Contributors

Jaimes Alsop writes that he was “recently knighted. Honest.” He lives in Barstow, California.

Karen Bjorneby grew up in rural Florida, an experience she draws on for much of her writing. She lives in San Francisco.

John Hodgen’s poems have appeared in Sycamore Review, Massachusetts Review, and Pennsylvania Review. He lives in Shrewbury, Massachusetts.

Eileen A. Joy recently quit her job in Richmond, Virginia, where she received her M.F.A. in creative writing. She is on her way to Oregon, where she plans to really suffer for her writing.

J. Krishnamurti, who died in 1986 at the age of ninety, was the author of numerous books, including The Urgency Of Change, The Awakening Of Intelligence, Freedom From The Known, and Truth And Actuality.

Graham Leggat has published short stories, interviews, and criticism in Mss./New Myths, High Plains Literary Review, Afterimage, and Sequoia. He lives in Ithaca, New York, where he edits the Journal Of Temporary Art.

D. Patrick Miller is a senior writer for Yoga Journal. He lives in Encinitas, California.

Josip Novakovich teaches at Moorhead State University in Moorhead, Minnesota. His writing has appeared in Paris Review, Antaeus, and Plowshares. A portion of “The Fence Posts” previously appeared in Boulevard.

Sy Safransky is editor of The Sun.

Sparrow writes of his infant daughter, Sylvia: “You can’t say, ‘Oh, she’s a great guru’ like my old new-age friends always said of their babies. She seems nothing like a guru, except for her hand motions, which are serious and expressive and weird. She seems like a person, a strong-willed person trying to use her body, as if she’s just gotten a camera out of a pawnshop and is patiently getting it to work.”

Tracy Springberry lives in Spokane, Washington, where she chases her toddler, cooks, works, and writes.