ERIC ANDERSON lives with his family in Elyria, Ohio. He says, “The pronunciation of ‘Elyria’ is a cross between ‘delirium’ and ‘malaria,’ which is a pretty fitting description of August in Ohio.”

KENT BEHRENS is a photographer who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. His work is currently being exhibited at Omaha’s Botanical Center.

BRIAN BUCKBEE divides his time between Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Missoula, Montana. His short story in this issue is from a book he is completing titled Dear Dipshit: Letters to My Dumb, Future Self. His work has appeared in Threepenny Review, Mid-American Review, and Shenandoah.

DOUG CRANDELL was born in Wabash, Indiana, the first electrically lighted city in the world and the hometown of singer Crystal Gayle. He wishes he had even a fraction of her hair. He lives with his family in Douglasville, Georgia.

SYLVIA DE SWAAN was the founding director of Sculpture Space in Utica, New York, and is currently a visiting instructor at Hamilton College.

LONNIE HULL DUPONT lives in rural Michigan, where she works as a book editor and writer. She is the author of The Haiku Box (Tuttle Publishing) as well as five poetry chapbooks from small San Francisco presses.

SARA GOLDENTHAL is a photographer who currently makes her living as an artist’s model in Portland, Maine. She also sings with a jazz trio and is working on a book of cat drawings.

MAURY GORTEMILLER is a writer and freelance photographer living in Greenville, South Carolina.

DUNCAN GREEN began taking photographs at ymca camp in Ohio when he was eleven. He is a staff photographer for the Washington State House of Representatives and lives in Olympia, Washington.

EDIS JURCYS was born in Lithuania, studied film in Russia, and worked for eight years at Moscow Network Television. Two books of his photographs have been published in Lithuania. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

STUART KESTENBAUM is the author of two books of poems, Pilgrimage (Coyote Love Press) and House of Thanksgiving (Deerbrook Editions). He lives in Deer Isle, Maine.

HEATHER KING’s latest book, PULSE: Heart of Jesus, A Conversion, is forthcoming from Viking. She is a commentator for NPR's All Things Considered and lives in Los Angeles.

CHRISTOPHER LOPEZ owns a window-cleaning company in Clintondale, New York. His photographs have been published in the journals American Photo and Shots and the book NYC: Life Going On (Syracuse University Press).

PAT MACENULTY is the author of four books, all published by Serpent’s Tail Press. Her latest novel, From May to December, is based on her experiences running a drama workshop at a women’s prison. She is currently collecting essays for an anthology on parental caretaking.

ANNA KAUFMAN MOON is the author of a self-published book of photographs called Reflections of New York City: 1963–1972. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, the New York Times, and Life. She lives in Cobleskill, New York.

LINDA McCULLOUGH MOORE lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she divides her time between reviewing books for Books & Culture and buttonholing strangers on the street to ask if they know anyone who might care to publish a collection of short stories.

LINK NICOLL photographs mostly people — some famous, some not. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

DION OGUST lives in Woodstock, New York, and is a staff photographer for the Woodstock Times. Her portraits of writers and musicians have appeared on book and CD covers.

SY SAFRANSKY is editor and publisher of The Sun.

THERESA WILLIAMS can pick up pens and pencils with her toes, whistle out of the side of her mouth, and spell most words correctly most of the time. She is the author of a novel called The Secret of Hurricanes (MacAdam/Cage). She teaches literature and creative writing at Bowling Green State University and lives in Bradner, Ohio.

HARRY WILSON lives in Bakersfield, California.

BILL WITT is a photographer who has also been a Peace Corps volunteer in Afghanistan, an assembler of tractor transmissions, and an Iowa state legislator. He lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

JACKIE WLODARCZAK is a photographer and teacher living in New York City.