GHOST OF A MAYAN HOLY LORD UPON THE RUINS

Santiago del Dardano Turann I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in April of 1968 and grew-up in rural Butler county. I do not have a college degree and have worked blue collar jobs my whole adult life. I only began to write poetry in 2006.

The Absalom Society

Jason Jordan holds an MFA from Chatham University. His books are Cloud and Other Stories (Six Gallery Press, 2010) and Powering the Devil's Circus: Redux (Six Gallery Press, 2010).

French Quarter

Zack Rogow is the author, editor, or translator of eighteen books or plays. His sixth book of poems, The Number Before Infinity, was published by Scarlet Tanager Books in 2008. His poems have appeared in a variety of magazines, from American Poetry Review to Zyzzyva.

On the Recycling Day

Changming Yuan, two-time Pushcart nominee and author of Chansons of a Chinaman (2009) and Politics and Poetics (2009), who grew up in rural China and published several books before moving to Canada, currently teaches writing in Vancouver

This Triangle Has Three Sides

Jesse Shipway has published essays and poems in Australia, England and the U.S. on topics including houses, genocide, trains and his father (many times). He edits Anastomoo (www.anastomoo.com) which is tired and needs a rest.