Lunarosity Authors' Profiles R-Z

        Daniel Ramos III

        is a 26 year old Chicano from Spokane, Washington who currently lives in Zurich, Switzerland. While growing up he was protected from the world by his father, and when his father was angry, his mother protected him from his father's world. He enjoys writing about both those worlds when he is not occupied with taking care of his basic needs of finding shelter, eating, and reading -- in whatever country that will take him. (August 2008)

        Rochelle Ratner

        lives in New York City. Her books include two novels: Bobby's Girl (Coffee House Press, 1986) and The Lion's Share (Coffee House Press, 1991) and sixteen poetry books, including House and Home (Marsh Hawk Press, 2003) and Beggars at the Wall (Ikon, October 2005). An anthology she edited, Bearing Life: Women's Writings on Childlessness, was published in January 2000 by The Feminist Press. Links to her writing on the Internet can be found on her homepage: www.rochelleratner.com.(February 2006). In Memoriem 2008.

        Dale Ready

        is a native-born Las Crucen and has lived in the area most of his life. After a hitch in the Navy, he was a firefighter / EMT for Las Cruces and NASA. He studied English literature and creative writing at NMSU under Joseph Somoza and Kevin McKilvoy. He served as Editor for "The Normal Heart," a voice for the gay and lesbian community of Southern New Mexico and West Texas. (2003)

        Thomas D. Reynolds

        teaches at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, and has published poems in various print and online journals, including New Delta Review, Alabama Literary Review, Aethlon-The Journal of Sport Literature, The MacGuffin, Midwest Poetry Review, and The Pedestal Magazine. (June 2006, June 2007)

        Bill Roberts

        is a retired nuclear weapons consultant who dreams of a day when all WMD are extinct. His poetry has appeared in well over a hundred small-press and online journals over the past thirteen years. Bill lives with one domesticated wife and two untrainable dogs too near the edge of bucolic Broomfield, Colorado. If he could turn back the clock, he'd strive to become either a ballet dancer or an opera singer, having no talent at either endeavor. (August 2008)

        Margo Roby

        resides with her husband, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Although from the U.S., they have lived there thirteen years. When not writing, she teaches English Literature at the High School of the Jakarta International School, a school developed for the expatriate community. Aside from poetry, she has had several articles published about Native American Plains Indians.

        Lori Romero

        is a published poet and fiction writer, and served as Artistic Director of Friends & Artists Theatre Ensemble in Los Angeles. She currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico. An avid storm chaser, she is finishing a poetry chapbook based on her adventures on the Great Plains. (6-05)

        Laura Sobbott Ross

        has been nominated for a 2007 Pushcart Prize, and has had poetry published in New Millennium Writings, The Arkansas Review, The White Pelican Review, Kalliope, The Caribbean Writer, and the Baker's Dozen Literary Review, among others. She has poetry forthcoming in The Sow's Ear Poetry Review and The William and Mary Review, and has placed first in poetry contests for the 2006 Mount Dora, Florida Literary Festival and the Great Blue Beacon. Ross is a freelance architectural designer. (June 2008)

        Robert Rowley

        lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico. His fiction has appeared in New Times, Passages North, Point, Rio Grande Review. His nonfiction has been published in The American Scholar, High Country News, New Mexico Magazine, Texas Parks & Wildlife, and True West.

        David Rushing

        has had articles and poems published in over 100 magazines, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2003, and his first chapbook in Nov.2004 by Plowman Press called "Unrequited Love Unfinished Lives." (July 2005, April 2008)

        Miriam Sagan

        is author of more than a dozen books of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Her most recent book of poetry, "Rag Trade," (2004) is published by La Alameda Press, Albuquerque, NM. She is poetry columnist for Writer's Digest and editor of the e-zine, Santa Fe Poetry Broadside (www.sfpoetry.org). May, 2004.

        Susan Stone Salas

        is a painter and poet who resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

        John Schaub

        is a native New Mexican who recently returned after six years in other states studying English and writing. He's not sure what he wants to be when he grows up, so he continues his academic career at NMSU in physics and mechanical engineering.

        Wayne Scheer

        After twenty-five years of college teaching, Wayne Scheer retired to follow his own advice and write. His work has appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, Pedestal Magazine, Art and Understanding, Laughter Loaf and The Better Drink. His writing awards include a Pushcart Prize nomination. Wayne lives in Atlanta and can be contacted at wvscheer@aol.com.

