PEGGY SUE AMISON has been a photographer for more than twenty years. In 2000 she moved from California to County Cork, Ireland, where she directs the Sirius Arts Centre.

JOSEPH BATHANTI's collection of short stories, The High Heart, won the 2006 Spokane Prize and will be published this fall by Eastern Washington University Press. He is a professor of creative writing at Appalachian State University and lives in Boone, North Carolina.

THOMAS CLARK is a photographer, writer, tennis player, and part-time recluse. He lives in the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens, New York, where he spends his days taking care of his disabled mother.

AARON M. COHEN earned a master’s degree in English literature but became disillusioned with academia and began taking photographs on a trip abroad. His work has since appeared in Time Out New York and Photographer’s Forum. He lives in Elmhurst, New York.

ARNIE COOPER is a freelancer based in Santa Barbara, California, who has written for Dwell, Esquire, and the Wall Street Journal. Lately he’s been spending much of his time trying to convince his Akita pup, Kenta, to stop eating rocks and wood chips.

DIANNE DUENZL loves to photograph foggy, dreamlike landscapes, which are rare where she lives, in the bright glare and drought of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

ERIN DUNIGAN would take pictures of squirrels while on camping trips as a child. She teaches photography to at-risk teens and lives in Newport Beach, California.

LOIS JUDSON is a writer who lives in Vermont with her boyfriend and her neurotic cat. She is amazed to discover that getting sober has left her with writer’s block, so she spends her time quilting, gardening, and admiring the mushrooms that grow in her yard.

OTIS KRIEGEL is an elementary-school teacher and director of a public art collaborative called Illegal Art. He lives in New York City.

KAREN LANDMANN speaks twelve languages, including Sranan Tongo, the creole language of Suriname. She lives in New York City.

FRANCES LEFKOWITZ reviews books for Body+Soul magazine and is now working on a memoir “about poverty, escape, and the downside of upward mobility.” She divides her time between northern California and southern Maine.

ALISON LUTERMAN is adjusting to domestic bliss, milking the chickens and harvesting the cactus with her beloved on their little homestead in Oakland, California. 

KATHLEEN MENKE is a professional photographer who moved to Haines, Alaska, in 1995 and has been building herself a small home on the edge of town ever since.

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.

ANDREA NELSON lives in New York City. When not taking photographs she enjoys running, reading, and wandering.

RANDALL RICHARDS is a photographer and screenwriter who lives in Culver City, California.

SY SAFRANSKY is editor and publisher of The Sun.

KIP SIKORA's photograph in the September 2007 issue is his first publication. He lives in Houston, Texas, and will begin a master’s program in photojournalism this fall at the University of Montana.

KEITH HARMON SNOW is a photographer and human-rights investigative journalist who travels extensively in Ethiopia, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

JESSICA MAX STEIN writes poetry and grows tomatoes in Brooklyn, New York.

COLE THOMPSON lives in Laporte, Colorado, where he raises llamas. His photographs have been published in B&W, Focus, and Photo Life.

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.

SAINT JAMES HARRIS WOOD is the father of three perfect sons. He has worked in radio, construction, and at a pineapple factory. While traveling with his band, the Saint James Catastrophe, he picked up the heroin-smoking habit, which led to prison. Correspondence can be sent to: Saint James Harris Wood T30027, P.O. Box 8103, CMC East-6223, San Luis Obispo, CA 93409.