Contributors
Jota Boombaba, when not on the road, writes in and around San Francisco, where he lives and
kicks back with his son. Visit him most days at www.jotaboombaba.com.
Bruce Alford’s first collection, TERMINAL SWITCHING, was published in 2007 (Elk River
Review Press). He received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama and was an
assistant professor of creative writing at the University of South Alabama from 2007-2011. Before
working in academia, he was an inner-city missionary and journalist. He has published fiction,
creative nonfiction and poetry in journals such as the African American Review, Comstock Review,
Imagination & Place Press, Louisiana Literature, and many others. He currently lives in Hammond,
Louisiana.
Originally from Pennsylvania, Sylvia Cavanaugh has an M.S. in Urban Planning from the
University of Wisconsin. She currently teaches high school African and Asian cultural studies. She
has been the faculty advisor for break dancers and poets. Her poems have appeared in An Ariel
Anthology, Hummingbird, The Journal of Creative Geography, Midwest Prairie Review, Peninsula
Pulse, Red Cedar Review, Seems Literary Journal, Stoneboat Literary Journal, Verse Wisconsin,
and elsewhere. She has a chapbook coming out from Finishing Line Press titled, Staring Through
My Eyes.
Yuan Changming, eight-time Pushcart nominee and author of five chapbooks, grew up in rural
China, began to learn English at 19, and published monographs on translation before moving to
Canada. With a PhD in English, Yuan currently edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Qing Yuan in
Vancouver, and has poetry appearing in Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, Threepenny
Review and 1129 others across 37 countries.
Barry Charman is a writer living in North London. He has been published in various magazines,
including Ambit, Firewords Quarterly, The Literary Hatchet and Popshot. He has had poems
published online and in print, most recently in Leading Edge and The Linnet’s Wings. He has a blog
at http://barrycharman.blogspot.co.uk
Mark Danowsky’s poetry has appeared in Alba, Cordite, Grey Sparrow, Mobius, Shot Glass
Journal, Third Wednesday and other journals. Mark is originally from the Philadelphia area, but
currently resides in North-Central West Virginia. He works for a private detective agency and is
Managing Editor for the Schuylkill Valley Journal.
Metro Detroit writer Jenifer DeBellis is Pink