Lynn Levin is a poet, writer, translator, and teacher, author of six books, most recently a poetry collection, Miss Plastique; a translation from the Spanish, Birds on the Kiswar Tree by Peruvian Andean poet Odi Gonzales; and, as co-author, the textbook Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets. The recipient of fourteen Pushcart Prize nominations, Levin has published poems, stories, essays, and translations in Ploughshares, Boulevard, The Hopkins Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Schuylkill Valley Journal, Connecticut Review, Rattle, and Verse Daily.

Joan Roberta Ryan lives in Taos New Mexico where she indulges her passions for skiing, mushroom hunting, Mediterranean cooking—and above all—reading and writing poetry.  Her work has appeared in Atlanta Review, Calyx, Nimrod, The Sow’s Ear Review, Spillway, Naugatuck River Review, Euphony, Ekphrasis, Crab Orchard Review and other journals. Joan’s poetry collection Dark Ladies & Other Avatars was published 2017.

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