BIO Born in Terathum of eastern Nepal, Dr. Abhi Subedi (अभि सुवेदी) received his higher education in Nepal and Britain. He is an essayist, critic, linguist, playwright, translator, and poet. He has over two- dozen books on different subjects to his credit. Among his over ten plays, strong theatre groups in Nepal and abroad have…
BIO Known as a people’s poet of Nepal, Durga Lal Shrestha is an essential name in contemporary Nepali and Newari literature. He has written over a dozen books many great lyrics. Some of his works written in the Newari language are Gvinnila, Inkalabaya palahsah, Ji svayambhu tvathah: nyecyapu kavitaya chajhvah and Phyakham pica. His poem “Phool…
BIO Abhay K. is a poet and editor. He has published six collection of poems including The Eight-Eyed Lord of Kathmandu (Bloomsbury India) and The Seduction of Delhi (Bloomsbury). He is the editor of CAPITALS (Bloomsbury) and 100 Great Indian Poems (Bloomsbury). He received the SAARC Literary Award 2013. His Earth Anthem has been translated…
BIO Sedat Umran (1925–2013, real name Osman Sedat Öcal) was a Turkish poet who spent his youth in Istanbul. He studied German language and literature, and worked as a commercial translator for various companies in the city of Izmir. He authored many books of poetry, culminating in 2000 with the publication of his collected poems,…
BIO Tulasi Acharya is a Nepali Poet. Born and raised in Nepal, he moved to the United States in 2008 to pursue a master’s degree in creative writing. His interests are poetry writing and translation.He has published a number of short stories, poems and articles. In 2014, he published a novel “Running from the Dreamland”…
BIO Tulasi Diwasa is a prominent name in modern Nepali poetry. He has authored a dozen books on literature, folk culture and folklore of various tribes in Nepal. He served as professor of Nepali Literature at Tribhuwan University for several years. He has also served as Cultural Secretary at the Nepalese Embassy in the USA…
BIO Huzaifa Pandit (MA, SET) was born and raised in Kashmir. He is pursuing a PhD on “Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Agha Shahid Ali and Mahmoud Darwish – Poetics of Resistance” at University of Kashmir. His poems, translations, essays and papers have been published in various journals like Indian Literature, PaperCuts, CLRI, Punch and Muse India….
BIO Cameron Morse taught and studied in China. Diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2014, he is currently a third-year MFA candidate at UMKC and lives with his wife, Lili, in Blue Springs, Missouri. His poems have been or will be published in over 50 different magazines, including New Letters, Pamplemousse, Fourth & Sycamore and…
BIO Gale Acuff has poetry published in Ascent, Santa Barbara Review, Descant, Ohio Journal, South Dakota Review, Grasslands Review, Poem, Maryland Poetry Review, South Carolina Review, Florida Review, Adirondack Review, and many other journals. He have authored three books of poetry: Buffalo Nickel (BrickHouse Press, 2004), The Weight of the World (BrickHouse, 2006), and The…
BIO Sergio A. Ortiz is a two-time Pushcart nominee, a four-time Best of the Web nominee, and 2016 Best of the Net nominee. 2nd place in the 2016 Ramón Ataz Annual Poetry Competition. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in FRIGG, Tipton Poetry Journal, Drunk Monkeys, Bitterzeot Magazine, and *ONE*: Jacar Press. He is currently working on…
BIO Simon Perchik lives in New York. His poetry has appeared in Partisan Review, The Nation, The New Yorker and elsewhere. .T THREE POEMS Her chest no longer listening though both your arms stay folded one over the other, wet the way these dead dare each night to arrive without them –you stand in front…
BIO Thomas Piekarski is a former editor of the California State Poetry Quarterly and Pushcart Prize nominee. His poetry and interviews have appeared widely in literary journals internationally, including Nimrod, Portland Review, Mandala Journal, Cream City Review, Poetry Salzburg, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, Boston Poetry Magazine, and Poetry Quarterly. He has published a travel book, Best Choices In Northern California,…
