{"id":3425,"date":"2011-04-01T00:10:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T05:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/nashvillereview\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2015-03-25T21:23:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T03:23:51","slug":"spring-2011-contributors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/archives\/3425","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2011 Contributors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akron\/Family<\/a> is an experimental folk band formed in 2002, whose latest release was Akron\/Family II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT <\/em>in February 2011 on Dead Oceans.<\/span><\/p>\n

Janee Baugher<\/a> lives and teaches in Seattle, and she holds a BS from Boston University and an MFA from Eastern Washington University. <\/span>Her d\u00e9but collection of poems is Coordinates of Yes<\/em> (Ahadada Books, 2010), a collection of ekphrastic and travel poems. <\/span>In March, Baugher presented her work at the Library of Congress. More information: <\/span>http:\/\/JaneeJBaugher.wordpress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jericho Brown<\/a> worked as the speechwriter for the Mayor of New Orleans before receiving his PhD in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Houston. He is a recipient of the Whiting Writers Award and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Radcliffe Institute, among others. Brown is an Assistant Professor at the University of San Diego. His first book,\u00a0Please<\/em><\/span> (New Issues), won the American Book Award.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mark Burrier<\/a> is the artist behind Rare Words (rarewords.org<\/a>) and the Ignatz Award-nominated\u00a0comic,\u00a0Noose<\/em>. His work has received awards from the Society of Illustrators,\u00a0Communication Arts<\/em>,\u00a0Print<\/em>, and\u00a0American Illustration<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Kenneth Calhoun<\/a> is a native of Southern California who now lives in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood. His fiction has appeared in Tin House<\/em>, The Paris Review<\/em>, Fence Magazine<\/em>, Quick Fiction<\/em>, The St. Petersburg Review<\/em>, New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best 2010<\/em> and other publications. This spring, his story “Nightblooming” was recognized with a PEN\/O. Henry Prize.<\/p>\n

Brittany Cavallaro<\/a>‘s poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Gettysburg Review<\/em>, Indiana Review<\/em>, The Journal<\/em>, and Meridian<\/em>, among others. She’s currently an MFA candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she’s the editor-in-chief of Devil’s Lake<\/em> (http:\/\/devils-lake.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Victoria Grace Elliott<\/a> is a Media Studies & Linguistics student living in Austin, TX. She works at\u00a0The Daily Texan<\/em> as a comics artist, illustrator, and editor.<\/p>\n

Factory Of Lights<\/a> is the songwriting project of guitarist and producer Luke T. Allen, of Austin’s Dudes Die. Allen’s EP, Dust<\/em>, was self-released last fall.<\/p>\n

Ross Gay<\/a> is assistant professor of English at Indiana University and author of two poetry collections, Against Which<\/em> and Bringing the Shovel Down<\/em>. His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Gulf Coast, Ploughshares, Sou\u2019wester, <\/em>among other publications. Gay also teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Drew University and has received fellowships from Breadloaf and Cave Canem.<\/p>\n

Good Gang Music Factory<\/a> is trumpeter, arranger, and jazz composer Paul Epp and singer Charlie Anderson. Check out goodgangmusicfactory.com<\/a> to purchase or download Animal Friends<\/em>, to book the Good Gang Music Factory for a private party or school event, or simply to learn more about the antics of Roy’s friends The Workout Sloth, Andy the Blue Raccoon, and more. www.pauleppmusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Lois Marie Harrod<\/a>‘s chapbook Cosmogony<\/em> won the 2010 Hazel Lipa Chapbook contest, and her book Brief Term<\/em>, poems about teaching<\/em>, is forthcoming from Black Buzzard Press. Her chapbook Furniture<\/em> won the 2008 Grayson Press Poetry Prize. Previous publications include the chapbook Firmament<\/em> (2007); the chapbook Put Your Sorry Side Out<\/em> (2005); Spelling the World Backward<\/em> (2000); the chapbook This Is a Story You Already Know<\/em> (l999); Part of the Deeper Sea <\/em>(1997); the chapbook Green Snake Riding<\/em> (l994), Crazy Alice<\/em> (l991) Every Twinge a Verdict <\/em>(l987). She won her third poetry fellowship from the New Jersey Council on the Arts in 2003. Over 350 of her poems have appeared in online and in print journals including American Poetry Review<\/em>, Blueline<\/em>, The MacGuffin<\/em>, Salt<\/em>, The Literary Review<\/em>, Zone3<\/em>. A Geraldine R. Dodge poet and former high school teacher, she teaches Creative Writing at The College of New Jersey<\/p>\n

