Contributors
December 1977
Writers
Tom Bender is the editor of Rain magazine in Portland, Oregon.
moreLawrence Bullock: “As always (as Ms. Plath said) the blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it.”
moreChristopher Bursk is from Langhorne Manor, Pa.
moreGloria del Vecchio is from Yardley, Pa.
moreLeaf Diamant underwent a successful name change.
moreCary Fowler writes extensively on agricultural issues and the world food problem.
moreRichard Gess survives the crosswinds of life on his frail motorbike.
moreFrank Graziano lives in Tucson, Arizona where he is editor for the Grilled Flowers Press and works in the Arizona Poetry-In-The-Schools Program.
moreKarl Grossman became a vegetarian a few years ago. He discovered he couldn’t stand vegetables, and eats mostly spaghetti.
moreDavid M. Guy has just finished an unpublished novel, Football Dreams.
moreArchibald Henderson teaches English at the University of Houston.
moreBarry Jacobs lives in Durham and writes for the North Carolina Anvil. His recent series of articles on institutions for the mentally retarded has stirred up overdue controversy.
morePriscilla Rich Safransky’s two children grew up to be sisters.
moreHal Richman has a doctorate in applied kindling. He owns the StoveWorks in Chapel Hill.
moreDavid Searls invented the modern-day dilemma and is working on a safe-for-children contradiction.
moreMark Shuman lives in Hillsborough.
moreDee Dee Small is now selling advertising for The Sun. She’s also a dancer and a poet, on or off the volleyball courts.
moreTerrill Shepard Soules is the editor of Daimon and a member of the Atlanta Poetry Collective.
moreVal Staples has the healing touch.
moreDavid Terrenoire is a cartoonist-cum-construction worker who lives in Efland.
moreCandide Jones Utley: “You asked for something autobiographical. Well, I really don’t know how one could ‘begin to spit out the butt-ends’ of one’s ways in a sentence. Let’s just say I’m winging it, and hoping hard.”
moreRichard Williams is the author of Savarin.
moreOn The Cover
Sy Safransky grew up; this still surprises him.
moreEditor and Publisher
Sy Safransky
Associate Editor
Priscilla Rich Safransky
Assistant Editor
Betsy Campbell Blackwell
Contributing Editors
Leaf Diamant
Karl Grossman
David Guy
Mike Mathers
David Searls
Richard Williams
Printer
Scott Craddock
Carpentry
Bram Sorgman
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