Christopher Devaraj Norman was born in July 1922 in Madurai, in what was once Madras Presidency. Educated in Ramnad, the seat of Sethupathis and in Madurai, his early youth was somewhat unsettled. He served two departments in the Central Government, studied at Indian Institute of Sugar Technology in Kanpur, worked as a chemist in sugar factories in Tamil
Vennila Ramanathan is Associate Professor of English at Bharathi Women’s College in Chennai. She is interested in writing poems, short stories and flash fiction to please her own self.
I have been living in Austin, TX since 1992. I have a Masters degree in Social Work from Delhi University. I worked for the Texas Rehabilitation Commission in the Disibility Department for 5 years. Poetry writing and reading which only a hobby, has turned into a full time passion. My poems are published in the Texas Poetry Calendar,
Vaughan Gunson is a writer and artist living in Hikurangi, New Zealand. His poems have been published in numerous magazines and journals in New Zealand. Until recently he was the poetry editor of Open Road Review, an India based online literary journal. He currently edits a local arts publication in his home town. To read more of his
Aditya Shankar publishes poetry and articles in leading journals across the globe. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming in The Little Magazine, The Word Plus, Indian Literature, The Literary X Magazine, Munyori, The Pyramid, Poetry Chain, Mastodon Dentist, The Wild Goose Poetry Review, Words-Myth, Chandrabhaga, Miller’s pond, Message in a bottle, Aireings, Hudson View, Snakeskin, The Legendary,
Sunil Sharma is India-born, suburban-Mumbai-based story-teller, poet, critic, freelance journalist, literary editor, reviewer, interviewer and essayist. He is a college principal. His debut novel, The Minotaur, is inching towards critical acclaim, and, short fiction and poetry are featured in many prestigious international and national print and online journals. He also edits NFJ (New Fiction Journal) and is on
Allison Grayhurst is a full member of the League of Canadian Poets. She has over 425 poems published in more than 220 international journals and anthologies. Her book Somewhere Falling was published by Beach Holme Publishers in 1995. Since then she has published eleven other books of poetry and five collections with Edge Unlimited Publishing. Prior to the
Anne Britting Oleson has been published widely on four continents. She earned her MFA at the Stonecoast program of USM. She has published two chapbooks, The Church of St. Materiana (2007) and The Beauty of It (2010). A third chapbook, Planes and Trains and Automobiles, is forthcoming from Portent Press (UK), and a novel, The Book of the Mandolin Player, is forthcoming
Yuan Changming, 8-time Pushcart nominee and author of 5 chapbooks (including Kinship [2015] and The Origin of Letters [2015]), began to learn English at 19 and published monographs on translation before moving to Canada. Currently editing Poetry Pacific with Allen Qing Yuan in Vancouver, Changming has since mid-2005 had poetry appearing in 1059 literary publications across 36 countries,
Jacob Erin-Cilberto, originally from Bronx, NY, now resides in Carbondale, Illinois. He has been writing and publishing poetry since 1970. He currently teaches at John A. Logan and Shawnee Community colleges in Southern Illinois. His work has appeared in numerous small magazines and journals. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize in Poetry in 2006-2007-2008 and again
