Donald Friedman Donald Friedman was born in Philip Roth s old neighborhood, the Weequahic section of Newark, New Jersey. As a child, Friedman painted with oils and cartooned, but his pragmatic father discouraged him from pursuing art as a career path. Friedman graduated from Columbia High School in ...

Michael Milburn Michael Milburn was born on Long Island, New York. After graduating from St. Paul's School, he attended Harvard College, where he earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees.The author of Such Silence, a collection of poems published by the University of Alabama Press in 1989, Milburn has...

Philip Heldrich Philip Heldrich grew up in Northbrook, Illinois, "Speed Skating Capital of the World." He is the author of Good Friday, winner of the X.J. Kennedy Poetry Prize, and numerous short stories. He teaches writing at the University of Washington in Tacoma and directs the Southwest/Texas Po...

Jean Harper Jean Harper grew up in Concord, Massachusetts. She earned her B.A. from Earlham College and her M.F.A. from Emerson College. Her short fiction, essays, and memoir have been published in The Iowa Review, Living Forge Journal, and Cimarron Review, among others. She is an assistant professo...

Donald Morrill Donald Morrill was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He has served as a foreign expert at Jilin University, Peoples Republic of China, and as a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Lodz, Poland. Recently, he was the Bedell Visiting Writer in the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University...