Lunarosity Authors' Profiles I-Q



        Brian Ibsen

        is Director, Corporate/Foundation Relations, The University of New Mexico Foundation, Inc., Albuquerque, NM. (9/04)

        Robin Jenkins

        is fifteen years old as of this writing, a sophomore attending Onate High School, who says, "I have been writing since about second grade when my teacher assigned a poetry assignment, (Halloween poems). Since then, I have been doing my best to progress in my writing."

        Dave Johnson

        is a returned Peace Corp volunteer and a logger in Wisconsin. He can be reached at Dave Johnson . (1-1-04).

        Joy Johnson

        lives in Huntsville, Alabama. (July 2004).

        Michael Lee Johnson

        lives in Chicago, IL. after spending 10 years in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, during the Viet Nam era. He is a freelance writer and poet interested in social and religious topics, and the need for universal health care in the United States. He is presently self-employed, with a previous background in social service areas. He has a B.A. degree in sociology, worked on a Masters Program in Correctional Administration. Recent published poems may be found in: The Orange Room Review website: http://www.freewebs.com/theorangeroomreview/; Bolts Of Silk website: http://boltsofsilk.blogspot.com; The Flask Review: http://www.freewebs.com/theflaskreview/; Apollo's Lyre, in their webzine: http://www.apollos-lyre.com/; Chantarelle's Notebook website: http://www.chantarellesnotebook.com; Fresh! On Line Literary Magazine website: http://members.aol.com/shirgerald/shortst.htm (June 2007)

        Noel Kaufmann

        escaped last June to Santa Fe, from the bowels of the beast, the DC region. Originally from New York (Queens) he's always loved the mountains here, and though a wanderer, could possibly stay... You can keep him solvent and happy with creative free-time, by contacting him for piano tuning and repair. Noel, especially in this moment, finds himself writing less and less in the first person and more and more consistently in what he calls, with admirable succinctness, "Paragraphs: prose poetry, philosophical musings, cultural rants, absurdist slants, epigrams and innuendos." His turn-offs are oily skin and human rights violations, and his website is http://noel.creativedojo.com (June 2007)

        Jerry F. Kerrisk

        lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (December 2005).

        Paul Kloppenborg

        works as a librarian in Melbourne, Australia. He is widely published in both print and electronic journals. His first anthology (along with 6 other international poets) was published by Two Dog Press in 1998. A second anthology was published by Funky Dog Press, Detroit in 1999. Paul's first chapbook "Poetic Confectionery " (2002) is available from the Canadian publisher CNV.Ê He is Co-ListServ Administrator of The Muse. October 2005.

        Teresa Kupin,

        originally from New York and Mexico, is presently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis. Additionally, she is also minoring in Feminist Studies and her areas of interest focus on dual subalternities, margins and central space, and identity deconstruction.

        Pete Lee

        owns and operates a bookselling business. He lives with his wife in a small town in the Mojave Desert. His poetry has most recently appeared in the online journals Unfettered Verse, Antithesis Common, Alba, Thick with Conviction, and Shampoo. (June 2007)

        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. His poem "Reporting from Fallujah" was nominated for the 2006 Pushcart Prize.Ê ÊVisit his website at www.garylehmann.blogspot.com. (June 2006)

        Sarah Lenzen

        is 17 and attends Marian Central HS in Illinois. When she isn't at school or working she is busy making up new words or reading into the early morning hours. In the darkness is where she feels truly alive and is where she writes mostly everything. She lives with her parents and many siblings in Woodstock, Illinois. (April 2006)

        Donald Levering

        7th book, The Kingdom of Ignorance, May 2006 by Finishing Line Press, is 25 pages of poetry. Thirteen of the 18 poems included have been previously published in journals such as Flint Hills Review, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Maryland Poetry Review, Nightsun, Paper Boat, The Pawn Review, Poetry East, Prayers to Protest, Slant, and Zambomba. Copies may be ordered for $12 on line at www.finishinglinepress.com; click on 2006 New Releases. You may also order by sending a $12 check to Finishing Line Press/Post Office Box 1626/Georgetown, KY 40324.

