Nonfiction

Allegra Hyde

Allegra Hyde


Allegra Hyde is the author of Of This New World (University of Iowa Press, 2016), which won the John Simmons Short Fiction Award. Her stories and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in The Missouri Review, New England Review, Gettysburg Review, The Threepenny Review, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, as well as support from the Virginia G. Piper Center, the Jentel Artist Residency Program, The Island School, and the U.S. Fulbright Commission.

Allegra Hyde

Allegra Hyde


Allegra Hyde is the author of Of This New World (University of Iowa Press, 2016), which won the John Simmons Short Fiction Award. Her stories and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in The Missouri Review, New England Review, Gettysburg Review, The Threepenny Review, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, as well as support from the Virginia G. Piper Center, the Jentel Artist Residency Program, The Island School, and the U.S. Fulbright Commission.

Allegra
Hyde

Alexandria Peary

Alexandria Peary

Alexandria Peary's third book of poetry, Control Bird Alt Delete, received the 2013 Iowa Poetry Prize. She is also the author of Fall Foliage Called Bathers & Dancers and Lid to the Shadow which was the recipient of the 2010 Slope Editions Book Prize as well as the forthcoming Creative Writing Studies: An Introduction to Its Pedagogies (edited with Tom C. Hunley). Her work received the Joseph Langland Award from the Academy of American Poets and has recently appeared in The Denver Quarterly, New American Writing, Volt, and The Gettysburg Review. She is an associate professor at Salem State University.

Alexandria Peary

Alexandria Peary

Alexandria Peary's third book of poetry, Control Bird Alt Delete, received the 2013 Iowa Poetry Prize. She is also the author of Fall Foliage Called Bathers & Dancers and Lid to the Shadow which was the recipient of the 2010 Slope Editions Book Prize as well as the forthcoming Creative Writing Studies: An Introduction to Its Pedagogies (edited with Tom C. Hunley). Her work received the Joseph Langland Award from the Academy of American Poets and has recently appeared in The Denver Quarterly, New American Writing, Volt, and The Gettysburg Review. She is an associate professor at Salem State University.

Alexandria
Peary

Catherine Keefe

Catherine Keefe

Catherine Keefe is a California poet, essayist and former journalist. She's the founding editor of dirtcakes journal, dedicated to themes suggested by the UN Millennium Goals to end extreme poverty. Catherine’s work has appeared in ArtPrize Anthology, Minerva Rising, Tupelo Press 30/30 Project, Los Angeles Times Magazine and hundreds of US and Canadian newspapers. Her short story “Delivery Day” won the John Fowles Center Award. Catherine teaches creative nonfiction and rhetoric courses at Chapman University where she earned an MFA in Creative Writing and an MA in English Literature. She's also taught guided meditation classes at women's shelters and private drum circle workshops

Catherine Keefe

Catherine Keefe

Catherine Keefe is a California poet, essayist and former journalist. She's the founding editor of dirtcakes journal, dedicated to themes suggested by the UN Millennium Goals to end extreme poverty. Catherine’s work has appeared in ArtPrize Anthology, Minerva Rising, Tupelo Press 30/30 Project, Los Angeles Times Magazine and hundreds of US and Canadian newspapers. Her short story “Delivery Day” won the John Fowles Center Award. Catherine teaches creative nonfiction and rhetoric courses at Chapman University where she earned an MFA in Creative Writing and an MA in English Literature. She's also taught guided meditation classes at women's shelters and private drum circle workshops

Catherine
Keefe

James Chesbro

James Chesbro

James M. Chesbro’s essays appear in CT Review, The Huffington Post, The Good Men Project, and Stymie Magazine. His essay “Night Running” was listed as a notable essay in The Best American Essays 2012. He is the co-editor of You: An Anthology of Essays Devoted to the Second Person (Welcome Table Press). He teaches at Fairfield Prep and Fairfield University. He lives with his wife and three children in Connecticut.

James Chesbro

James Chesbro

James M. Chesbro’s essays appear in CT Review, The Huffington Post, The Good Men Project, and Stymie Magazine. His essay “Night Running” was listed as a notable essay in The Best American Essays 2012. He is the co-editor of You: An Anthology of Essays Devoted to the Second Person (Welcome Table Press). He teaches at Fairfield Prep and Fairfield University. He lives with his wife and three children in Connecticut.

James
Chesbro

James Warren Boyd

James Warren Boyd

James Warren Boyd’s creative nonfiction has been published in literary journals Memoir, Transfer, The Schuylkill Valley Journal, The Tusculum Review, and the online Amarillo Bay and Diverse Voices Quarterly. As a writer/performer, he has been featured in the Gay and Lesbian International Storytelling Festival, The San Francisco Theater Festival, and “Gay Writes!” at The Marsh. Boyd, who has a master’s degrees in English and Communication Studies, is a writing center coordinator and lecturer at San Francisco State University and an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco.

