Sage of Consciousness E-zine 3:1

Biographies of Writers and Artists

Featured Poet: Trevor Abes

Poetry

Carol Allen's poems and short stories have appeared in several publications, including The Book Lover's Haven, Down in the Cellar, Chimaera Serials, and EOTU E-zine."

Gary Beck's poetry has appeared in dozens of literary magazines. His recent fiction has been published in numerous literary magazines. His plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes, and Sophocles have been produced Off Broadway.

Everett Bonds: "I was born in Rio Grande, Texas. My mother was of Mexican extraction and father was serving in the U.S. Cavalry when they met. We later moved and I began my education in Garden Grove, California. I have served in the United States armed forces and was a lab technician for five years. However, I grew up working in the plumbing trade since my father was a plumber. We lived in Florida, because my wife refused to live anywhere else ( she was born in Inverness, Fla.). She knew something I didn't know. I have always thought of the United States as my home, and I have lived various places, such as Washington state, now. After working at different jobs, I finally went to college and graduated from TCC. (Tacoma Community College) They placed great emphasis on their graduates being able to write. Even though a teacher had asked me to write a poem entry for her poetry booklet she published for the college every year, I was really surprised she would ask me. Up to that time, I had never written a single poem. After seeing my step-daughter's Bernadette's poetry, I began to entertain that notion. Now, I have been writing poetry for about two years. It is very enjoyable for me to write poetry. I also am a frequent visitor to www.publisherdatabase.com. It is wonderful to talk to other poets about their work. I also try to write songs, but I am much more comfortable writing poetry."

Ewald Coet: "I am a schoolteacher and a retired army officer."

Sharon Rothenfluch Cooper: Sharon is an active member of the Friends of The Oregon Symphony, an active participant in the Well Arts Institute devoted to Mental Health, Words Of A Woman Net Society, poet-in-residence at The Argonauts' boat and soldiersheart.org and is very much a today's woman. An astrological Leo, this lady thrives on poetry and music. She's had several chapbooks published online in 2004 by Tamafyhr Mountain Poetry, Mood Magic and A Slice Of Life. Her chapbook Reach Beyond won the 2005 International Chapbook Competition sponsored by MAG Press. In April 2005, twenty-three of her poems were presented in the play, Soldier’s Heart in Portland, Oregon. to Sold Out audiences and recorded on DVD. Her poetry has appeared in numerous International, hard copy and internet magazines.

Louie Crew: "I have edited special issues of College English and Margins. I have written four poetry volumes Sunspots (Lotus Press, Detroit, 1976) Midnight Lessons (Samisdat, 1987), Lutibelle's Pew (Dragon Disks, 1990), and Queers! for Christ's Sake! (Dragon Disks, 2003).

The University of Michigan collects all my papers."
As of today, editors have published 1,780 of my works."

Adriana DiGennaro: A member of the Academy of American Poets, Adriana DiGennaro received her B.A. in literature and creative writing from Bennington College. Her first book of poetry, Peripheral Vision, was published in June 2001 by Writers Ink Press. Her second book, Acts of Contrition, will be published in Spring 2007 by Windstorm Creative. Ms. DiGennaro’s poetry has been featured in Edifice Wrecked, Red River Review, BigCityLit, PoetryBay, Merge, The Aurora Review, Poetz, Boston Literary Review, The Tipton Poetry Journal, Tryst, Ancient Heart (United Kingdom), Eclectica, City Writers Review (NYC), Poetry Midwest, Esopian, Adagio Verse Quarterly, Falling Star Magazine, Flutter, Wonder Writings, Long Island Quarterly, Triplopia, Ward6Review, Clean Sheets, Sidereality, Southern Ocean Review (New Zealand), Perigee and The Improper Hamptonian. At just 17, she was on Red River Review’s 2001 list of nominees for a Pushcart Prize.

Her work is also included in the following published anthologies: The Light of City and Sea (Street Press 2006), an anthology of Suffolk County poetry edited by Suffolk County Poet Laureate Daniel Thomas Moran; Southshire Pepper-Pot: A Literary Feast With Culinary Refrains edited by Cris DiMarco (Windstorm Creative, 2006); Susan B. & Me: An International Collection of Women’s Writings & Photographs edited by Patricia Ronsvalle, LCSW (Big Kid Publishing, 2006); In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself edited by Marlow Peerse Weaver (MWE Press, 2005), Whispers of Inspiration: An Anthology of New American Poets edited by Darlene and Steven Manchester (Sunpiper Press, September 2005); Ancient Heart Magazine Poetry Anthology Vol. III edited by Richard van der Draaij (Ancient Heart Press, 2005). To watch a short video of her reading at Good Times Books in Port Jefferson, NY go to: www.poetryvlog.com.