Amy Martin<\/a> is a cartoonist and librarian from Chicago, currently living in San Francisco. She has self published fourteen mini-comics, including\u00a0The Single Girls<\/em>. As to whether the story in this issue really took place, Ms. Martin cites her right to privacy.<\/p>\n

Jeffrey McDaniel<\/a> is the author of Alibi School<\/em>, The Forgiveness Parade<\/em>, The Splinter Factory<\/em>, and The Endarkenment.<\/em> His work has appeared in a number of anthologies including Best American Poetry 1994<\/em>, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry<\/em>, and New (American) Poets. <\/em>McDaniel has won several awards including an NEA Fellowship. He is professor of creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College.<\/p>\n

Gerardo Tony Mena<\/a> is a singer\/songwriter, poet, and a decorated Iraqi Freedom veteran. \u00a0For more information go to www.gerardomena.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anders Nilsen<\/a>\u2019s comics have appeared in <\/span>Mome<\/em>, <\/span>Kramers Ergot<\/em>, and <\/span>Best American Comics<\/em>. He has written three graphic novels, including <\/span>Dogs and Water<\/em>, which won an Ignatz Award<\/em>, and a graphic memoir, <\/span>Don\u2019t Go Where I Can\u2019t Follow<\/em>. The collected issues of his ongoing comic series <\/span>Big Questions<\/em> will be published this month. Born in Minneapolis, he now lives in Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n

Naomi Shihab Nye<\/a>‘s most recent collection is You & yours. <\/em>She lives in San Antonio.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pet Lions<\/a> expands on the sound that established them as an artist to watch with <\/em>their debut album\u00a0Houses, <\/em>set to be independently released May 10, 2011.\u00a0\u00a0Houses<\/em> was produced by Neil Strauch (Iron and Wine, Bonnie \u201cPrince\u201d Billy) at Engine Studios and was mastered by John Golden (Girls, St. Vincent, Sonic Youth).<\/p>\n

Ellen O\u2019Connell<\/a>, originally from California, just completed an MFA in nonfiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College. In addition to publication in several literary magazines, she has an essay forthcoming in a collection called “The Moment,” to be published by Harper Collins. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2010. Ellen currently teaches creative writing at UC Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n

Roger Reeves<\/a>‘ poems have appeared or are forthcoming in\u00a0Poetry<\/em>,\u00a0Ploughshares, American Poetry Review<\/em>,\u00a0American Literary Review, Gulf Coast, <\/em>and the\u00a0Indiana Review,<\/em> among others. Kim Addonizio selected his poem \u201cKletic of Walt Whitman\u201d for the\u00a0Best New Poets 2009 <\/em>anthology. Reeves has received a Ruth Lilly Fellowship by the Poetry Foundation in 2008, a Bread Loaf Work-Study Scholarship, an Alberta H. Walker Scholarship from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, and two Cave Canem Fellowships. Reeves recently earned his MFA from the James A. Michener Center for Creative Writing at the University of Texas and is currently a Ph.D. student in the English Department at the University of Texas.<\/p>\n

