BELLA’S PLACE – Rod Martinez

Rod Martinez writes middle grade & young adult. Growing up on Marvel Comics and Twilight Zone, the inspiration was inevitable. After a challenge by his son to write a story about him and his friends “like the Goonies’ but based in Tampa”, his first novel “The Juniors” was picked up by a publisher – andContinue reading “BELLA’S PLACE – Rod Martinez”

My Favorite Place – Kate Levin

Kate Levin is an educator and writer who grew up in the Midwest and now lives in New York City. She taught in the Barnard College English department for many years and also worked as an academic advisor at CUNY. She now serves on several nonprofit boards in education and the arts. Her writing has been publishedContinue reading “My Favorite Place – Kate Levin”

Epigraph – D. R. James

D. R. James’s latest of nine collections are Flip Requiem (Dos Madres, 2020), Surreal Expulsion (Poetry Box, 2019), and If god were gentle (Dos Madres, 2017), and his micro-chapbook All Her Jazz is free, fun, and printable-for-folding at Origami Poems Project. He lives in the woods near Saugatuck, Michigan. https://www.amazon.com/author/drjamesauthorpage

Consult at the 8th Street Clinic – D. R. James

A Sonnet for the Words – Gabby Gilliam

by Gilliam lives in the DC metro area. Her poetry has most recently appeared in Tofu Ink Arts Press, Tempered Runes Press, Cauldron Anthology, and the anthology “Medusa Rises” from Mythos Poets Society. You can find her online at gabbygilliam.squarespace.com.