        Karen Schubert

        is a graduate student in creative writing at Cleveland State, and editor of Whiskey Island. Recipient of Youngstown State University's Hare Award for poetry, her poems have been published or are forthcoming in Mid-America Poetry Review, DMQ, Primavera, Versal, Poetry Midwest, Apple Valley Review and others . Her poem "Wisconsin" has been nominated for Best of the Net. (December 2007)

        Bill Schweizer

        has resided in Southern California almost long enough to pass for a native despite the occasional pang of nostalgia for snow falling on steam grates, pizza by the slice, and Jones Beach. Enjoyments are movies (Manhattan locales - caper flicks - film noir), California history, Linda's biscotti, Linda, Saturday football, the ocean (either one), and, once in a while, serene travel. His fiction has been published in the Los Angeles Times, Thieves Jargon, River Walk Journal, Bewildering Stories, Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, Skive, Static Movement Online (frequent contributor), Mysterical E., Green Silk Journal and War Journal. (August 2007)

        Ed Scott

        besides experience as a firefighter, police officer, peramedic, and private investigator, is also a fashion model and actor who has appeared in national and regional television ads as well as on the cover of romance novels and other print venues. He lives in Prescott Valley, Arizona, and can be reached at edscott@cybertrails.com. (3-1-04)

        Ronda Sepulveda

        is13 years old (as of this writing), and enrolled in the 8th grade. In her spare time she likes to read, play piano,and write. The category of Young Adult Poetry was created after she emailed submissions and inquired about Lunarosity.

        Tamara Sellman

        serves as editor and publisher of MARGIN: Exploring Modern Magical Realism (http://www.magical-realism.com). she is also an active member of PEN-Washington/Seattle and the publisher of a free speech digest, Candleflame. Her poetry has been published regionally and nationally. In 2004, her work is scheduled to appear in The North American Review, Raven Chronicles and Suspect Thoughts: A Journal of Subversive Writing. Her work has also appeared in The Spoon River Poetry Anthology, Quarterly West, and various theme anthologies. She was a finalist in the James Hearst Poetry Prize competition for 2003, and is also the recipient of a Pushcart Prize nomination. May 2004.

        F. John Sharp

        lives and works in Northern Ohio. His work had appeared in Salt River Review, Paumanok Review, Pindeldyboz, and Snow Monkey, among others. (December 2005).

        Tom Sheehan

        lives in Saugus, MA, has been retired for 15 years, has three novels published, five collections of poetry and a recent memoir, "A Collection of Friends," from Pocol Press. (Oct. '05 and April 2006)

        Jeanne Shannon

        is editor/publisher of The Wildflower Press in Albuquerque, a small press specializing in poetry, memoir, and fiction. Her work has appeared in numerous small-press and university publications, including Quarter After Eight, Bardsong, and Hunger magazines, and in various anthologies. (August 2006).

        Durlabh Singh

        lives in London, England and has been widely published in anthologies and magazines. He is also the author of two collections of his work.

        Albert Sgambati

        currently resides in Mexico City where he works as a freelance journalist for both US and Latin American publications. His book, THE WAITING ROOM, published in September, 2006, by Miami University Press may be ordered through the MU press site or through Amazon.com.

        J.D. Smith

        has published one poetry collection, The Hypothetical Landscape (Quarterly Review of Literature Poetry Series) and the edited anthology Northern Music: Poems About and Inspired by Glenn Gould (John Gordon Burke, Publisher). My work has twice been nominated for Pushcart Awards, and I am currently circulating my second collection, Settling for Beauty. My prose has appeared in publications including American Book Review, Chelsea, Exquisite Corpse, Literal Latte, and Pleiades. (September, 2004)

        Margo Solod

        spent 10 years traveling around the country playing electrician for small theater companies before settling down to cook for 15 years on a tiny New England island. Eight years ago she escaped and settled in the middle of 72 acres in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. She has published poems in more than 70 magazines and journals, as well as 5 anthologies. Her 4 chapbooks were published in 1995, 1996,1999 and 2003 (TORTILLA PRESS, TALENT HOUSE PRESS and FLYING TURTLE PRESS) and her full length book Some Very Soft Days was published in 2005 by mayapple press. Her chapbook OUTSIDE THE KREMLIN won the 1995 KINGMAN PAGE AWARD and was published by NIGHTSHADEPRESS.

        Joe Somoza

        His most recent book of poetry is "Cityzen," La Alameda Press, Albuquerque, 2002. Preceding it is "Sojourner, So to Speak," La Alameda Press, Albuquerque, NM. ISBN : 1-888809-04-3, Somoza is a former poetry editor for Puerto del Sol, a publication of New Mexico State University, and a managing editor of "Sin Fronteras-Writers Without Borders." His email is Somoza

        Linda Sonna

        is Professor of Counseling Psychology at Yorkville University and the author of ten books. Her articles, essays, and poetry have appeared in a variety of literary and popular publications. She teaches writing workshops in Taos, NM, and in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. See www.DrSonna.org. (May, 2004) (October 2006).

