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Sherie Labedis

Sherie Labedis "Is the right to vote worth dying for?" This question filled the minds of the black folks and white volunteers encouraging them to register in the summer of 1965.The essay, "A Line in the Sand," describes the dangers for black people voting at this time, the manner in which people were recruited to vote, and the courageous personal stories of two women. In 1965 Sherie Labedis was a white volunteer enlisted by Martin Luther King Jr. to get black voters to register and vote. She was 18 and a middle class college student from California. Mrs. Rebecca Crawford was sixty, an illiterate black woman burdened with the racist legacy of the South. Her response to being treated with genuine respect led to a friendship that lasted through twenty-eight years and two generations.

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Michael Ladanyi

Michael Paul Ladanyi resides with his wife and two daughters in the foothills of the North Georgia Mountains. His poetry has appeared widely in print and online journals in the US and other countries. His most recent print publications include: Snow Monkey, Spring 2003, Maxis Review, (Marygrove College, MI) Spring 2003, Joey and the Black Boots, Spring 2003 farewell issue #41, and The Circle, #24 Winter 2003. His most recent online publications include: ken*again, Volume 4 #2 Summer 2003, Write-away-poetry, Summer 2003, The Muse Apprentice Guild, Spring 2003, Poems Niederngasse, #57 May 2003, Voices, Spring 2003 and The Pedestal Magazine, Summer 2003 issue #16. His work is upcoming in several magazines and collections of poetry, including: In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself, Volume 5, James River Poetry Review, Epiphany Magazine, Retort Magazine and others. Michael's chapbook, Palm Shadows, was released in June 2002 by Purple Rose Publications, the printers of Promise Magazine.

He is currently searching for a publisher for his full length poetry book, Humming Riddles In Naked Seasons. Michael served as a poetry editor with Rustlings of the Wind: http://wind.xephyrus.com/for over a year, until the publisher decided to close the magazine after a five year run. e is a poetry reviewer with the magazine Write-away-poetry: http://www.write-away-poetry.org/ and the founder and co-editor of Adagio Verse Quarterly: http://www.geocities.com/adagioversequarterly/Adagio_Verse_Quarterly.html

Sharon Esther Lampert

Sharon Esther Lampert "My Life is an OPENBook, to KNOWMe is to READMe" POETRY WORLD RECORD: Through the Eyes of Eve 120 rhymes from one family of rhyme in a single poem:

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Daniel J. Langton

Daniel J. Langton's work has appeared in Poetry, Fiddlehead, the Atlantic Monthly, Vallum, The Paris Review, the Times Literary Supplement, and similar journals. His QUERENCIA won the Devins Award for Poetry and the London Prize. His most recent work is LIFE FORMS (Cheltenham) and the SONNETS (California) He lives and teaches in San Francisco.

Trevor Landers

Trevor Landers is a Lecturer in Communication at The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, having previously held teaching positions in English and History at the Universitatei de Vest in Timisoara, Romania and Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He was a foundation member of the World Postgraduate Association and a prominent postgraduate activist in his native New Zealand. Trevor has been widely published, most recently this month in Never Bury Poetry, Poetic Hours, Pierian Springs and The Voice of the Turtle. He is also the Managing Editor of the The Zealot Press.

Peggy Landsman's

Peggy Landsman's work has been published in online and print literary journals and anthologies, including Breathe: 101 Contemporary Odes (C&R Press), Spindle, The Muse Strikes Back (Story Line Press), Bridges (Indiana University Press), and Iodine Poetry Journal. Much of her work has been translated into Romanian and published bilingually in the Romanian journal, Contemporary & Literary Horizon. Her poetry chapbook, To-wit To-woo, is available from FootHills Publishing. She has also published a contemporary romance novel, Passion's Professor (Midnight Showcase), under the pen name Samantha Rhodes. She has a website at Landsman. Email: Peggy Landsman

Gordon Ross Lanser

Ross Lanser has had six stories published in the previous three years, most recently in Oasis and AlienSkin Magazine. He lives in Seattle and works as a software specialist and technical writer.

