Meet the contributors of upcoming Issue 184…
Dustin Pearson
Dustin Pearson is an MFA candidate at Arizona State University, where he also serves as the editor of Hayden’s Ferry Review. He was awarded the 2015 Katherine C. Turner Prize from the Academy of American Poets. Born in Charleston, he is from Summerville, South Carolina.
Joddy Murray
Joddy Murray’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in over 70 journals, including, most recently, The Broken Plate, DUCTS, Caliban Online, Existere, Lindenwood Review, Licking River, Meridian, McNeese Review, Minetta Review, Moon City Review, Moonshot Magazine, Painted Bride Quarterly, Pembroke Magazine, Southampton Review, Stickman Review, and Texas Review. He currently teaches writing and rhetoric in Fort Worth, Texas.
C.C. Russell
C.C. Russell lives in Wyoming with his wife and daughter. His writing has appeared in such places as the New York Quarterly, Pearl, and the Cimarron Review. His short fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions, and Best of the Net. He has held jobs in a wide range of vocations – everything from graveyard shift convenience store clerk to retail management with stops along the way as dive bar dj and swimming pool maintenance. He has also lived in New York and Ohio. He can be found on Twitter @ c_c_russell
Cezarija Abaritis
Cezarija Abartis’ “Nice Girls and Other Stories” was published by New Rivers Press. Her stories have appeared in Per Contra, Pure Slush, Waccamaw, and New York Tyrant, among others. Her flash, “The Writer,” was selected by Dan Chaon for Wigleaf’s Top 50 online Fictions of 2012. Recently she completed a novel, a thriller. She teaches at St. Cloud State University. Her website is http://magicmasterminds.com/cezarija/
Laura Schulkind
Poet and writer Laura Schulkind is an attorney by day, where she is entrusted with others’ stories. Through fiction and poetry she tells her own. Her chapbook, “Lost in Tall Grass,” was released in May 2014 by Finishing Line Press and her poetry and short fiction has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Bluestem, Caveat Lector, Diverse Voices Quarterly, The Dos Passos Review, Eclipse, Forge, The MacGuffin, Minetta Review, OxMag, The Penmen Review, Schuylkill Valley Journal, Talking River, Tiger’s Eye, and Willow Springs. Her published work can also be seen on her website:www.lauraschulkind.com, along with musings on why “lawyer-poet” is not an oxymoron. She and her husband divide their time between Berkeley and Big Sur California. Her two grown sons continue to inspire her.
Elizabeth Kert
Elizabeth has had articles published in the Boulder Daily Camera, Ann Arbor News, and Racine Journal Times. She has an MA in journalism from the University of Michigan and a BA in aesthetic studies from UC Santa Cruz. She has lived in San Francisco since 1981 and spent many years performing with Bay Area modern dance companies. She enjoys reading, dancing, cooking and studying Italian. She currently tutors elementary school students in writing through 826 Valencia, a program developed by the author, Dave Eggers. Working with young writers reminds her to always laugh, have hope, and stay present!
Adam Matson
Adam’s fiction has appeared in The Bryant Literary Review, The Berkeley Fiction Review, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, The Driftless Review, The Indiana Voice Journal, The Broadkill Review, Happy Magazine, and The Cynic Online Magazine, with a forthcoming publication in Infernal Ink Magazine.