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Rusty Barnes grew up in rural northern Appalachia. He received his B.A. from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania and his M.F.A. from Emerson College. His fiction, poetry and non-fiction have appeared in nearly three hundred journals and anthologies. Among his eight books are two...
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Speakers
Bestselling Author, Timothy Gager has published 18 books of fiction and poetry, which includes his third novel, Joe the Salamander. He hosted the successful Dire Literary Series in Cambridge, MA from 2001 to 2018, and started a weekly virtual series in 2020. He has had over 1000 works...
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Heather Sullivan is the co-editor of Live Nude Poems. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Chiron Review, Free State Review, Ygdrasil, Barbaric Yawp and several other publications online and in print. She lives in Revere, MA with her family and the poet & novelist Rusty Bar...
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Poetry Editor, Wilderness House Literary Review
TEISHA DAWN TWOMEY received her MFA in Poetry at Lesley University. She is the poetry editor for Wilderness House Literary Review. Her debut collection “How to Treat Pretty Things” was released by Stream~Lines earlier this year. She lives in Dedham, MA. http://teishapoetrytwo...
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