        Born in Kansas City, Donald Levering was educated at Baker University, The University of Kansas, Lewis and Clark College, and Bowling Green State University. At Bowling Green, he was a Devine Memorial Fellow in Poetry before receiving an M. F. A. in Creative Writing. He has worked as a computer operator, free-lance journalist, groundskeeper, and teacher on the Navajo Reservation. His previous publications include two full-length volumes, Outcroppings From Navajoland (Navajo Community College Press, 1985) and Horsetail (Woodley Press, 2000) as well as four chapbooks, The Jack of Spring (Swamp Press, 1980), Carpool (Tellus, 1983), Mister Ubiquity (Pudding House, 1997), and The Fast of Thoth (Pudding House, 2002). Mr. Levering was a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant in poetry and won the Quest for Peace rhetoric contest. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he was past Director of Theaterwork Poetry Readings series and works as a human services administrator. (Appearance in Lunarosity: April 2005, December 2005, June 2006, October 2007, June 2008).

        Leo Lichy

        is the pseudonym of a former newspaper journalist from England, who has lived and worked in Canada, Australia and now resides in the US. (August 2007)

        Duane Locke

        is Professor Emeritus of the Humanities, was Poet in Residence at the University of Tampa for over 20 years, and has had over 5,000 poems published, 14 print books of poetry, and 4 E books. He lives in Lakeland, Florida. (December 2006)

        Ellaraine Lockie

        writes poetry, nonfiction books, magazine articles/columns and children's stories. She is a well-published and awarded poet who has received seven nominations for Pushcart Prizes in poetry and has three published chapbooks: Midlife Muse, Poetry Forum, Crossing the Center Line, Sweet Annie Press and Coloring Outside the Lines, The Plowman Press. Another, Finishing Lines, published in 2004 from Snark Publishing. Ellaraine also teaches college and community poetry workshops. Her nonfiction books are: All Because of a Button: Folklore, Fact and Fiction, St. Johann Press; The Gourmet Paper Maker, Creative Publishing, and The Low Lactose Kitchen Companion and Cookbook in 2005. (September, 2004)

        Joan Logghe

        has lived in northern New Mexico with her husband since 1973 and raised three children, and built three houses. Her books include Sofia, Blessed Resistance, and Another Desert:Jewish Poetry of New Mexico. Awards include an NEA, a Barbara Deming Grant, Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry Grants, and a Mabel Dodge Luhan Internship.

        Dimitris Lyacos

        was born in Athens in 1966. His trilogy Poena Damni (Z213: Exit, Nyctivoe, The First Death) written over the course of fifteen years, has been translated into English, Spanish, Italian and German and has been performed extensively across Europe and the USA. A sound and sculpture installation of Nyctivoe opened in London and toured Europe in 2004-2005. A contemporary theatre-dance performance based on the same book showed in Greece in 2006-2007. Lyacos' work has been the subject of lectures and research at various universities, including Amsterdam,Trieste and Oxford.Various extracts from the trilogy have appeared in literary journals around the world. For more information on the author visit "http://www.lyacos.net"
        Translator Shorsha Sullivan was born in Dublin in 1932. He studied Classics at Leeds and has spent most of his working life in England. He has a special interest in Modern Greek theatre and poetry. (August 2008)

        John Macker's

        most recent book is "Adventures In The Gun Trade" (Denver: Long Road/La Cantera Press, 2004) and he has completed a cd called black/wing with John Knoll. He Lives with wife, Annie, a few miles south of Las Vegas, NM with some cool views of the llano. Recent poetry published in magaziness & anthologies include Manzanita Quarterly, Sin Fronteras/Writers Without Borders, mad blood #'s 1 & 2, Pinyon Poetry (Mesa State College.), & Poets For Peace, cd, (Santa Fe.) He won 2006 Mad Blood Magazine literary awared for his poem, Wyoming Arcane," and was also nominated for 2006 Pushcart Prize. (Oct, '05, Oct. 07)

