Tipton Poetry Journal Catherine Keller is 19 years old, majoring in communications with a minor in sociology at the College at Brockport. She has had 10 articles published in the NeXt section of the Buffalo News, and poetry published in Teen Ink Magazine and Slipstream Magazine. She has been writing creatively since she was 16. Let-meelive.tumblr.com. Erren Kelly is a Pushcart nominated poet from Los Angeles. His work appears in such publications as Hiram Poetry Review, Mudfish, Poetry Magazine, Ceremony, Cactus Heart, Similar Peaks, Gloom Cupboard, Poetry Salzburg and Black Heart Literary Journal. He is also the author of the book Disturbing the Peace (Night Ballet Press) and the chapbook, The Rah Rah Girl (forthcoming from Barometic Press). Helga Kidder lives in the Tennessee hills with her husband and dog. She was awarded an MFA from Vermont College. Her poems have been published in many journals and more recently in Broad River Review where she was a 2015 Ron Rash finalist. She has three poetry collections, Wild Plums (2012) Luckier than the Stars (2013) and Blackberry Winter (2016). Frances Klein is a high school English teacher. She was born and raised in Southeast Alaska, and taught in Bolivia and California before settling in Indianapolis with her husband Kris. She has been published in the Indiana Voice Journal and GFT Press. Doris Lynch has published work recently in Willow Springs, Sow’s Ear, The Atlanta Review, Haibun Today, Frogpond, and in the anthology Cradle Songs: An Anthology of Poems on Motherhood. Finishing Line Press published her chapbook Praising Invisible Birds in 2009. The Indiana Arts Commission has awarded her three individual artist’s grants in poetry and one in fiction. Nominated for the Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize, Donal Mahoney has had poetry and fiction published in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Some of his earliest work can be found at http://booksonblog12.blogspot.com. Donal lives in St. Louis. Jayne Marek’s poetry has appeared in publications such as Blast Furnace, Gravel, Lantern Journal, Siren, Spillway, Driftwood Bay, Tipton Poetry Journal, Isthmus, The Occasional Reader, Wisconsin Academy Review, and Windless Orchard and in several anthologies; she is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. She also has a chapbook and a co-authored book of poems, as well as articles, short fiction, and art photographs. Jayne now lives in Port Townsend, Washington.
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