Recent Awards: 1st Honorable Mention: Perillo Prize for Italian American Writing, 2006, First Prize: Best Poetry Award, Performance Poets Association, 2006, Runner Up: “It Looks Like Gertrude Stein” Poetry Contest, L.I. Pulse, 2006.

Walter Durk: "I've written, on and off, for many years, but certainly not as much as I should have. My educational background is varied, with a B.A. in Political Science, emphasis on Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophies, Psychology and most of an Associate in Science, as well as other studies. Individually, I have studied short stories of some of the finest writers, and have read a variety of important literature. A few favorite writers are: Thomas Hardy, Mary Oliver, Jack Gilbert, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Zora Neale Hurston, Bertolt Brecht, Albert Camus, Martin Buber, Jean Genet. One of my favorite Literary Reviews is the Bellevue Literary Review. I am interested in nature, Metaphysical and Spiritual concepts, some of which I express in my writing. I believe in peace, am anti-war of any and all forms, believe in diversity, gender equality, humanity, and animal welfare. I believe in Socialism, and I believe Capitalism is not the best form of government or economy for most people. I am an Existentialist and presently live in the Unites States."

Dr. Charles Frederickson is a Swedish-American-Thai 4midable, 10acious, cre8ive 1derer who has wandered intrepidly through 206 countries, an original sketch and poem for each presented on http://www.imagesof.8k.com. This maverick uniquecorn is a member of World Poets Society, based in Greece, with credits including 100+ publications on 5 continents, such as: Ascent Aspirations, Auckland Poetry, Blind Man's Rainbow, Caveat Lector, Cordite Poetry Review, Greatworks, Green Dove, Indite Circle, Listen & Be Heard, Living Poets, Madpoetry, Melange, Newtopia, New Verse News, Planet Authority, Poetry Canada, Poetry of Scotland, Poets for Peace, Poetry Superhighway, etc.

Simon Friel is a poetry writer.

Taylor Graham is a volunteer search-and-rescue dog handler in the Sierra Nevada, and also helps her husband (a retired wildlife biologist) with his field projects. Her poems have appeared in International Poetry Review, The Iowa Review, The New York Quarterly, Poetry International, and elsewhere, and she's included in the anthology, California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the Present (Santa Clara University, 2004). Her book, The Downstairs Dance Floor, is winner of 2006’s Robert Phillips Poetry Chapbook Prize from Texas Review Press.

Elsie Hemming: "I am 88 years old and have been writing poetry since I turned seventy. Writing gives me great joy and I do enjoy finding the right word for the right place. Scrabble and solving cryptic crosswords are among my other interests."

Mr. Michael Lee Johnson lives in Chicago, IL. after spending 10 years in Edmonton, Alberta Canada during the Viet Nam era. He is a freelance writer and poet. He is interested in social, religious topics, and the need for universal health care in the United States. He is presently self-employed, with a previous background in social service areas. He has a B.A. degree in sociology, worked on a Masters Program in Correctional Administration.

Daniel McCord is a Florida poet.

Lorena McCollister is a student of Literature, Poetry writing, and English at the University of Florida. She is interested in all types of art, musing, ramblings, interpretations, and has a deep love of the Florida she was born in. While attending college, she has been on the staff of four literary magazines, two online and two in print, and has also been published online and in print under her own name and different pen names. All her artistic endeavors would not be possible without her dedicated and loving husband, David. He has given her the freedom to be who she is, to create, and he even does the laundry.

Rochelle Moore is an Irish metaphysical (self-help) author with three published books to date.
1. Karma— change your life is a look as the importance of a spiritual belief system for everbody on a day-to-day basis. This book is for everyone it does not matter what your personal belief system or religious creed. It features Buddha, Jesus, Dali Lama, Krishna ...
2. Aromatherapy & Herbalism—the complete home user's guide. This book revives the olden ways and shows very clearly and with ease how you can treat many physical and psychological ailment through the use of flowers, herbs and essential oils. Extracts include cures for anxiety, acne, cystitis, depression, fears, phobias, panic attacks, courage, grief right through to worry and warts. BOOK 3 WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS—is dedicated to everyone on a healing journey or for those at an impasse in their lives and who want to take a deep look at what will make their lives happy. The topics include; your inner critic, fears and phobias, addictions, sexual problems, health, humor and affirmations. Rochelle Moore is also a poet who has been published in various magazines, books and won competitions in the UK and USA. Her main loves in her life, when she has the time, is horses, natural cures and nature. Her books can be purchased at amazon.com or directly from her publishers in the USA—www.mandala-press.com

Milos Petrovic: "I am a poet and poetry performer (jazz & poetry sessions) from Serbia, formerYugoslavia (South Eastern Europe). I studied philosophy and Serbian language & literature in Belgrade. In the year (1999) when I finished high school I published my first book and two years later my second book was out. I was declared as the most talented poetry writer in the last 25 years in my city. I won one national and several local poetry awards. "

Patricia Roche is a poetry writer.