        Patrick Maestas Jr.

        is a full-time graduate student at New Mexico State University and also a full-time employee with NMSU. (2002)

        Christopher Major

        lives in Staffs, England, where he works as mental health support. His work has been placed widely in the UK print press. Online recently at: STIRRING, REMARK, SNAKESKIN, OPENWIDE, KILL THE RICH, HALF DRUNK MUSE, among others. (July 2004).

        Scott Malby

        lives in and writes from Coos Bay, Oregon. (February 2008)

        Shahe Mankerian

        No bio is available at this time.

        David Marrinson

        is a high school teacher. He occasionally finds time to write but only at night when most people in the States are sleeping and only when he hears crickets and grasshoppers playing their trademark songs. He is a 2002 graduate of Western Illinois University and resides in Cary, Illinois.

        P. Blake Martin

        graduated from the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Anthropology, specializing in visual anthropology and linguistics, and an English minor. In addition to a passion for writing, he works as a multimedia artist and producer in Alto, NM.

        Robert C. Masterson

        lives in Yonkers, New York.

        Steve McClary

        lives in Las Cruces, NM, and has been published in Valley View, a magazine in Solon, Ohio. (August 2006, April 2008)

        Sandy McIntosh's

        collections of poetry include The After-Death History of My Mother, Between Earth and Sky (Marsh Hawk Press), Endless Staircase (Street Press), Earth Works (Long Island University), Which Way to the Egress? (Garfield Publishers), and two chapbooks: Obsessional (Tamafyhr Mountain Poetry) and Monsters of the Antipodes (Survivors Manual Books). His prose includes Firing Back, with Jodie-Beth Galos (John Wiley & Sons), From A Chinese Kitchen (American Cooking Guild), and The Poets In the Poets-In-The-Schools (Minnesota Center for Social Research, University of Minnesota). His poetry and essays have been published in The New York Times, Newsday, The Nation, the Wall Street Journal, American Book Review, and elsewhere. His original poetry in a film script won the Silver Medal in the Film Festival of the Americas. He has been Managing Editor of Confrontation magazine published by Long Island University, and is Managing Editor of Marsh Hawk Press. (June 2007)

        Allen McGill

        Originally from NYC, Allen lives, writes, acts and directs theatre in Mexico. His published fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays, photos, etc., have won awards and appeared in: NY Times, The Writer, Newsday, Literary Potpourri, Poetry Midwest, QLRS, Herons Nest, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, World Haiku Review, many others.Ê He is a former member of PEN. He was an invited guest at the First World Poetry Festival in Taiwan 2005, haibun editor for Simply Haiku and two of his plays have been professionally produced in Sacramento and L.A. (July 05)

        Don McIver

        lives in Albuquerque, NM. August, 2003.

        Shawn McLain

        is a student of English at Southeast Missouri State University. He is heavily involved with the local writing collective, Prescription Strength Poetry. After completing his undergraduate degree, he plans to attend graduate school. Previously published by 2River View, Asininepoetry.com, and Journey. A forthcoming book review will be published in the next issue of Big Muddy. He was recently sponsored by River Styx to read his work at Duff's in St. Louis. (September, 2004)

        Leslie McMurtry

        is a native of Albuquerque, NM, and recently received her MA in creative writing from Swansea University in Wales. She has been published in Borderlines, Swansea Life, Scribendi and has contributed and edited various literary magazines. Her great ambition is to write for radio.(August 2008)

        L.A. Meadows

        is a physical therapist who works with young children. Her fascination with the workings of the human body influence her writing. L.A. Meadows has made Las Cruces her home and began writing at age nine. Her writing has appeared in Sin Fronteras- Writers Without Borders, Many Voices and in the online journal, Words on a Wire

        Kevin Paul Miller

        lives in Southern California where he writes verse as well as haiku and related forms. His work has been published in Lily, Word Riot, Half-Drunk Muse, Stylus, Modern Haiku, Heron's Nest, LYNX and elsewhere. He is a member of the Tanka and Haiku Societies of America. (April 2008).

