contributors to r.kv.r.y.'s winter 2007 issue
This issue's cover artwork is brought to us by the political and social satirist, cartoonist, painter, graphic
artist, author and attorney, Charles Pugsley Fincher from the great state of Texas. We can't begin
to tell you how excited we are to be publishing Mr. Fincher's already well-published and highly esteemed
work, much of which you will find at LawComix.com.
artist, author and attorney, Charles Pugsley Fincher from the great state of Texas. We can't begin
to tell you how excited we are to be publishing Mr. Fincher's already well-published and highly esteemed
work, much of which you will find at LawComix.com.
Stefan Kiesbye, author of Belle Mere, is the author of Next Door Lived A Girl (Low Fidelity Press,
2005). His stories have appeared/are forthcoming in Hobart, The Stickman Review, Pindeldyboz, and
Stumbling and Raging, an anthology edited by Stephen Elliott. He lives with his wife Sanaz in Ann Arbor,
Michigan. www.skiesbye.com
2005). His stories have appeared/are forthcoming in Hobart, The Stickman Review, Pindeldyboz, and
Stumbling and Raging, an anthology edited by Stephen Elliott. He lives with his wife Sanaz in Ann Arbor,
Michigan. www.skiesbye.com
Brian Friesen, author of Land Sick recently completed an MA in English at the University of Alberta
where he was a recipient of the James Patrick Folinsbee Award for Creative Writing. Brian has published
stories and poems in several northwest publications. He has been an editor and writing instructor both
inside and outside the university, and was the producer of a bi-weekly literary radio show for Golden Hours
at Oregon Public Broadcasting. He is currently living in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two children.
where he was a recipient of the James Patrick Folinsbee Award for Creative Writing. Brian has published
stories and poems in several northwest publications. He has been an editor and writing instructor both
inside and outside the university, and was the producer of a bi-weekly literary radio show for Golden Hours
at Oregon Public Broadcasting. He is currently living in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two children.
Poet Dee Shaprio (My New Life) is also a painter and writer. Her poems and essays have appeared
in Chiron Review, Small Pond Magazine, Black Bear, Blue Line, Adirondack Review, New Press Literary Quarterly,
Aught, The Bark, Heresies Connecticut River Review, Rhapsoidia and Frigatezine.com and is upcoming in
Confrontation. She teaches art history and studio art at Empire State College, Old Westbury, NY.
in Chiron Review, Small Pond Magazine, Black Bear, Blue Line, Adirondack Review, New Press Literary Quarterly,
Aught, The Bark, Heresies Connecticut River Review, Rhapsoidia and Frigatezine.com and is upcoming in
Confrontation. She teaches art history and studio art at Empire State College, Old Westbury, NY.
Yvette A. Schnoeker-Shorb’s poetry (here, To Be Like Him) has appeared in Blueline, Pinyon,
Wild Earth, Red River Review, Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments, Entelechy: Mind &
Culture, The Pedestal Magazine, LanguageandCulture.net, Out of Line, The Midwest Quarterly, Hawai'i Pacific
Review, Poem, Karamu, Weber Studies, Wild Violet, Rainbow Curve, and many other print and online journals.
She is co-editor of the Sustainable Ways Newsletter and co-founder of Native West Press (which publishes
small, edited collections of works from authors and poets in both the arts and the sciences in an effort to
enhance public awareness of natural biodiversity within the American West). She holds an interdisciplinary
MA in Ecosemantics. She is currently assisting Terril Shorb, Coordinator of the Sustainable Community
Development track at Prescott College, with research related to human perceptions and behavior toward
the natural environment.
Wild Earth, Red River Review, Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments, Entelechy: Mind &
Culture, The Pedestal Magazine, LanguageandCulture.net, Out of Line, The Midwest Quarterly, Hawai'i Pacific
Review, Poem, Karamu, Weber Studies, Wild Violet, Rainbow Curve, and many other print and online journals.
She is co-editor of the Sustainable Ways Newsletter and co-founder of Native West Press (which publishes
small, edited collections of works from authors and poets in both the arts and the sciences in an effort to
enhance public awareness of natural biodiversity within the American West). She holds an interdisciplinary
MA in Ecosemantics. She is currently assisting Terril Shorb, Coordinator of the Sustainable Community
Development track at Prescott College, with research related to human perceptions and behavior toward
the natural environment.