James Warren Boyd

James Warren Boyd

James Warren Boyd’s creative nonfiction has been published in literary journals Memoir, Transfer, The Schuylkill Valley Journal, The Tusculum Review, and the online Amarillo Bay and Diverse Voices Quarterly. As a writer/performer, he has been featured in the Gay and Lesbian International Storytelling Festival, The San Francisco Theater Festival, and “Gay Writes!” at The Marsh. Boyd, who has a master’s degrees in English and Communication Studies, is a writing center coordinator and lecturer at San Francisco State University and an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco.

James Warren
Boyd

Kathleen Zamboni McCormick

Kathleen Zamboni McCormick

Kathleen Zamboni McCormick is Professor of Literature at Purchase College, SUNY. She’s recently finished Riding Down Hill With No Hands, her first full-length memoir. Her essay, “I Always Thought I Was on Good Terms with the Virgin Mary Even Though I Hadn’t Gotten Pregnant in High School,” won the Tiny Lights First Prize and was performed in Petaluma, CA. She’s negotiating with a NYC theater to do readings of other pieces. Work has appeared in Witness, South Carolina Review, and Zone 3, among others. Academic books include The Culture of Reading and the Teaching of English (MLA Mina Shaughnessy Award).

Kathleen Zamboni McCormick

Kathleen Zamboni McCormick

Kathleen Zamboni McCormick is Professor of Literature at Purchase College, SUNY. She’s recently finished Riding Down Hill With No Hands, her first full-length memoir. Her essay, “I Always Thought I Was on Good Terms with the Virgin Mary Even Though I Hadn’t Gotten Pregnant in High School,” won the Tiny Lights First Prize and was performed in Petaluma, CA. She’s negotiating with a NYC theater to do readings of other pieces. Work has appeared in Witness, South Carolina Review, and Zone 3, among others. Academic books include The Culture of Reading and the Teaching of English (MLA Mina Shaughnessy Award).

Kathleen Zamboni
McCormick

Lori Jakiela

Lori Jakiela

Lori Jakiela is the author of two memoirs – The Bridge to Take When Things Get Serious (C&R Press 2013) and Miss New York Has Everything (Hatchette 2006) – as well as a poetry collection, Spot the Terrorist! (Turning Point 2012). Her essays have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Brevity, Hobart, The Pittsburgh Quarterly, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and more. She teaches in the writing programs at Pitt-Greensburg and Chatham University.

Lori Jakiela

Lori Jakiela

Lori Jakiela is the author of two memoirs – The Bridge to Take When Things Get Serious (C&R Press 2013) and Miss New York Has Everything (Hatchette 2006) – as well as a poetry collection, Spot the Terrorist! (Turning Point 2012). Her essays have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Brevity, Hobart, The Pittsburgh Quarterly, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and more. She teaches in the writing programs at Pitt-Greensburg and Chatham University.

Lori
Jakiela

Mark Rozema

Mark Rozema

Mark Rozema’s first book of nonfiction, Road Trip, will be soon be published by Boreal Books. His recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Sport Literate, The Soundings Review, Weber—The Contemporary West, and Camas—The Nature of The West. He lives in Shoreline, Washington, where he enjoys climbing, running, gardening, and spending time with his wife, daughters, and dogs.

Mark Rozema

Mark Rozema

Mark Rozema’s first book of nonfiction, Road Trip, will be soon be published by Boreal Books. His recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Sport Literate, The Soundings Review, Weber—The Contemporary West, and Camas—The Nature of The West. He lives in Shoreline, Washington, where he enjoys climbing, running, gardening, and spending time with his wife, daughters, and dogs.

Mark
Rozema

Meg Thompson

Meg Thompson

Meg Thompson teaches at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. Her work has appeared in DIAGRAM, The Journal, and McSweeney's (online). Her chapbook, Farmer, is forthcoming from Kattywompus Press.

Meg Thompson

Meg Thompson

Meg Thompson teaches at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. Her work has appeared in DIAGRAM, The Journal, and McSweeney's (online). Her chapbook, Farmer, is forthcoming from Kattywompus Press.

Meg
Thompson

Nathaniel Millard

Nathaniel Millard

Nathaniel Miles Millard, a PhD candidate at Utah State University in the Department of Environment and Society, currently teaches courses in Sustainability, Academic Writing, and Outdoor Education at California State University Chico. He has various research and creative publications. He can be found most evenings hiking a ridge line; while he writes in his notebook, his dog sniffs the air.  He maintains a blog he writes for his friends and family called fitweed.

Nathaniel Millard

Nathaniel Millard

Nathaniel Miles Millard, a PhD candidate at Utah State University in the Department of Environment and Society, currently teaches courses in Sustainability, Academic Writing, and Outdoor Education at California State University Chico. He has various research and creative publications. He can be found most evenings hiking a ridge line; while he writes in his notebook, his dog sniffs the air.  He maintains a blog he writes for his friends and family called fitweed.

Nathaniel
Millard