        Sue Miller

        lives in Las Cruces, NM where she received B.F.A. and M.A. degrees in Printmaking from the NMSU Art Department. She has worked in the printing and publishing field since 1984, and presently works as a desktop publishing person for the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, 4-H Department. For more poems and stories by her, her web site is Poetry and More

        Anna Mills

        lives in San Francisco with a cat named Spot. Her poetry and essays have appeared in Banyan Review, Three Candles, SoMa Literary Review, Lodestar Quarterly, Long Story Short, and Moxie Magazine. She has studied with Louise Gluck, Jim Shepard, Phillip Lopate, and Vivian Gornick. (Oct. 2005).

        Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz

        is a poet and fiction writer who lives in Las Cruces, NM.

        William Starr Moake

        is the author of two books of fiction, a novel and a short story collection. He also works as a web designer in Honolulu, Hawaii. Other work by him may be found at his website Starrbooks

        Rosalee Montoya-Read

        graduated with an MA in Higher Ed Administration from NMSU. She lives in Albuquerque, NM. In 2000, she retired from the University of NM, Cancer Research & Treatment Center. Since retirement, she has explored her passion for writing poetry (Spanish and English) and short story fiction. Her work here represents her first publication.

        Jo Moore

        holds BA's in both Literature and Journalism from the University of New Mexico. She is author of two short story collections and seven illustrated works for children. She lives in the mountains of central New Mexico where she works as a sculptor and a writer. Her Bronze sculpture can be seen at http://janandjo.moore.home.att.net. (October 2005)

        Matthew Moran

        describes himself as "an actor playing a small role in several grand plays. In each imagined production I take on a new character - each character representing a stage of development in my life. My writing reflects my act, my audience, and the stage I stumble upon. I am currently an undergraduate student. (June 2008)

        Jenny Mundy-Castle

        spent her teenage years in Santa Fe and misses it terribly. She lives in New York where the subways are poor substitutes for desert skies and slow living. In her final year at Columbia University, she will be graduating with a degree in Literature and Writing. Though she aches for the arid New Mexico landscape on an almost hourly basis, she lives in New York where she is finishing a Master's in Education and English. She loves to travel. (update: Feb. 2006)

        Sangnam Nam

        currently teaches at a Catholic college in Korea. She earned her B.A. in English and M.A. in Reading, and has taught in many schools, including Las Cruces public schools. Her favorite authors include "Hesse, Kafka, Poe, Joyce and the Brownings." (June 2008)

        Francis Nantha

        lives in England. "Elephant's Spirit" is an extract from an upcoming self-published novel. (February 2006)

        Bruce Noll

        is a transplant to New Mexico from the northern plains. North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota were homes to him for a few decades. "Nature has always been my solace and themes and images from earth and its many life forms appear in my writing. I am an amateur entomologist, an avid hiker, a university professor and a lover and interpreter of the work of Walt Whitman. I've presented my program, PURE GRASS, a dramatic interpretation of Leaves of Grass, in 23 states in the last several years (and two performances in Iceland in July of 2001). I also am on the NMEH Chautauqua Program and present "Walt Whitman's America" around the state. Noll's poems have appeared in an assortment of periodicals in recent years such as the Journal of the American Medical Association, Christian Century, HMS Beagle, The American Entomologist, South Dakota Magazine and Nebraska Life.

        Christopher Nye

        holds a Ph. D. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico, studied playwriting on a Fulbright at University of Bristol in England, has taught freshman English, literature, creative writing, and other courses. Until recently he was head of the Sciences and Engineering Division at Berkshire Community College, and now works as Director of Special Programs there. He has an interest in nature writing and has also served as an editorial advisor for Orion Magazine.

