Gary Beck’s poetry has appeared in dozens of literary magazines. His recent fiction has been published in numerous literary magazines. His chapbook,Remembrance, was published by Origami Press in June 2008. Another chapbook, The Conquest of Somalia, will be published by Cervena Barva Press. His plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes, and Sophocles have been produced Off-Broadway.

Jamie Asaye FitzGerald's poetry has appeared most recently in the anthology Hunger and Thirst (San Diego City Works Press) and previously in Poetic Diversity, Speechless the Magazine, Fulcrum, Ariel, LORE and Snow Monkey, as well as on public buses. She earned degrees from the University of Southern California—where she was the recipient of an Academy of American Poets College Prize and the Edward G. Moses Poetry Prize—and San Diego State University’s MFA writing program. She has taught creative writing, literature and composition, and has a background in advertising copywriting. Originally from Hawaii, she now works for Poets & Writers in its Los Angeles office.

Michael C. Ford’s debut  (12-inch LP vinyl) of air checks on alternative radio (Language Commando) earned a Grammy nomination in 1987. His book of selected poems (Emergency Exits) was honored with a Pulitzer Prize nomination.  His narrative # titled VIETNAM /  PEACE CASUALTIES was nominated for the 2006 Pushcart Prize. Presently, Ford is working on film projects—the Kenneth Rexroth Centenary (documentary) and Blondes Don’t Bother To Knock (screenplay)—as well as 3 spoken word CDs, which include project titles No Reservations: An Evening at the Sunset Palms Hotel (literary review in a CD format), Fast Food Sanitarium, and 20th-Century Goodbye! ( spoken word documents). Future projects include the launching of a satellite radio program to be titled IT MIGHT NOT BE POETRY.

Tonja Renee Hall hails from the SF by way of Seattle. She is a visual artist, floral designer, yoga instructor, cowgirl, traveler, linguist, fashionista, and touring cyclist. Her favorite claim to make is Rock Star as the lead singer of Bobbitt. For the last 2 years she has been working and living in Bangkok, Thailand teaching yoga. She’s cyclo- toured all over Thailand and New Zealand (as well as the US, Australia,France and next stop, Chile) learning Thai language. Her favorite Thai phrase is, “caaw, me pak boong fai dang, na kha?” or “do you have any spicy Morning Glory, please and thank you?” She recently returned to the States and is now trying to remember to drive on the right and say “thank you” instead of “khap khun Kha.”