BIO Robbi Nester is the author of a chapbook, Balance (White Violet, 2012) and a collection of poems, A LIkely Story (Moon Tide, 2014). She also edited an anthology of poems inspired by public media, The Liberal Media Made Me Do It! (Nine Toes, 2014). She has published poetry, book reviews, and articles in many…
Nizar Sartawi
BIO Nizar Sartawi is a poet, translator and educator. He was born in Sarta, Palestine, in 1951. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of Jordan, Amman, and a Master’s degree in Human Resources Development from the University of Minnesota. Sartawi is a member of the Jordanian Writers Association and General Union…
Hila Ratzabi
. . . . BIO Hila Ratzabi was selected by Adrienne Rich as a recipient of a National Writers Union Poetry Prize and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is the author of the chapbook The Apparatus of Visible Things (Finishing Line Press). Her poetry is published or forthcoming in Narrative, Alaska Quarterly…
Sarla Maheshwari: Translated by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
BIO Sarla Maheshwari is an Indian writer, poet, journalist and social activist . She has written 16 books on various subject matters, including drama and poetry. She is an ex-member of Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha), and the Deputy Chairperson of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee. She lives in Kolkata, India with her husband Arun Maheshwari,…
Jeanine Stevens
BIO Jeanine Stevens studied poetry at U.C. Davis. Winner of the MacGuffin Poet Hunt, and one of two finalists for the William Stafford Award, she is the author of Sailing on Milkweed. Her latest chapbook is Needle in the Sea. Work has appeared in Poet Lore, Cider Press Review, Evansville Review and Rosebud, as well…
DAMASCUS: An Audio Poem by Jack Foley
Click below to listen to Damascus. Performed by : Jack and Adelle Foley . . DAMASCUS Last year at Damascus it rained Night fell at Damascus Day broke, The seasons went on. _____Unceasing violence Last year at Damascus the sun _____The man Shone for part of a day _____Raised the gun to his And then…
Claudia Russo: Translated by Margaret Saine
BIO Claudia Russo was born in Enna, Italy, in 1987. In 2014 she obtained a degree in modern languages and literature from the university of Catania and now continues her studies of French language at the university of Rome, La Sapienza. While in Catania, she was active in a literary group under the direction of…
Lissa Kiernan
BIO Lissa Kiernan is the author of Two Faint Lines in the Violet, (Negative Capability Press, 2014), a finalist for both the Foreword Reviews’ 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award and the 2014 Julie Suk Award for Best Poetry Book by an Independent Press. Her book-length braided essay, Glass Needles & Goose Quills: Elementary Lessons in Atomic…
Adriana Scanferla: Translated by Margaret Saine
BIO Adriana Scanferla was born in Venice in 1949 and has been living in the province of Varese, where she collaborates with civic institutions in denouncing human rights violations against women and children world-wide. She feels that the Web might contribute to the diffusion of culture and democracy among peoples. Her poems have been published…
Rodica Draghincescu: The West will be for tomorrow
VIDEOPOEM – The West will be for tomorrow by Rodica Draghincescu (with subtitles in English) from Roxanne Brousseau Felio on Vimeo. For more about Rodica Draghincescu CLICK HERE For more about Roxanne Brousseau Felio CLICK HERE . .
Alessio Zanelli
BIO Alessio Zanelli lives in Cremona. He is an Italian poet who writes in English and whose work has appeared in about 150 journals from 13 countries. He has published 4 full collections to date, most recently Over Misty Plains (Indigo Dreams, UK, 2012). . SURFACE SEARCHERS Searchers. On the surface of perception. That is…
Ann-Marie Madden Irwin
BIO Ann-Marie Madden Irwin is getting back to submitting work, revising work and living life. A poet, photographer and unabashed omnivore, she was an adjunct professor teaching freshman composition in San Antonio (and loving it) until being diagnosed with stage 3B rectal cancer. She’s lived in NYC, Ridgefield, Conn., Portsmouth, R.I., and Fall River and Boston, Mass. Now she…