        Carolyn Ogborn

        grew up making forts out of pine needles and sticks, out of piano music and back porches, out of whiskey and poetry. She lives with her girlfriend, dogs, cats and chickens in Wise Acres, deep in the mountains of Madison County, NC, where she finds jobs for other people and is writing a book about it called Hell and Scissors.

        Margaret O'Neal

        has had her work published in Dakota House Journal, Story Garden, Dead Mule, and Moondance. She also had a one page play performed in Buffalo, New York at the Catalyst Theatre and by an adult education class in Rome, Italy. ( July 2005)

        John Pate

        teaches at El Paso (Texas) Community College, is a book reviewer for the El Paso Times, and is writing a history of El Paso based on a series of interviews with those who were a part of that history. (October 2007)

        Teresa Peipins

        recently returned to the United States after living abroad and has completed her first novel set in Latvia and Spain. Her fiction and poetry has appeared in The Barcelona Review, The Buffalo News, Conte, and Hot Metal Press among other publications. She is currently teaching English at the Open University of Catalonia. (December 2007)

        James Penha

        teaches at the Jakarta International School, Jakarta, Indonesia, and manages the wonderful online zine, newversenews.com. (March 04, April 08)

        Sebastian Pettes

        was born in Houston Texas. He's been living in Las Cruces for the past three years. He's been writing poetry since he was ten. He now attends Onate High School where he has been a member of the creative writing program for two years.(2002)

        Roger Pfingston's

        work has appeared recently in Kaleidowhirl, Mannequin Envy, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Innisfree Poetry Journal and two anthologies from Iowa Press:Ê Say This of Horses and 75 Poems on Retirement. His most recent chapbooks are Singing to the Garden from Parallel Press and Earthbound from Pudding House Publications. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and is also a photographer. He may be emailed at snapshot@insightbb.com See also his link on the Lunarosity index menu page under "Lunar Authors: Books and Chapbooks.(December 2007)

        Jacqueline Power's

        work has been published in canwehaveourballback, [plug].poetry, Delirium Journal, kaleidowhirl, Poesia, Chronogram, California Quarterly, Blood Orange Review, Dalhousie Review, and Storyglossia. Her play, "Swimming Upstream," was produced in Ithaca, N.Y. (February 2007)

        Dorine Preston

        is a Seattle-area native who earned her M.F.A. in Poetry from New Mexico State University. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Georgia, where she is the Assistant to the Editors of The Georgia Review. Her poems and reviews have appeared in publications such as Puerto Del Sol, Verse, Isotope, and Ninth Letter. She is a winner of a 2005 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Poetry Prize, and received an honorable mention in the 2005 Atlantic Monthly Student Writing Contest. ( August 2007)

        Jennifer Prill

        lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where she publishes a trade magazine and manages an annual convention for the flight-support industry. She has also previously published a newsletter, Writer's Exchange." Her poetry and fiction on Lunarosity mark her first appearance on the web in these categories.

        Robert W. Proctor

        a former teacher, Peace Corps Volunteer and retired Foreign Service Officer, lives in La Luz, New Mexico with his India-born wife, Etrennes. His writings have appeared in Border Senses, SERAPE, Sparrow Forum. The Inkspot, The Foreign Service Journal, Las Cruces Poets and Writers Magazine, Sin Fronteras, and online at Lunarosity, OteroArtsCouncil, and 101 Poets Against War. His first chapbook, "Selected Poems, 2001-2004", was published by the Mesilla Valley Press (2004) and "Dark Thoughts" by MVP (2007).

        Jayne Pupek

        holds an MA in Psychology and lives near Richmond, VA. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in several online and print publications. "Primitive," her chapbook of poetry, is available from Pudding House Press. Her first novel is scheduled for release Spring, 2006 by Algonquin at Chapel Hill. She can be contacted at JaynePupek@aol.com (Oct. '05).

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