Jack Ridl<\/a>‘s poetry has appeared in Ploughshares<\/em>, Poetry<\/em>, Gulf Coast<\/em>, and The Denver Quarterly<\/em>, among others. In 2007 he\u00a0was named one of the 100 most influential sports educators in America by the Institute for International Sport. Ridl has written three collections of poetry, including his latest\u00a0Losing Season<\/em>, and three chapbooks.<\/p>\n

Noah Rothschild<\/a>\u2014when not playing at renowned music joints like the Hotel Caf\u00e9 in Hollywood, or The Mint in Los Angeles\u2014is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, specializing in providing Transformational Psychotherapy to individuals, couples, children\/adolescents, and families. Noah maintains a private practice in Los Angeles and is also the lead Marriage Family Therapist at Passages Malibu, one of the worlds leading substance recovery centers. And as of January 25, 2009, Noah is the proud father of Jacob Psalm Rothschild. http:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/noahrothschild<\/a><\/p>\n

Celia Rowlson-Hall<\/a> is a New York based choreographer, filmmaker and Bessie Award-winning performer. \u00a0She has choreographed music videos for Chromeo, Kid Sister, MGMT, Sondre Lerche, and Sleigh Bells, as well as several videos for CollegeHumor and various fashion videos. As a dancer, she has performed at the New Museum, PS1, Joyce Theater, American Dance Festival, Lincoln Center Clark Theater, Jacobs Pillow, and American Dance Festival, among many others. She is now entering the world of filmmaking and has created over 15 art house videos that she screens in her studio\/performance space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

Chris Smith<\/a> has fiction published and forthcoming in UK and American anthologies and journals, including: Tindal Street Press’ Roads Ahead<\/em> (ed. Catherine O’Flynn), The Manchester Review<\/em>, The Blue Mesa Review<\/em>, and Mid-American Review<\/em>. He was a finalist in Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers 2009 and long-listed for The Brit Writers Award 2010. www.chrismithonline.com<\/a> He is currently working on a documentary to film street performers: www.thebuskingproject.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Southeast Engine<\/a> is a modern day folk band based out of Ohio, whose latest album, Canary<\/em>, was released in March of 2011.<\/p>\n

Tyler Stein<\/a> is a filmmaker based out of Nashville. He is a student of Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School.<\/p>\n