        Phyllis Sorrell

        is a single parent with two teenagers. A few years ago she was inspired by someone to start writing again after a lapse of several years. She says, "Writing is much harder now. When I was younger, the words just flowed out effortlessly. Now they must be pulled and only [when I'm] in the right frame of mind, low stress levels and not exhausted from the day. I am inspired by poems from Jim Morrison and Marianne Moore, Leonard Cohen, Allen Ginsberg, Scott Momaday and Dylan Thomas.

        Al Soto

        attended Texas Christian University, University of Texas at Arlington, and Metro State College of Denver, has presented workshops for Tumblewords, published in El Paso's "Muse III" and "Muse IV", and El Paso Community College's "Chrysalis," others. . .nicknamed "Lla-ve," is a short story writer, romantic poet, and a poet warrior, and a former finance analysts for the Dept. of Defense out of Denver. (September, 2004)

        Aline Soules'

        work has appeared in The MacGuffin, 100 Words, Variations on the Ordinary, Literature of the Expanding Frontier, and The Size of the World/The Shape of the Heart. Prose poems from her manuscript "Meditation on Woman" have appeared in Tattoo Highway, edifice WRECKED, Poetry Midwest, Kaleidowhirl, Long Story Short, Binnacle, and the Kenyon Review. (February 2007)

        Joe Speer

        is editor of Beatlick News, A Poetry and Arts Newsletter and a producer of short films. (June 2008)

        Tim Staley

        is interested in making poetry cool again. Inspired by the stage, he backs his lines by saxophone and rock n roll. Sometimes he, and two other poets, burst upon public spaces, such as the DMV, to stage Guerilla-Style-Head-to-Head-Haiku Battles. He lives in Las Cruces New Mexico with his wife Suzanne. (Dec 2006)

        Christine Stark

        is a writer, poet, and visual artist of American Indian and European heritage. Her work has been published in numerous periodicals and anthologies. She is a co-editor (along with Rebecca Whisnant) of "Not for Sale," an international anthology on sexual violence. She teaches writing and literature at a community college in northern Minnesota. (August 2006)

        Susan Swartwout

        teaches creative writing and small-press publishing at Southeast Missouri State University and edits Big Muddy: Journal of the Mississippi River Valley, an interdisciplinary magazine. Her two collections of poetry are entitled Freaks and Uncommon Ground and she co-edited Real Things: Anthology of Popular Culture in American Poetry and co-authored A Student's Guide to Getting Published. She has poems and short stories published in literary journals such as Nebraska Review, The Laurel Review, River Styx, Negative Capability, Mississippi Review, and Spoon River Poetry Review, among others. She is a recipient of the Rona Jaffe Writers' Foundation Award and a St. Louis Poetry Center Award. (3-1-04)

        Pari Noskin Taichert

        is an Albuquerque freelance writer with frequent articles in Crosswinds Weekly. Her monthly literary column appears in the Albuquerque Tribune. The University of New Mexico Press will publish her first mystery, THE CLOVIS INCIDENT, in February 2004. She can be reached at pari@badgirlspress.com. August 2003.

        Phyllis Teague

        moved to New Mexico from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She says, "My original home state, however, is Texas, and I have been trying for 24 years to get back to the big sky country. I absolutely love it here! I have a bachelor's degree in music and a master's degree in writing, but for the sake of income, I have mostly concentrated on professional and technical writing. However, poetry is how I try to figure out what I mean about life. Science, also, is a language with which I think about larger issues in life, and many times I find scientific ideas creeping into my poems. I'm very grateful to those physicists who have the ability to make scientific ideas accessible to nonscientists such as myself."

        teej

        is an award-winning writer. She has written poetry, fiction, non-fiction, journalistic and technical pieces for a variety of publications and companies. Some of the publications and companies include The Denver Post, Odyssey West magazine, Metrosphere magazine, Metropolitan State College, Comtech Services, MCI, Intel, and Motorola. teej lives in Albuquerque and is a stay-at-home mom who enjoys spending time with her family, writing, designing web sites, and volunteering with children's agencies.

