Paul Beckman says "I live in Ct with Lucy and Sandy; one's a Brunette and the other a Golden. Recently had stories in Playboy, The Connecticut Review and The Writer's Voice. Stories upcoming in ONTHEBUS, Tight and a German Anthology "Nur wenn ich lache. Judische Prosa der Zweiten Generation" ( Only when I'm laughing--Jewish Prose by the second generation.)"

Andrei Codrescu was born in Sibiu, Romania on December 20, 1946; emigrated to the United States in 1966; became U.S. citizen in 1981; poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter; columnist on National Public Radio; editor of Exquisite Corpse, a literary journal on line at www.corpse.org; MacCurdy Distinguished Professor of English at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. RECENT BOOKS: POETRY: Alien Candor: Selected Poems, 1970-1995 (Santa Rosa:Black Sparrow Press, 1996) Poezii Alese/Selected Poetry bi-lingual edition, English and Romanian (Bucharest: Editura Paralela 45, 2000) Belligerence (Minneapolis: Coffee House Press,1993) Comrade Past and Mister Present (Minneapolis:Coffee House Press,1991) FICTION: A Bar in Brooklyn: Novellas & Stories, 1970-1978 (Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999) Messiah (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999) a novel. The Blood Countess (New York:Simon & Schuster, 1995) a novel); Dell paperback, 1996. National best-seller.

Shawn Davis says: "My fiction has appeared in West Wind Review and goliards, and poetry in Lithiagraph. I recently earned a Master’s Degree in Arts & Letters from Southern Oregon University. Currently I spend most of my time playing with my 3-year-old daughter, but keep my feet wet by participating in an on-line flashfiction critique group."

Paul Alan Fahey says "I'm a learning disabilities specialist and also editor of "Mindprints, A Literary Journal" at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, CA. I have published short fiction in print journals such as Potpourri, Artisan, The MacGuffin, The Palo Alto Review and most recently in the online publications of E2K, Mocha Memoirs, Cenotaph Pocket Editions, Orchard Press Mysteries, The Paumanok Review, and at www.coffeebeanshop.com where my short story, "Dial C for Coffee" took first place in a recent contest."

Herbert Foster Kaufmanhas published short fiction and poetry in Wasted Space, Errata, The Underwood Review, and Caveat Lector. His first novel A Testament to Grace was published by TXT and Snowman Books. His play Montgomery Clift Can't Save You was performed at the Sushi Gallery in San Diego. He has published articles in local papers and written ad copy for Playboy. His second book, a collection of short stories called Trouble and Poison will be published by Hanover Press, in 2003.

Pierre Joris left Luxembourg at nineteen & has since lived in the US, Great Britain, North Africa & France. In 1992 he returned to the Mid-Hudson valley & teaches poetry & poetics at SUNY-Albany. He has published numerous books of poetry — most recently Poasis: Selected Poems 1986-1999 (Wesleyan UP 2001) — as well as several anthologies — most recently Poems for the Millennium, vol. 1 & 2: A University of California Book of Modern & Postmodern Poetry, with Jerome Rothenberg. His translations include books by Abdelwahab Meddeb, Paul Celan, Maurice Blanchot, Edmond Jabès, Habib Tengour, Tchicaya U'Tamsi, Kurt Schwitters and many others. In 2002 Exact Change (Boston) will publish Rothenberg & Joris’ translation of the writings of Pablo Picasso, and Inconundrum Press Joris’ 4x1: Translations of Rilke, Tzara, Duprey & Tengour. A book of essays, Towards a Nomadic Poetics, is forthcoming from Wesleyan next year.

John J. Maguire is a drama graduate from Liverpool currently dwelling in West Sussex with his fiance and two rats. Studying for a MA in English Literature. He has written four plays, two of which have been staged in Cardiff. His performance poetry project was showcased as street theatre in the old castle ruins at Aberystwyth, Wales and also at Margate and Broadstairs, Kent. He works as a freelance photographer and long haul flight attendant, regularly visiting Cuba, Goa, Mombasa and Canada.

Rochelle Ratner's latest poetry book, House and Home, will be published in Fall 2003 by Marsh Hawk Press. Other books include two novels: Bobby's Girl (Coffee House Press, 1986) and The Lion's Share (Coffee House Press, 1991) and thirteen poetry books, including Practicing to Be a Woman: New and Selected Poems (Scarecrow Press, 1982), Someday Songs (BkMk Press/Univ. of MissouriKansas City, 1992), and Zodiac Arrest (Ridgeway Press, 1995). An anthology she edited, Bearing Life: Women’s Writings on Childlessness, was published in January 2000 by The Feminist Press and appeared in paperback in January 2002. Hide & Seek, an original poem-photo series based on the limited-edition poetry volume, is posted on the Light and Dust website.

Wayne Scheer, after teaching college writing and literature for twenty-five years, recently retired to follow his own advice and write. In the past few months, he's had stories published or accepted for publication in Kafenio, LoveWords, When Fall the Coliseum, Prose Ax, Inscriptions and NovelAdvice. He lives in Atlanta with his wife, Vickie, and his pet turtle whose name will be withheld because of the turtle's desire for privacy.

Lawrence Upton: is a poet / visual & sound artist-- latest publications "Auditory Experiments" and "initial dance" both from housepresss, Canada--forthcoming "Wire Sculptures" (Reality Street Editions, UK)-- Chairs "Sub Voicive Poetry"

Karl Young began publishing mimeo and crude letterpress books in 1966. He has continued through other media since. He published books under the Membrane Press imprint from 1970 to 1990, at which time he changed the press name to Light and Dust. For the last seven years his main publication effort has been his on-line Light and Dust Anthology of Poetry. Collections of his poetry and his essays will be published during the next year.

Harriet Zinnes' many books include the newly published poetry chapbook, Plunge, My, Haven't the Flowers Been?, The Radiant Absurdity of Desire (short stories), Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts (criticism), and Blood and Feathers (translations from the French poetry of Jacques Prevert). She is a contributing editor of The Denver Quarterly and of The Hollins Critic and a contributing writer of New York Arts Magazine. She is professor emerita of English of Queens College of the City University of New York.