Contributors
Susan Andersen:Andersen holds a PhD in liter-
ature and teaches literature and writing.
Entry onOn Being Brought from Africa
to America. Original essay on On Being
Brought from Africa to America.
Bryan Aubrey:Aubrey holds a PhD in English.
Entry onDiving into the Wreck. Original
essay onDiving into the Wreck.
Jennifer Bussey:Bussey is an independent writer
specializing in literature. Entry onAmerica,
America.OriginalessayonAmerica, America.
Catherine Dominic:Dominic is a novelist and
freelance writer and editor. Entries onFrom
the Rising of the SunandWhen We Two
Parted.OriginalessaysonFrom the Rising
of the SunandWhen We Two Parted.
Sheldon Goldfarb:Goldfarb has a PhD in English,
specializing in the literature of Victorian
England. Entry onAn Attempt at Jealousy.
Original essay onAnAttemptatJealousy.
Joyce Hart:Hart is a published author of more
than twenty books. Entry onNative Guard.
Original essay onNative Guard.
Neil Heims:Heims is a writer and teacher living
in Paris. Entry onThe Night Piece: To Julia.
Original essay onThe Night Piece: To Julia.
Diane Andrews Henningfeld:Henningfeld is a
professor of literature who writes widely for
educational publishers. Entry onhomage to
my hips.Originalessayonhomage to my hips.
Sheri Metzger Karmiol:Karmiol has a doctorate
in English Renaissance literature and teaches
literature and drama at the University of New
Mexico, where she is a lecturer in the univer-
sity honors program. She is also a professional
writer and the author of several reference texts
on poetry and drama. Entries onBabii Yar
and Pantoun for Chinese Women.Original
essays onBabii YarandPantoun for Chinese
Women.
David Kelly:Kelly is a writer and an instructor of
creative writing and literature at two col-
leges in Illinois. Entries onHeart’s Needle,
Love Calls Us to the Things of This World,
andSt. Roach. Original essays onHeart’s
Needle,Love Calls Us to the Things of This
World, andSt. Roach.
Claire Robinson: Robinson has an MA in
English. She is a teacher of English literature
and creative writing and a freelance writer
and editor. Entry onHowl. Original essay
onHowl.
Carol Ullmann:Ullmann is a freelance writer
and editor. Entry onPoem in Which My
Legs Are Accepted. Original essay onPoem
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