Mirage 2016 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Mary Alexander Growing up in a peripatetic family and then being an Air Force wife forged a desire for Mary Alexander to see the world. She has traveled on five continents, lived seven years abroad, yet claims southern Arizona as her home. She retired after twenty-five years as a career clinical social worker. She writes from her experiences with many cultures and locales. 75
Vienna Baker Vienna Baker is a local aspiring artist. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona in 2011 and specializes in painting and printmaking. She occasionally teaches art workshops for the Center for Lifelong Learning. Pamela Blunt Pamela Blunt divides her time between Bisbee and the magical Sonoran Desert near Tucson. She loves the arts and has written poetry since she was a child. As far as she is concerned, it doesn’t get much better than a hike with her husband and her dogs. She is a psychotherapist and is currently the national Executive Director of the Sensory Awareness Foundation, a mindfulness approach she’s practiced since 1980. Steve Bovee “Steve Bovee lives and works [sic] in Cochise County.” Lynda Coole Lynda Coole strives to capture moments with consideration and respect for negative space. Lavendra Copen Lavendra Copen is a native Arizonan, educated in New Mexico, tempered in New York City, and gratefully living and growing organic vegetables in the Huachuca Mountain foothills. The granddaughters she has raised are becoming young women, and she hopes her poetry is maturing, too.
