KIMIKO HAHN is the author of air Pocket (Hanging Loose Press, 1989), Earshot (HLP, 1992)–awarded the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize and an Association of Asian American Studies Literature Award–The Unbearable Heart (Kaya, 1996), which received an American Book Award, Volatile (HLP, forthcoming, 1998), and Mosquito and Ant (W.W. Norton, forthcoming, 1999.) She is currently … Continued
Vittoria Repetto is the Vice-President/ Co-Founder of the Italian American Writers Association, Inc.. She has been published in Mudfish, The Paterson Literary Review, Italian Americana, VIA (Voices in Italian Americana),Gertude, Amethyst, Lips, Unsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry, Curaggia: Writings by Women of Italian Descent, Identity Lessons: Learning American Style and Hey Paesan! … Continued
THAD RUTKOWSKI: Thad’s fiction was nominated for a 1998 Pushcart Prize. His novel, Roughouse, will be published in the spring of 1999 by Kaya Productions in New York.
J. D. Rage is a self-published poet and novelist. She is also an editor of Venom Press and the magazine Curare.
Born in the Red Hook, New York projects, Carolyn A. Butts is a self-described “artrepreneur” who has forged a successful business catering to artists and art lovers. Carolyn founded African Voices Communications, Inc. at 25. A graduate of Long Island University and the High School of Graphic Communication Arts, she began her career as a … Continued
Leslie Shipman, currently literary curator at the Bronx Writers’ Center, was previously the executive director of the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center and founder of the “Readings from the Music Room” series at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, New York. She is a poet whose work has most recently appeared in the … Continued
Regie Cabico, Poetry and Fiction Series curator, is the United States editor of Poetry Nation: An Anthology of Spoken Work & Written Poetry. His work appears in more than 20 anthologies, including Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poet’s Café, On a Bed of Rice: Asian American Erotica, and Two Hearts Desired: Gay Couples Write About … Continued
BOO FROEBEL, a Minnesota native, produces and curates Phat Tuesdays as well as Performance on 42nd at The Whitney Museum at Philip Morris. Other work includes Performance Space 122, The Jim Henson Int’l Festival of Puppet Theater and arts management consulting with groups such as Elevator Repair Service and Big Dance Theater in NYC; and … Continued
Amy Goldschlager, curator of the Science Fiction Series, is on the staff at Avon Books.