Ted Lardner

Ted Lardner teaches yoga in Ohio. Tornado, a chapbook, is available from Kent State University press.
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Wolf Larsen

Wolf Larsen is the author of Eulogy for the Human Race,a poetry collection, God and the Devil Dancing Through World War III Together, a screenplay, YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEE! a poetry collection, Thrust! Lash! Clamor!, a play, The Exclamation Point!,a run-on sentence, Slam! Boom! Crash!,a novel, and Unalaska, Alaska,a novel. Eulogy for the Human Race is now available at bookstores, at Amazon.com, or via his web site (WolfLarsen.org). Other titles – including Slam! Boom! Crash! are also available. His work has been published in half-a-dozen literary magazines. He has been the featured poet at literary readings in New York City, Chicago, Lima, Peru, and Salvador, (Bahia) Brazil. He is the editor of TheVolcano.org – the Internet's newest avant-garde arts magazine. The Volcano combines wild painting and explosive poetry side-by-side because the arts should be an exciting experience!

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Ruth Latta
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Kai Laursen

Kai Laursen was born and raised n Seattle. He earned an MFA in Writing at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Currently he lives in Bali. Email: Kai Laursen

Sean Lause

Sean Lause has published fiction in The Mid-American Review and Liquid Ohio and poetry in Poetry International, Poetry Motel, Zillah, European Judaism, Poetica, Ruah, Curbside Review, Rio, Mother Earth International, Bathtub Gin, The Blue Collar Review, Struggle, Angel Face, ICON, Epicenter, Paper Wasp and Frog Pond. He teaches Writing, Speech and a course in the Holocaust at Rhodes State College in Lima, Ohio.

Marianne LaValle-Vincent

Marianne LaValle-Vincent, a first generation Italian-American, is a native of Syracuse, New York. She is a published poet, writer and humorist. She has won numerous literary contests and has achieved publication in such magazines as Italiana Americana, The Birmingham Review, Poetry Motel, Falling Star, 3 Cup Morning, and other special publications through SUNY. Her credits and awards infiltrate the internet on such web sites as Real Eight View, Ascent, Underground Window, Dance with Words, , Word Riot, Zygote in My Coffee, Poetic Diversity, and Writers on Line. Her first full length poetry collection entitled American Lie is available in bookstores throughout the country. Coverings (a chapbook) is now available through Foothills Publishing. Marianne's second full length poetry collection 313's Child made its debut in July, 2005. Besides poetry, many of her short stories have been published, including "Understanding Dad" in Chicken Soup for the Soul-Fathers and Daughters. You can sample her humorous essays and articles on line at Long Story Short, Boomer Women Speak and Cynic Online Magazine. She was recently awarded a literary grant through Hill House Writers in Nashville, TN., and is invited frequently to lecture at local universities and libraries as well as making guest appearances on local radio and television shows. Marianne is the Poetry Editor for Szirine Magazine. She is also a Copy Editor and feature writer for Moondance, a literary magazine supporting creative women. In another dimension, Marianne works as an administrative marketer and RN. She still lives in Syracuse with her husband, Tim and 14 year old daughter, Jess. Her greatest pleasure, after writing, is cooking and entertaining family and friends.

Linda A. Lavid

Linda A. Lavid hails from Buffalo, New York, where she wrangles a writing life amid the detritus of making a living and keeping a home that is, on rare occasions, totally clean. Besides being consumed, beguiled and utterly frustrated with the craft of writing, she also marvels how a family can survive on frozen dinners and the occasional stalk of broccoli. To read more of her work, search 'linda a lavid' at www.google.com. There her ersatz, free, and, as she puts it, shamelessly self-promoting webpages with links to The Southern Cross Review, Plots With Guns, Wilmington Blues, and Over Coffee can be found.

Albert Lawrence

Albert Lawrence was born and raised in Singapore. He has been a professional musician for about ten years or more,but has quit the music industry to pursue his writing interestsmore fully. Some of his works have appeared as Daily Poems with the “AUSTRALIAN POETIC SOCIETY” on-line, as well as with “THE CURIOUSRECORD-DARE TO SHARE! JOURNAL. (Print journal) June 2003 and Feb 2004. (http://www.curiousrecord.com02.com) His hobbies are reading, teaching music, collecting antique books, and sleeping with the muse.

David Lawrence

David Lawrence has published over four hundred poems. New book, "Lane Changes" is coming out in March by Four Way Books.

