Jan La Roche
Aug01

Jan La Roche

Jan La Roche is the editor of Oberon Poetry magazine. She is represented online at poetryvlog.com reading five of her poems and on the writing blog Feral Writer, Feral Mom in an interview “AROHO Speaks, Writer to Writer.” Her poems have appeared in Oberon, Mobius and Paumanok, Poems and Pictures of Long Island and will appear in the forthcomingPaumanok II. She co-authored 25 years poems drawings with her husband, Jef...

Read More
Jillian Lauren
Aug01

Jillian Lauren

Jillian Lauren is a writer and performer with an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University. She is the author of the memoir Some Girls: My Life in a Harem and the novel Pretty, both from Plume/Penguin. Her writing has also appeared in The Paris Review, The New York Times,Los Angeles Magazine, Vanity Fair and Flaunt Magazine, among others. Jillian has appeared at spoken word and storytelling events across the country. She lives...

Read More
Stefanie Lipsey
Aug01

Stefanie Lipsey

Stefanie Lipsey is poet, librarian, and yoga instructor who holds an MFA in Creative Writing and NYS Teacher Certification in English Language Arts. She is the author of Sound Cliff: Twelve Words to a More Creative Life and curates two online writing sites,  Sound Cliff Writing Spa and Writing Yoga. Her work has been published in several journals and in two anthologies. She was a founding editor of Ozone Park.  Stefanie has been a...

Read More
Nikki Loftin
Aug01

Nikki Loftin

Nikki Loftin is the author of THE SINISTER SWEETNESS OF SPLENDID ACADEMY (Razorbill, 2012), and NIGHTINGALE’S NEST (coming 2/20/14), both novels for young readers.  Nikki’s short children’s fiction has appeared in Boy’s Life and Pockets magazines. Last year, she was also a featured author in Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves (Zest books). This year, Nikki is experimenting with exactly how close to the edge of...

Read More
Lisa Lutwyche
Aug01

Lisa Lutwyche

Lisa Lutwyche has been a published poet since she was seventeen, nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2000.  At night, for the last two decades, she has taught creative writing (and watercolor) at community arts centers.  She teaches special needs groups in the Fine and Performing Arts department of Cecil College in Maryland, proudly writing and producing an annual play with one of the groups since early 2008.  Lisa also teaches creative...

Read More