Dr. Ehud Sela is a Veterinarian in Margate, Florida. Dr. Sela’s writing can be found online in the following magazines: Artistry of life, Events Quarterly, Mind Fire, Cat Art Club, and Munyori poetry journal.

In print Magazines: The Ugly Tree, Mucus Art Press, U.K. issue 16, to be included in the on-line archives of magazines at the poetry library, the south bank centre, London. Dr. Sela may be reached by email at: info@gentlevetanimalhospital.com

Sonia Shaikh: "Hello, I am Sonia Shaikh. I am a 13 year old writer/poet. I also have a great love for the fine arts. I can play over 14 different instruments, love to act, read, sketch, dance, and of course, write! Currently, I am in 8th grade and president of our junior high school, an online tutor, and looking for a literary agent. One day I hope to become just as great a leader for the world in the fine arts. I hope you all enjoy my story, because there will be more that I will send, soon."

Short Story

Adetokunbo Abiola is a Nigerian based journalist and writer.

Barbara Anton has won 2 awards for her novel Egrets to The Flames, and over 200 awards for short stories, articles, poetry, and plays. Thirty-six of her award-winning plays, from 1-minute to 90-minutes, have been produced in NYC. Her books, Savories and Terse Verse, and recordings of her songs on the Godsong label, are available on-line. Formerly columnist for several national magazines, Fashion and Design editor for National Jeweler Magazine, and writing instructor at theUniversity of South Florida, Barbara now freelances. Twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Listed in Who's Who.

Suzette Bailey is a short fiction writer.

Al Carty has struggled with the Muse for quite a long time. When that elusive creature finally convinced him that re-writing, and more re-writing was truly a requirement for success, his work began to see acceptance. His stories and poems have since appeared in Menda City Review, 5th Story Review, Written Word, Anthology Builder, and Sage of Consciousness.

John P. Dellova: Currently living with my wife in central New Jersey, I was born in Brooklyn, NY. After a long layoff, the publication of Footsteps and Wrong Numbers in the January 2005 Sage of Consciousness Issue marked my return to serious writing. I’ve been a frequent Sage contributor ever since, with works including Tom Thumb’s Blues; Dreadful, Rotten, And Snitch; and a novelette, The Haunted Pond.

My writing has never been genre specific. I’d describe myself as a mainstream story teller who also likes science fiction, mystery, crime, satire and whatever other literary territory my works meander though in the course of telling the tale.

William Falo lives in Southern New Jersey with his wife and two daughters. His fiction has appeared in the Northwoods Journal, 55 words, Zapata, Pens on Fire, Brilliant, Bewildering Stories, Long Story Short, The Greensilk Journal, Yellow Mama, Shalla Magazine, Skive Magazine, ShatterColors Literary Review, and Shine and is forthcoming in Mississippi Crow, Frame Lines, eMuse, Delivered, and Conceit Magazine.

Laura N. Hogg lives in Colorado and is a musician and a writer. She writes flash fiction to full-length historical novels. She has stories published in the e-zines Sage of Consciousness and The Coffee Press Journal. She is due to have her first historical romance novel published by Wings e-Press Inc. in December 2007. One of her novellas was accepted at the new epublisher: Forbidden Publications. The novella is a modern-day paranormal romance.

Brian Joseph is the author of the mystical, musical, inspirational novel, The Gift of Gabe. http://www.giftofgabe.com/

Karina Kantas Karina Kantas originates from the UK, but now resides in Greece. She has over thirty pieces published in numerous electronic magazines, and printed publications, as well as a novel, In Times of Violence, and Heads & Tales, a short story collection. Working as a freelance journalist she is also a featured book reviewer for Future Fire.

When her imagination is working over time, she writes thought provoking/dark flash fiction.

Her new novel, Lawless Justice, is currently in the hands of literary agents. And Huntress, ( urban thriller) is due to be published summer 2008.

website: http://www.freewebs.com/froget

Where to buy the books: http://www.lulu.com/karina-kantas.

Valerie Lima lives in Northwest Arkansas where her 23-year association with Hospice provides inspiration for her writing. She also enjoys spirituality, reading, gardening, and being with loved ones. Poems and memoirs have been published in the book, Kitchen Table Stories, in Taborri Press, Releasing Times, Story Circle Journal, and honorable mention in a Byline contest.

Adam Nikkel: "I'm mid-teens, and I've been writing for a
little less than a year. I'm an avid contributor to the critique sites BetterFiction and The Writing Club, and a good writing friend of John P. Dellova."

Shalav Rana: Nepalese by birth, Shalav is now living in London, UK for past four years. Shalav is a web designer by profession and has been published twice in this site.