Eric J. Lee

For the last three decades, Eric Lee has written short mystery and suspense stories, providing the “leeway” for murder. His individual stories have been published in multiple locations. He has compiled his favorite short stories and published them in books as short story collections. He works as a CPA and lives in San Francisco, California. To read more of his stories and learn more about the author, you can visit his official website at Web Site. “Intuition of Henry Burrows” has been published in Burst Literary E-zine and "Bad Morning" in Conceit Magazine. Email: Eric J. Lee

Pete Lee

Pete Lee lives with his wife in Ridgecrest, California, a small town in the Mojave Desert midway between Mount Whitney and Death Valley. His poetry has recently appeared online at Right Hand Pointing, Unfettered Verse, The Orange Room Review, ken*again, and Antithesis Common.

Rena Lee

Rena Lee is the penname of Rena Kofman poet and writer, a retired Professor of Hebrew from the City University of NewYork, and the author of eleven books in Hebrew. Her work appeared (in both Hebrew and English) in many magazines, anthologies, scholarly journals, etc For more details, listings, awards, reviews of her writings and samples thereof, please visit her internet site Rena Lee Web
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Gary Lehmann

Gary Lehmann teaches writing and poetry at the Rochester Institute of Technology. His essays, poetry and short stories are widely published—about 60 pieces a year. He is the director of the Athenaeum Poetry group which recently published its second chapbook, Poetic Visions. He is also author of a book of poetry entitled Public Lives and Private Secrets [Foothills Press, 2005], and co-author and editor of a book of poetry entitled The Span I Will Cross [Process Press, 2004]. His poem "Reporting from Fallujah" was nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and his short play, "My Health Care Worker Stole My Jewelry" has recently been produced by GEVA Theatre in Rochester, NY. Email: Gary Lehmann

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Wesley L. Leigh

Wesley L. Leigh holds both a Baccalaureate in psychology as well as an M.D. degree from the University of Washington in Seattle. He currently serves as chief of ER at an Atlanta hospital and has worked as a stadium physician for the Atlanta Braves. During his undergraduate years, he self-published a Minority Premedical Guide (MPG) distributed to multiple California State and Community college campuses. In the past year, his work has been published in Things That Go Bump, an anthology, Wild Violet, an online literary magazine, and is forthcoming in BIGnews, a publication with a circulation of 30, 000. He is a member of Mystery Writers of America.

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Scott Leslie

Scott Leslie has been lucky enough to lie his way into several publications including Opium Magazine, McSweeney's, Forget Magazine, Planet Magazine, Twilight Times , Grimm Magazine, The Crime Scene, and The New Quarterly. Scott has worn several hats in the publishing, theatre and advertising fields. He's hoping the storyteller hat will fit just right.E-mail

Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

April Cottage, 9 The Green, Clophill, Beds MK45 4AD, UK

NIGEL LESMOIR-GORDON was born in Cambridge in 1943. He was educated at St. Faith's, Cambridge and Oundle School. Nigel began writing while still a student and subsequently published poems and short stories in the UK, the USA and in France. He toured the UK performing at poetry and poetry & jazz readings with the New Departures Group. Nigel's interest in film took him to the London School of Film Technique in 1969. From film school he joined the industry as a trainee editor working on TV commercials, then moved to the BBC as an editor, cutting dramas and documentaries. Nigel formed his first production company, Green Back Films in 1976 with the partners of the record sleeve design company, Hipgnosis. They worked on music promotions for Donovan, Pink Floyd, 10cc, Squeeze, Rainbow, Joe Cocker, Big Country, Wings and Paul Young, producing ground-breaking and award-winning commercials and videos He later joined the creative team at the Central Office of Information, writing and directing for the international TV documentary series This Week in Britain and Living Tomorrow. Nigel is recognised for his ability to make difficult and technical subjects accessible through his exciting and thought-provoking films. His most outstanding work includes an acclaimed series of films for the UK's Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, SAVING THE CHILDREN, a television documentary on women who work for children's' charities. He also directed The Bobby Charlton Story, Reflections, Satguru, Rainbow - Live Between The Eyes and the series Whatever You Want for the UK's Channel Four. GORDON FILMS UK was formed in 1995 to produce the award-winning television documentary THE COLOURS OF INFINITY, presented by Sir Arthur C. Clarke with music by David Gilmour on the discovery of the Mandelbrot Set and the development of Fractal Geometry. COLOURS has thus far been broadcast in over twenty territories world-wide, including in the UK - on Channel Four. Following from THE COLOURS OF INFINITY Nigel has produced and directed IS GOD A NUMBER? This television documentary looks at the mystery of consciousness and some remarkable discoveries that have recently been made in mathematics. He has also produced and directed a biographical broadcast documentary on the life of the mathematician, Benoît Mandelbrot. Nigel has just completed directing a feature film, REMEMBER A DAY, for Madcap Productions. Nigel's first book, INTRODUCING FRACTAL GEOMETRY was published by ICON BOOKS in November 2000.Email

