Check out the people who will be Cracking the Spine this week…
Eunice Tiptree
Eunice Tiptree has had poetry, fiction, and nonfiction published as both a man and a woman. This is her second essay in Crack the Spine, the first was included in their Summer 2013 Anthology and is a Best of the Net 2013 nominee. Before transitioning to female in 2010-11, she was a journalist, writing on the space program for a dozen years. She has two degrees in journalism from Ohio University and a masters in creative writing with distinction from Lancaster University, England. She lives in Ohio.
Elizabeth Rose
Elizabeth Rose is a twenty-something Colorado native writing under an alias. Her debut novel, ‘Till the Last Petal Falls, was published through Mockingbird Lane Press in February of 2013. She has also had two other short stories, ‘Wanakufa’ and ‘He Who Wrestles With God’ separately published in 2013, both concerned with how to deal with crisis’ of faith.
Sarah Lilius
Sarah Lilius currently lives in Arlington, VA. She graduated from Augustana College in Rock Island, IL. Some of her publication credits include Denver Quarterly, Heartlands, Court Green, Marlboro Review, BlazeVOX, and Bluestem. She also co-authored the chapbook “Here, Hunger” (NeoPepper Press) with fellow poet Erin M. Bertram.
Jon Sindell
Jon Sindell’s short fiction has appeared in Hobart, Word Riot, Zouch, New South, Many Mountains Moving, Prick Of The Spindle, Switchback, and elsewhere. He curates the Rolling Writers reading series in San Francisco and earns his bread as a full-time personal humanities tutor, having left the practice of law behind. A human, he strives to live humanely. His novel, “The Mighty Roman,” is a journey to the manly heart of baseball darkness.
Simon Rogghe
Simon Rogghe grew up in Belgium, but found a home in the Bay Area where he writes poetry and fiction with the help of his spirit animal (a Siberian tiger) and a sacred prostitute who frequents his dreams and saves him from the drudgery of grad school. When not working on his PhD in French literature, he also translates French surrealists as well as contemporary fiction. His work has appeared in 3:AM Magazine, Gone Lawn and other journals.
Barbara Tramonte
Barbara Tramonte is a professor at SUNY Empire State College school for graduate studies. She has had many poems published in literary magazines.
Dennis Must
Dennis Must is the author of two short story collections: “OH, DON’T ASK WHY,” Red Hen Press, Pasadena, CA (2007), and “BANJO GREASE,” Creative Arts Book Company, Berkeley, CA (2000), plus forthcoming novels: “THE WORLD’S SMALLEST BIBLE,” Red Hen Press, spring 2014, and “HUSH NOW, DON’T EXPLAIN,” Coffeetown Press, Seattle, WA. His plays have been performed Off Off Broadway and his fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and literary reviews. He resides with his wife in Salem, Massachusetts.