Who

	Laurence W. Thomas - Editor Larry has been around long enough to know the sting of rejection and the salve of acceptance. His shelves are lined with his publications that nobody buys as well as the works of many poets who have fared better. He lectures on poetry in the Ozarks every spring, and sits for hours in front of his computer directing traffic for Third Wednesday.
	Paul Kingston - Assistant and Design Editor Paul is the prior Editor-in-Chief and Art Editor of Now Here Nowhere, and is also President of Gravity Presses (lest we all float away), Inc. He used to write poetry, but now only "prepares" for occasional performances and works too much.
	Joe Ferrari - Publisher Joe grew up in the northern suburbs (farmland), but quickly made New Center Detroit his home and passion. He runs an alternative printing house called Leadfoot Press for poets and other sub-culture types, and invests the majority of his profits back into the city through volunteer work. He's had the honor of printing authors as far away as Connecticut, California and Hawaii. His biggest accomplishments include books for the Boggs Center for Peace Studies and the historic Broadside Press. www.leadfootpress.com
	Judith Jacobs - Art Editor Judith Jacobs earned a B.S. in Design from the University of Michigan in 1964. She has exhibited her artwork for 45 years in regional and national shows and in arts publications. A former collage artist, she now imports into her computer photos and jpegs of graffiti, popular culture images, and her own previous work, then layers, manipulates and recombines them in Photoshop. Her most recent pigment ink prints reflect her interest in creating the illusion of collage and rough urban walls with their graffiti and peeling posters. All her digital work can be seen on her website, www.judithjacobs.com

	Associate Editors
	Alex Cigale Born in Chernovtsy, Ukraine, Alex has lived in New York City since 1975, except for a six-year stint at the University of Michigan where he earned an MFA and won a Hopwood Award. His poems recently appeared in Colorado and Green Mountains Reviews, Hanging Loose, and Mcsweeneys and are forthcoming in Caf'nd Chiron Reviews, English Journal and Many Mountains Moving. His translations of contemporary Russian poetry are in the anthology Crossing Centuries: The New Generation in Russian Poetry, in Modern Poetry in Translation, Poetry New York, and Manhattan Poetry Review. During the 90s, he edited a magazine based on Found Art and called Synaesthetic.
	Janann Dawkins Janann's work has appeared in publications such as decomP, Existere, Mezzo Cammin, Ouroboros Review & Two Review, among others. Leadfoot Press published her chapbook Micropleasure in 2008. A graduate of Grinnell College with a B.A. in American Studies & twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize, she resides in Ann Arbor.
	George Dila - Fiction A born and bred Detroiter and graduate of Wayne State University (when OId Main was the only building on campus), George's short fiction and essays have appeared in North American Review, Driftwood, Current, Traverse, Christian Science Monitor and other publications. His story collection The End of the World was published by Pure Heart Press in 2006, and his story collection Nothing More to Tell is forthcoming from Mayapple Press. He is the Founder/Director of Ludington Visiting Writers. George now follows his writing bliss in a small town on a big lake. www.ludingtonwriters.com
	Carl Fanning Carl has lived his entire life (save for a four-year stint in the U.S. Navy) in Michigan. It was during long stretches out at sea that he developed a love for reading, which, in turn, lead to a fascination with writing. Unlike most poets, Carl does not write to be published (he does not handle rejection well), preferring the warmth and immediacy of coffee shop readings. He has worked in the past as a co-host for Crossroads and Poetry in Motion poetry venues. Carl has a degree in English Literature and Language from Eastern Michigan University and is half-way through a Master's program (which he may or may not complete). He presently works at the VA hospital in Ann Arbor, and has a two year old grandson who his teaching him how to dance.
	Josie Kearns Josie Kearns, winner of three Hopwood Awards from U of M, four Creative Artist Grants, a Fellowship to the NEA and many others, has published two full length collections of poetry, the latest The Theory of Everything (Mayapple Press), a non-fiction book Life After the Line, and two chapbooks. Her work has been anthologized in Boomer Girls, Are You Experienced? Sweeping Beauty, all by Iowa U Press. Her work has appeared in The Georgia Review, Iowa Review, Poetry Northwest, Passages North and other literary journals. She teaches writing and literature full-time at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and is married to the poet Joe Matuzak.
	Robert Fanning A Detroit-area native, Robert Fanning now finds himself smack in the middle of the palm. He is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, where he lives with his wife and two children. The author of American Prophet (Marick Press, 2009), The Seed Thieves (Marick Press, 2006) and Old Bright Wheel (Ledge Press Poetry Award 2003), his poems have appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, Shenandoah, The Atlanta Review, The Hawaii Review, and other journals. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College (MFA) and the University of Michigan, Fanning's writing awards include a Creative Artist Grant from ArtServe Michigan, the Inkwell Poetry Award, and the Foley Poetry Award. He blogs at www.robertfanning.wordpress.com