Lance Levens

Bernice Lever

Bernice Lever, of Bowen Island, BC enjoys reading and reciting poetry. Her 8th book of poems, was Never a Straight Line, Black Moss, 2007. She is active in many writing associations, publishes internationally and does freelance editing.
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Robert Edward Levin

Robert Edward Levin is the author of the 1998 thriller, The Lizard and the Fly, and co-author of About Face, a novel scheduled for publication in 2003. His most recent work, The Glass Heart, a collection of stories and such, was released in September 2002. In addition his stories, essays and poetry have appeared in several print and online magazines.Email

Michael Levy

Michael Levy is the author of eight inspirational books. Michael's poetry and essays now grace many web sites, journals and magazines throughout the world. Michael's new book The Inspiring Story of Little Goody Two Shoes will soon be available at all bookstores. Point of Life Email: Michael Levy

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Dylan C. Lewis

Dylan C. Lewis graduated from Colgate University in 2002 where he majored in English and minored in Creative Writing and African American Studies. He took a year off before pursuing post graduate studies, during which time he tutored under a local poet/professor and began work on a potential manuscript. However, after choosing the legal profession over academia, he attended the Duquesne University School of Law and graduated in 2007. His work has been published in various journals and magazines. His poetry attempts to straddle the dichotomy between intellectualism and accessibility. He currently lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Email: Dylan C. Lewis

Anthony Liccione

Anthony Liccione is from Upstate New York and has been writing poetry for over ten years. He has recently won the 2006 LizaBeth Poetry Award and Unscrambled Eggs Poetry Contest, and was nominated "Best Tragic Poem" and "Best Poem of the Year 2005" (Muses Review). He released a chapbook Parched and Colorless with The Moon Publishing, and a full-volume book of poems Back Words and Forward. The American Author’s Association has given, Back Words and Forward, its highest rating--5 stars and Silver Medal Award for Poetry for 2005.Email

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Lyn Lifshin

Lyn Lifshin: Recent books from Lyn Lifshin: THE LICORICE DAUGHTER: MYYEAR WITH RUFFIAN, Texas Review Press, ANOTHER WOMAN WHO LOOKS LIKE ME from Black Sparrow at Godine., following COLD COMFORT and BEFORE IT'S LIGHT, DESIRE and 92 RAPPLE. She has over 120 books & edited 4 anthologies. Also out recently: NUTLEY POND, PERSEPHONE, BARBARO: BEYOND BROKENNESS, LOST IN THE FOG, LIGHT AT THE END, JESUS POEMS and BALLET MADONNAS, KATRINA, LOST HORSES. forthcoming: CHIFFON, ALL THE POETS WHO HAVE TOUCHED ME, LIVING AND DEAD. ALL TRUE: ESPECIALLY THE LIES. Her web site is Web Site Email: Lyn Lifshin

Elizabeth Liggera is an eleven year old writer who lives in New Paltz, New York and writes dark poetry and stories. Email: Elizabeth Liggera

Richard Lighthouse

Richard Lighthouse is a contemporary writer and poet. He is a corporate executive and has traveled all over the world. He is also an engineer, artist, pilot, teacher, & musician. He holds an M.S. from Stanford University.

His work has been published in: West Hills Review: A Walt Whitman Journal, New York; Red Cedar Review, Michigan State University; Mudfish, New York; and many others worldwide.

