Contributors with Profiles — Page 10

Elaine grew up in Cleveland, Ohio where she developed a love for reading and writing in elementary school. At age eighteen she met Allen Ginsberg at a party. He read several of her poems then told her she had a talent for writing, but was rather immature in her views. She has since matured -- to a degree.

Fhen M. is a poet. He was a writing fellow in a creative writing workshop. His poems were published in many poetry anthologies.

Frankie Laufer is an oil painter and writer living in Walla Walla, WA.

Gale Acuff has had hundreds of poems published in a dozen countries and has authored three books of poetry. Gale has taught tertiary English courses in the US, PR China, and Palestine.

Grant Shimmin is a South African-born poet resident in New Zealand since 2001. He counts humanity, the natural world, and the relationship between them as poetic passions.

Guna Moran is an international poet and book reviewer. His poems are published in more than 150 international magazines, journals, webzines, newspapers, anthologies and have been translated into thirty languages around the world. He has three poetry books to his credit. He lives in Assam, India.

Harrison Cashmere is a poet and writer from the heart of Kashmir. His work explores the delicate intersection of human introspection and the fleeting beauty of the natural world. Deeply rooted in the atmosphere of the valley, his poetry seeks to ground philosophical ideas in the lived, sensory details of his homeland.

Hugh Blanton combs poems out of his hair during those moments he can steal away from his employer's loading dock. He has appeared in The American Journal of Poetry, The Rye Whiskey Review, and other places. He lives in San Diego, California.

J.R. Barner is a writer, teacher, and musician living in Athens, Georgia, USA.

Jackie Chou is a writer from Southern California who has two collections of poetry, "The Sorceress" and "Finding My Heart in Love and Loss," published by cyberwit.

Jan Wiezorek writes from Michigan. He taught writing at St. Augustine College, Chicago, and wrote the ebook "Awesome Art Projects That Spark Super Writing" (Scholastic, 2011). He holds a master’s degree in English Composition/Writing from Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.

Jeannie E. Roberts has authored six books, including "The Wingspan of Things" (Dancing Girl Press), "Romp and Ceremony" (Finishing Line Press), "Beyond Bulrush" (Lit Fest Press), and "Nature of it All" (Finishing Line Press). She is poetry editor of the online literary magazine Halfway Down the Stairs.

Jeff Dosser is an ex-police officer and current software developer living in the wilds of central Oklahoma. Besides winning Oklahoma Writer's Federation best new horror of 2018 and 2019 with his novels, "Neverland," and "Shattered," he also received an honorable mention in L.R Hubbard's Writers of the Future contest.

Jiel is a poet and storyteller whose haiku and poems have appeared in Cold Moon Journal, Failed Haiku, Wee Sparrow Poetry Press, Trash Panda Haiku, King River Press, and The Alipore Post, among others.

Jimmy Lisotto is a poet in New Hampshire. He believes that poetry is a medium that can connect people from all walks of life.

Joe Baldwin is a History graduate who writes fiction, poetry and essays on a wide variety of topics. He lives in Southampton in the United Kingdom. He has been published in a number of journals and is currently writing a novel and a poetry collection.

John Drudge is a social worker working in the field of disability management and holds degrees in social work, rehabilitation services, and psychology. He is the author of four books of poetry.

John Sara is a writer from Parma, Ohio. He received his BFA in Creative Writing from Bowling Green State University and is currently pursuing his MFA at Ashland University.

Joseph McKinley is an English teacher in southern China, where he has lived for the past three years.

Kate Hill-Charalambides, originally from London, enjoys triple nationality: British/French and Greek Cypriot. She lives in Alsace where she works as an English teacher and studied at the University Jean Jars in Toulouse.

Kathy (Moorehead) Sherban resides in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, she is a poet and author featured in several global anthologies and international literary magazines.

Ken Kakareka is an American writer. His latest novel "Summer of Irresponsibility" is published with Alien Buddha Press (2023).

Dr. Ketaki Datta is an Associate Professor of English with Bidhannagar Govt. College, Kolkata.

I have loved writing and reading ever since I was a child. Aside from 'Paradoxica,' I am the author of the recently released novel, Climbing Through Windows. When I'm not writing, I can be found at work or spending time with my friends and family

Kimutai Kemboi Allan is a Kenyan writer residing in Nairobi.