was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2015. He has also won cooking ribbons at the Kern County Fair. Chereen Givargis’s poem can be found on page 28. Fabián González González (Uriangato, GTO., México, 1987) attended the writing programs at Sonoma State and San Jose State University. His work has appeared in the Río Grande Review, Penumbra (2012-2017), and is forthcoming in Thin Air. Casey Griffen says that writing is a terrific way to right things. As a teacher of writing in his 38th year, he’s been privileged not only to share students’ writings, but also to experience a shared growth with his writings. Poetry appears to be more and more a prayer for him. Along with the prayers of poetry, he discovers nuggets of innocence with prose. Whether to right wrongs or to write insight, he enjoys having readers read his writings. He thanks Penumbra for “writing” things. Thomas Griffin’s poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, recognized with an Academy of American Poets Prize, and continues to be published widely in journals, magazines, reviews, and anthologies. His most recent chapbook is All That Once Was You (Finishing Line Press, 2018). Thomas has a B.A. in Language, Literature, & Writing, and an M.F.A. in Writing. Cleo Griffith is a poet in Salida and has been in earlier issues of Penumbra where it is an honor to be included. She has been included in many poetry journals, and is one of the editors of Song of the San Joaquin, a Modesto-based poetry quarterly which has been in print for fifteen years. Frank Groves is a San Francisco Bay Area photographer/artist, United States Army veteran (from Kettering, OH)...plus he works at NASA. Shylah Groves is a young, homeschooled artist who is passionate about many different styles of drawing, painting, and sculpting, with a particular focus on photo-realistic graphite drawing. Her dream is for her art to encourage people to use their imaginations and turn their dreams into realities.
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