Author David Plumb's work (Black Point) appears in St. Martin’s Anthology, Mondo James Dean, Irrepressible
Appetites An Anthology of Food, Beyond the Pleasure Dome, 100 Poets Against the War, Salt Press, UK, The Miami
Herald, The Washington Post and The Orlando Sentinel. Books include The Music Stopped and Your Monkey’s
on Fire, stories, Drugs and All That and Man in a Suitcase, Poems. A Slight Change in the Weather, short
stories will be published in November 2006. Mr. Plumb has worked as a paramedic, a butcher, a San
Francisco cab driver and an actor in several Hollywood films. In 1991 he was one of 48 people worldwide
invited to present, “Finding the Click, Addiction in Six Plays of Tennessee Williams”at the first
International Conference on Literature and Addiction held at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Appetites An Anthology of Food, Beyond the Pleasure Dome, 100 Poets Against the War, Salt Press, UK, The Miami
Herald, The Washington Post and The Orlando Sentinel. Books include The Music Stopped and Your Monkey’s
on Fire, stories, Drugs and All That and Man in a Suitcase, Poems. A Slight Change in the Weather, short
stories will be published in November 2006. Mr. Plumb has worked as a paramedic, a butcher, a San
Francisco cab driver and an actor in several Hollywood films. In 1991 he was one of 48 people worldwide
invited to present, “Finding the Click, Addiction in Six Plays of Tennessee Williams”at the first
International Conference on Literature and Addiction held at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Chad Faries (further down lincoln street. stambaugh, michigan:summer 1977) has
published poems, essays, photographs, interviews, and creative non-fiction in Exquisite Corpse, Mudfish,
New American Writing, Barrow Street, The Cream City Review, Afterimage, Post Road, and others. His
book, The Border Will Be Soon: Meditations from the Other Side was a winner of Emergency Press’s open
genre book competition. It chronicles his visits to Yugoslavia between 1995-2000 and will be published in
May 2006. He has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and was a
Fulbright Fellow in Budapest. His memoir, Some Houses, is seeking a publisher. When not traveling he is
a carpenter and professor. He recently purchased an old Victorian home and now is planning his next
Triumph motorcycle in order to solidify his artificial existence as a renaissance man.
published poems, essays, photographs, interviews, and creative non-fiction in Exquisite Corpse, Mudfish,
New American Writing, Barrow Street, The Cream City Review, Afterimage, Post Road, and others. His
book, The Border Will Be Soon: Meditations from the Other Side was a winner of Emergency Press’s open
genre book competition. It chronicles his visits to Yugoslavia between 1995-2000 and will be published in
May 2006. He has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and was a
Fulbright Fellow in Budapest. His memoir, Some Houses, is seeking a publisher. When not traveling he is
a carpenter and professor. He recently purchased an old Victorian home and now is planning his next
Triumph motorcycle in order to solidify his artificial existence as a renaissance man.
Mary Ann McGuigan, author of Last Rites, writes mainly young-adult fiction. Her second novel,
Where You Belong (Atheneum), was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her third novel, also for young
adults, will be published in spring ’08. Her short fiction for adults has appeared in various literary
magazines, including The Sun and US 1; essays have appeared in the New York Times, New York Sunday
Newsday, and other publications.
Where You Belong (Atheneum), was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her third novel, also for young
adults, will be published in spring ’08. Her short fiction for adults has appeared in various literary
magazines, including The Sun and US 1; essays have appeared in the New York Times, New York Sunday
Newsday, and other publications.
After the stunning success of his haunting and lyrical One Hundred Siberian Postcards author and poet
Richard Wirick returns to r.kv.r.y. with two chapters from his novel in progress, the devil's water.
Carolyn McGinn of the New Statesman has praised Mr. Wirick's prose as "compassionate and literate ... He
has a mystic's confidence in the power of his imagination to prise bits of truth out of the frigid landscape."
The literary powers that be have finally recognized Mr. Wirick's talent by nominating Postcards for the
prestigious PENN/Faulkner Award. This quarter, we're proud to bring you two chapters from the devil's water
fresh from Mr. Wirick's "pen" without any pesky editing. For more reviews of Postcards, click here.
Richard Wirick returns to r.kv.r.y. with two chapters from his novel in progress, the devil's water.
Carolyn McGinn of the New Statesman has praised Mr. Wirick's prose as "compassionate and literate ... He
has a mystic's confidence in the power of his imagination to prise bits of truth out of the frigid landscape."
The literary powers that be have finally recognized Mr. Wirick's talent by nominating Postcards for the
prestigious PENN/Faulkner Award. This quarter, we're proud to bring you two chapters from the devil's water
fresh from Mr. Wirick's "pen" without any pesky editing. For more reviews of Postcards, click here.
Christine Gombar's Heartbreaker won the Geraldine Griffin Moore prize for fiction at City
College in New York. Christine's work has appeared in numerous consumer and literary journals,
including Global City Review and The London Review of Books. She is the author of Great Women
Writers, 1900-1950 and was a fellow of the New York Foundation for the Arts in nonfiction. Her Wall
Street veteran's memoir of 9/11 has been internationally anthologized.
College in New York. Christine's work has appeared in numerous consumer and literary journals,
including Global City Review and The London Review of Books. She is the author of Great Women
Writers, 1900-1950 and was a fellow of the New York Foundation for the Arts in nonfiction. Her Wall
Street veteran's memoir of 9/11 has been internationally anthologized.