Pat Daneman is a New Yorker who lives currently in Kansas. Recent work appears in The Apple Valley Review, Inkwell, RE:AL, The Cortland Review, and Fresh Water. Her poem, “Thanksgiving,” was selected for the 2009 Best of the Net Anthology.
Pam Perkins-Frederick has published hither and yon; book 12/2006 [There Is No Sorrow That Light Won’t Try to Wipe Away]; chapbook in 3rd printing [A Leaf Gnawed to Lace];most recently, 3 poems in Proteus: A Journal of Ideas.
Vishwas R. Gaitonde has been published in the United States and in other countries. His recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Thema, The MacGuffin, The Chaffin Journal, The San Diego Union- Tribune and Fifth Wednesday Journal. His book, A Thief in the Night: Understanding AIDS, was published by East-West Books, India.
After 15 years as a newspaper reporter and editor, Amorak Huey teaches writing at Grand Valley State University. He holds an MFA from Western Michigan University, and his poetry appears or is forthcoming in Crab Orchard Review, Subtropics, Nimrod, Gargoyle and other journals.
David Kozinski is pleased to make his SVJ debut as book reviewer. His poems have appeared in more than 20 print and online publications, including several in the SVJ since 2005. He has twice been a Pushcart nominee, and has participated in various humanities programs at the Manayunk Art Center, where he regularly exhibits his visual art as a member of the Manayunk Artists’Co-Op.
Teresa Leo isthe author of a book of poems, The Halo Rule(Elixir Press, 2008), winner of the Elixir Press Editor’s Prize. Her poetry and essays have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Poetry, Ploughshares, Women’s Review of Books, New Orleans Review, Barrow Street, The Florida Review, Italian Americana, Painted Bride Quarterly, Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, Xconnect, and elsewhere. She has been a resident at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Blue Mountain Center, and the Vermont Studio Center, and has received fellowships from the Pew Fellowships in the Arts, the Leeway Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. She works at the University of Pennsylvania.
Lyn Lifshin has published over 120 books including three books from Black Sparrow: Cold Comfort, Before It’s Light, Another Woman Who Looks Like Me. She has edited four anthologies and is the subject of a documentary film, Lyn Lifshin: Not Made of Glass. Her web site is www.lynlifshin.com. Forthcoming in 2010, Katrina from Poetic Matrix Press.
David Mook earned an MFA in Writing at Vermont College. He now lives in Vermont and teaches at Castleton State College.