Julie Ann Shapiro is a freelance writer. Her story collection, Flashes of the Other World is published by Pulp Bits. Stories and essays have appeared in the San Diego Union Tribune, North County Times, Los Angeles Journal, Pindeldyboz, Sacred Waters/Fire: (Adams Media 2005), Story South, Word Riot, Opium Magazine, Insolent Rudder, Elimae, Cezzane’s Carrots, Mad Hatters Review, Writers Post Journal, Spoiled Ink, Void, Footsteps to Oxford, Salome, Skive, Barfing Frog, Millennium Shift, Mega Era Magazine, Science Fiction and Fantasy World, Green Tricycle, All Things Girl, Ultimate Hallucination, The Glut, Somewhat, Uber, Moon Dance, The Quarterly Staple, Journal of Modern Post, Rumble, Long Story Short, Cellar Door Magazine (Spring and Summer Issues 2005), Edifice Wrecked, Espresso Fiction, Flashfiction.net.

Adam Jeffries Schwartz is a writer and a traveler. His stories & photos have been published in many magazines. Recent work can be seen at: Ghoti, The Green Muse, Laika Poetry Review & in his column on Sorrowland Press, Observations, After.

Photo taken by Elizabeth Yamin, Istanbul, 2005
Over the past year, writing by Ron Singer (www.ronsinger.net) has appeared in, or been accepted by, nineteen publications. For instance, his Essay-Review, “O Ti Lo Wa Ju (‘You Have Gone Past All’), The Caine Prize for African Writing,” is in the Summer 2007 issue of The Georgia Review, and three poems are slated for the anthology, Poetic Voices Without Borders-2 (PVWB 2, Gival Press). His chapbook, A Voice for My Grandmother, was published in November 2006 by Ten Penny Players, Inc, which issued a second printing in October 2007. To date, A Voice has garnered seven reviews. Singer lives in New York City. He recently retired from Friends Seminary, a K-12 Quaker school where he had taught for over thirty years. His wife teaches, too, and she is a visual artist; their daughter is a food writer.
Note: Please contact Ron Singer if you might be interested in producing Voir, Dear. (Contact information is available at his website.)

Essays/Creative Non-Fiction, Articles, and Translations

Dorothee Lang is a German writer and net artist. She is author of Masala Moments, a travel novel about India, and editor of the BluePrintReview, an online journal of unintended prose and poetry. Her work has recently appeared in Dicey Brown, eclectica, The Mississippi Review, Pindeldyboz, juked, Cautionary Tale and Hobart, among others. To see some of her latest pieces, visit her virtual gallery at blueprint21.de.

Deborah J. Smith is a faculty member at Empire State College's Center for Distance Learning and Internationale Programs. Her work appears in several anthologies by Traveler's Tales, including 30 Days in Italy. Her essays air on NorthEast Public Radio and have been published in Tastes of Italia magazine, the Berkshire Women's Times, online in Parentingexpress.com and in the Times Union newspaper (Hearst Publications.) She lives in Albany with her family and Lebanese friends.

Featured Artist/Photographer: Lottie Williams

Art and Photography

Jewel Martin is a poet, photographer, and painter. Her life is lived in the state of Florida where she shares a deep love of nature with her dear friends. She is a tenth generation Florida native. She has two pregnant cats to worry over, currently, and she takes care of the local feral cat colony. Jewel has published in several literary magazines under various pen names. Her most recent work can be found in the BluePrintReview, themed Issue, mo(nu)ment, and at
http://www.editred.com/JewelMartin.

Some of her work has also been published here at Sage of Consciousness Literary E-Zine.

Cheryl Lynn Wilsey began making art around the age of three or four and has continued to this day. The act of creation is an incessant need and innate desire for her. Cheryl has an undergraduate degree in visual arts and education from Augustana College (Sioux Falls, SD). She also has an interdisciplinary MA in Human Development from St. Mary's University (Minneapolis, MN). For her graduate degree, Cheryl's scope of study included studio arts, art history/criticism, arts administration, art therapy, Neuro-art therapy, poetry, and education. Cheryl is also interested in learning about different cultures and has obtained graduate certification in TESL/ESL (Teaching English as a Second Language). She has, moreover, formal training in music and enjoys playing the organ, clarinet, violin, and drums. Cheryl's commitment to the pursuit of knowledge indexes at once the intellectual caliber and aesthetic depth of her visual art process and product. In turn, it is her position that all subjects are intertwined and variously related at some capacity. Guided by this tenet, Cheryl seeks to gain understanding from a wide range of subject areas in order to affect cohesiveness and uniformity in her artworks.

Cheryl has published her artworks in: Sage of Consciousness, Evoke Journal out of the University of Colorado Boulder and the Aroostock Review out of the University of Maine Fort Kent. Cheryl has published her written works in: Sage of Consciousness, Runes and Coffee House Press Journal.

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Biographies of Writers and Artists