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Judy Lightwater

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Brian Lindley

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Joseph Lisowski

From 1986 to 1996, Joseph Lisowski was Professor of English at the University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas. He is now teaching at Mercyhurst College North East along the often frigid shores of Lake Erie. His chapbook of poems, Letters to Wang Wei, along with two essays has recently been published in Words on a Wire. His chapbook of poems, After Death's Silence is now available from 2River View. Other work may be seen on line in Niederngasse, Kota Press Journal, Thunder Sandwich, the Hold, The Eclipse, Poet's Canvas, New World Poetry, 2River View, Wired Art for Wired Hearts, The Cortland Review, Serpentine, and other fine mags. He is currently poetry editor of New Works Review.

Sue Littleton

Sue Littleton has been writing for 50 years. Her experiences come from a sheep ranch in West Texas to the sophisticated capital of Argentina, and from 18 years in Buenos Aires to Austin,Texas. A college education is a wonderful thing. She graduated at age 57. Her poetry returned to her with intense joy and a range unknown before the mind-dazzling experiences of undergraduate studies.

Jack Lloyd

Jack Lloyd is a poet from Ontario who has recently finished a degree in English from the University of Toronto Scarborough. He has not published anything prior to Ascent Aspirations Magazine, although he has been writing for much of his life. Email: Jack Lloyd

Rebecca Lloyd

Rebecca Lloyd began writing short stories for publication in 1999. Her work has appeared in Mslexia and Quality Women’s Fiction in the UK, Danforth Review in Canada and in Carriage House Review in Atlanta, USA. Most of her stories are about misfits bewildered by life’s expectations and trapped in their own limitations. Some of the stories could be described as psychological horror and others as magic realism, but together they do not fall clearly into any established genre. She works full-time running a project for a charity in London and taught a six-week short story writing course in the evenings for her local library in 2003. At present she is working on an anthology of short stories involving curious relationships, and contributes as a short story expert for Writewords Writers’ Community.

Alex Lobera

Alex Lobera was born in Canada, and works as a physician in El Paso, Texas. He takes post-graduate bilingual Creative Writing courses at the University of Texas at El Paso and has been published in BorderSenses, a local literary magazine. He is 36 years old, married, and has three children.

Duane Locke

Lives in rural Lakeland, Florida, Duane Locke, Ph. D. (Metaphysical Poetry) has had (as of January 1,2008) 5,935 poems published in print and e zines.[Not one poem self-published or paid to be published, all published by others] 17 print and e books published. Also, a painter, exhibited widely--a discussion of his work appears in Gary Monroe's Extraordinary Interpretations (U of Fla press). Recent exhibition, "Outsider Art" at Polk Museum. A photographer, 302 photos published on internet. Does close-ups of tossed away trash, Mystic vegetation, visual music and nature (primarily small insects). Occupation: studying philosophy. Favorite philosophers are Nietzsche, Hegel, and Heidegger. I think the Western minds adherence to the Platonic-Cartesian tradition Has resulted in the West believing lies and speaking a language of lies for over two Thousand years. I also think that practically everything written about the aesthetics Of poetry is junk and nonsense. For more information, interviews, awards, etc. click on Google, has quasi 250,000 entries. Is listed in Who's Who in America (Marquis.)
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Craig M. Logan

Craig M. Logan attends Central Michigan University, and is currently studying creative writing. He has been writing for a few years now, and is eager to be published.

John Long:

2nd place recipient, Scott Christianson Essay Award: Dawgs for Life. Email: John Long

Ken Lori

Ken Lori has written and self-published a couple of mediocre books. He is a social worker from Canada who resides in Portland, Oregon. Email: Ken Lori

Harold Lorin

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Rob Loughran

Rob’s novel High Steaks won the 2002 New Mystery Award. His how-to book for writers Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow: A Year-Long Program for Writing Success is available at www.lulu.com.

N. Lovatsis

N. Lovatsis is a new writer living in Vancouver.

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Richard Luftig

Richard Luftig is a professor of educational psychology and special education at Miami University in Ohio. He is a recipient of the Cincinnati Post-Corbett Foundation Award for Literature and a semi finalist for the Emily Dickinson Society Award. His poems have appeared in numerous literary journals in the United States and internationally in Japan, Canada, Australia, Finland, Bulgaria and England. His third chapbook of poems was published in 2007. Email: Richard Luftig

Chloe Lunn

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Bret Lynn

Bret Lynn has published a couple poems in college in Middle Tennessee University's creative magazine. He has been writing on and off for years, as a hobby. He pays the bills through his employment in the health-care field as a Respiratory Therapist. He hails from way down south in Texas.

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