K.D., Ryan Sartor,\u00a0Lawrence Scott Parkinson,\u00a0Gwenn Gebhard,\u00a0Kathryn Locey,\u00a0Nikolina Kulidzau,\u00a0Michael Barach,\u00a0Kate,\u00a0Steven Wolfe,\u00a0Tom Wheatley,\u00a0Burt Kimmelman,\u00a0Jana Russ,\u00a0Michael Rumore,\u00a0Ariel Moore,\u00a0Allyson Mead,\u00a0Heather Severson,\u00a0Alex Geng,\u00a0June Marie Wade,\u00a0Harvest Henderson,\u00a0Meredith Gray,\u00a0Bryn Chancellor,\u00a0Tim Dempsey,\u00a0Michelle Tokarczk,\u00a0Emma Sovich,\u00a0Freya Gibbon,\u00a0Jen Dempsey,\u00a0Mark Spitzer,\u00a0BJ Hollars,\u00a0Paul E. McCullough,\u00a0Lesley Clark,\u00a0Adence Washington,\u00a0Lindsay Moore,\u00a0Brit Blalock,\u00a0Sara Grossman,\u00a0Sandee Umbuch,\u00a0Helen Ruggieri,\u00a0Holly Stone,\u00a0Elizabeth Lara,\u00a0Ivy Page,\u00a0Joshua Mensch,\u00a0Bradley Paul,\u00a0Peter Jurmu,\u00a0Brad Modlin,\u00a0James Celestino,\u00a0Katherine Pearl,\u00a0Noelle Rankin,\u00a0Gro Flatebo,\u00a0Michael Khandelwar,\u00a0J.S.,\u00a0Bridgette Shade,\u00a0Karen Lizon,\u00a0Cathy Che,\u00a0Brittany Cavallaro,\u00a0Michael Barron,\u00a0Jim Hilgartner,\u00a0Jenny Lupes,\u00a0Laura Davis,\u00a0Sharon Harrigan,\u00a0Tyler Harper,\u00a0Mattie Davenport,\u00a0Samantha Killebraw,\u00a0Tyler Harper,\u00a0Frank Dobson,\u00a0Gwyn Fallbrooke,\u00a0Amy Whitaker,\u00a0Tyler Harper,\u00a0Angie Hogan,\u00a0Jessica Handler,\u00a0Mickey Dubrow,\u00a0Araba Maze,\u00a0Adrienne Su,\u00a0Juan Carlos Reyes,\u00a0Vinny Sunguttuvan,\u00a0John Carr,\u00a0Tommy Dean,\u00a0Michele Reese,\u00a0Mary Marwitz,\u00a0Lindsay Key,\u00a0Eleana Levine,\u00a0David Dill,\u00a0Daniel Schall,\u00a0Christine Herrmann,\u00a0David M.,\u00a0Kona Morris,\u00a0Lena Rogue,\u00a0Becky Firesheets,\u00a0Karen Chronister,\u00a0Margaret Hutton,\u00a0E.K.P.,\u00a0C.E. Wheeler,\u00a0C. LePage,\u00a0David Collins,\u00a0Robert Evory,\u00a0Michelle Banczek,\u00a0Linda Umans, Isaac Butler,\u00a0Tyler Harper,\u00a0Emily Anderson,\u00a0Leslie Sussan,\u00a0Tina Richardson,\u00a0Christine Cutler,\u00a0Erin Tocknell,\u00a0Max Thamos,\u00a0Ava Leavell Haymon,\u00a0Jacqueline Mehring,\u00a0Louisa Dang,\u00a0Amira Pierce,\u00a0Marilyn Knight,\u00a0Madelaine Hoptry,\u00a0Samantha Holley,\u00a0Lucy Green,\u00a0Tarfia Faizullah,\u00a0Khaled Mattawa,\u00a0Kate Cumiskey,\u00a0Purvi Shah,\u00a0Elsbeth Pancrazi,\u00a0Julie Chinitz,\u00a0Mason Manna,\u00a0Marissa Tinloy,\u00a0Mark Jarman,\u00a0Sara Marshall,\u00a0Terri Witek,\u00a0Lucy Norman Spencer,\u00a0Peg Boyers,\u00a0Don Petersoy,\u00a0Catherine Pond,\u00a0June Rockefeller,\u00a0Jillian Clark,\u00a0Matt Ramey,\u00a0Ezekiel Rahloof,\u00a0P.S. Salvador West,\u00a0Gina Vivinetto,\u00a0Joshua Gottlieb-Miller,\u00a0Robyn Kohlwey,\u00a0Alyse Knorr,\u00a0Grigsby Hubbard,\u00a0Valerie Vogrin,\u00a0Liam Beare,\u00a0Anna Joy Springer,\u00a0Beth Staples,\u00a0Josh Morsell,\u00a0Britt Melewski,\u00a0Taylor Mankid,\u00a0Adrienne Celt,\u00a0Emily Howarth,\u00a0Mariette Pan,\u00a0Bob Girardi,\u00a0Dewitt Brinson,\u00a0Sebastian Paramo,\u00a0Cynthia Grier Lotze,\u00a0Wendy Oleson,\u00a0Tera Vale Ragan,\u00a0James Ragan,\u00a0Colin Pope,\u00a0Casey Smith,\u00a0Susan Levi Wallach,\u00a0Maria Tomasio-Moore,\u00a0Amy Souza,\u00a0C.A.,\u00a0Mant,\u00a0Abby Beckel,\u00a0Smallhands Rejected,\u00a0Anastasia Kozak,\u00a0and Trenna Sharpe<\/a> wrote, in February 2011 in Washington D.C., The World’s Tallest Exquisite Corpse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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