Poet Bios
Spring 2006 Issue
G. Keilan Rickard has drafted this bio many times. He can't seem to settle.
Robert Luka's second attempt at becoming a published poet resulted in a handwritten rejection letter from, of all places,
The New Yorker. Although the poetry editors recommended he "try again," he never did. This failure to act may or may
not be directly responsible for his current situation: embedded in a Pittsburgh apartment with his boyfriend and his
boyfriend's basenji. His current aspirations are corrosive stomach acids and the letter aitch.
Louie Crew has edited special issues of College English and Margins. He's 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 his papers.
Patrick T. Randolph and his wife, Gamze, live in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Patrick was raised on a self-sufficient farm in the
northern pine woods of Wisconsin. He teaches in the English as a Second Language Department on the banks of the
Mississippi River at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He has had poems published in Bellowing Ark Review,
California Quarterly, Free Verse, Poetry Depth Quarterly, Poetry Motel, The Rockford Review and many other
journals in both the States and abroad.
Raud Kennedy works as a dog trainer in Portland, Oregon.
Michael M. Marks writes, "I am a Midwest baby-boomer, the middle child of five born in a six year span. Gwendolyn
Brooks became my mentor in 1967 in Chicago. I am riding my poetry horse somewhere between Dylan Thomas and Bob
Dylan. Anita and I had our own five children; the children are gone, but the poetry stays."
Ace Boggess is the author of one book of poems, The Beautiful Girl Whose Wish Was Not Fulfilled (Highwire Press,
2003); a literary novel, Displaced Hours (gattopublishing.com, 2004); and, as editor, the anthology Wild Sweet Notes II:
More Great Poetry From West Virginia. His writing has appeared in Florida Review, Atlanta Review, Harvard
Review, Notre Dame Review and many similar journals in print and online.
Angela J. Perry writes, "I am a New York City poet living in the East Village and supporting myself by slinging pork chops
and martinis in the West Village. I am the resident poet at the Manhattan Theatre Source which is an eclectic space around
the corner from me. I recently had a poem appear on fashion designer 'Heatherette's' Spring '06 line. I have two pieces in
the current issue of the Big Toe Review. I am a pizza expert, enjoy drinking cold beer, and my nickname is Chicken."
Lyn Lifshin is a veritable poetry machine. Learn more at lynlifshin.com