        Victoria Edwards Tester

        lives in Santa Rita, New Mexico and in the Chiricahua Mountains with her husband. Her debut volume "Miracles of Sainted Earth" will appear in January of 2002 as the inaugural book for the Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series by the University of New Mexico Press. The poems on this site are from her forthcoming volume, and her prose is based on it. You may contact the poet at: victoriat@gilanet.com

        Mark Thalman

        has been publishing his poetry in small presses, quarterlies, and anthologies for the last three decades. His poems have been published in The Greenfield Review, Cutbank, Carolina Quarterly, Pennsylvania Review, and Whetstone, to name a few. However, in the last year, his work has appeared in a lot of e-zines: Gin Bender, Muse Apprentice Guild, Pebble Lake, Half Drunk Muse and Dicey Brown. His work will also be appearing in The Great American Poetry Show, Natural Bridge, and Hymns to the Outrageous: American Poetry Sampler. (April 2005)

        Richard Thomas

        is a professor emeritus of Michigan State University. His first two poems, "Age" and "Kiss," are published here for the first time from a series called "Dreaming Wide Awake." Other poems here are from his recent book, "Death at Camp Pahoka," Michigan State University Press, 2000.

        Joanne Townsend

        has been writing and publishing poetry for more than 30 years. A newcomer to Las Cruces, her roots are in Alaska where she was appointed Alaska State Poet Laureate (1988-1994). She's published a literary magazine, taught at the University of Alaska Anchorage, been a poet in the schools, and founded and directed a community writing program for Anchorage seniors.

        Steve Trebellas

        is a graduate of Southern Illinois University's MFA program. He's worked any number of jobs and lived in Old Mesilla and Las Cruces,(New Mexico) Denver, Chicago and many other places where he pays close attention to the way people talk. His current writing task is to get a chapbook out on the topic of "Punk" as it was expressed in pre-gentrified Denver in the 80s. He has been published recently by Hiss Quarterly, Boxcar Poetry Review, Cezannes Carrot, Innisfree, and Poemeleon, and has worked for both Bloomsbury Review and Crab Orchard Review. (December 2006, October 2007)

        Sal Treppiedi

        teaches 8th Grade Language Arts in the South Valley, Albuquerque, and has been part of the slam circuit in Albuquerque for the past six years. He has been published in Central Avenue, and Earthships: A New Mecca Poetry Collection, an anthology of New Mexico poets (2006).ÊHe is currently putting the finishing touches on his first chapbook, Random Thought of An Obese Mind. He also publishes a music blog, The Great Beyond, which can be accessed at greatbeyondmusic For more information, check out his website at www.freewebs.com/burquepoet or www.myspace.com/burquepoet (December 2007)

        John Tritica

        founded the poetry circle L)Edge in 1986 with Mary Rising Higgins. His collection, "How Rain Records Its Alphabet" was published in 1998 (La Alameda Press). He is the translator of Swedish poet, Niklas Tornlund, : All Things Measure Time (The Landlocked Press, 1992). "Tritica Reads His Poetry," (2005), a CD, is available from Vox Audio in Magdelena. "Sound Remains" will published in 2007 by Chax Press in Tucson. (October 07)

        Joseph R. Trombatore

        has work published in Curbside Review, Spiky Palm, Lily Literary Review, Ithuriel's Spear, Prose Toad, FRiGG, Right Hand Pointing, Gin Bender, Watch The Eye, Foliate Oak, Underground Window, Pyramid Arts & Poetry Journal, The Panhandler, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Winner of the Joanie Whitebird Chapbook Poetry Contest--"Screaming at Adam," April, 2007, Wings Press. (June 2007)

        Heather van Doren's

        poetry and fiction have appeared in Word Riot, Yankee Pot Roast, Long Story Short, Spillway Review, Pemmican, Poetry Scotland and Wicked Alice. (August 2006)

        Nena Villamil

        finished an MFA in poetry at New Mexico State University in May, 2007 under the guidance of Connie Voisine. Currently she teaches freshman composition at NMSU and also teaches for Upward Bound, a program to prepare first-generation, low-income high school students for the demands of college. This fall she is a Visiting Poet for NMCultureNet's "Poets in the Schools" program in Lovington, New Mexico, where literacy is encouraged among middle school students via poetry.

        Jason Visconti

        lives in Astoria, New York., and his poetry has appeared recently in, among others, "Virtual Writer", "Poetheart", "Now and Forever", and "About The Arts."

        Danielle Weinhold

        is a college student living in Valparaiso, Indiana, attending Valparaiso University. Her first, and only, publishing credential thus far is a poem in Portals, Purdue North Central's Literary Journal. (December 2005).

        Patricia Wellingham-Jones

        is a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee. Her work published internationally in anthologies, journals, and Internet magazines, Winner of the Palabra Productions Chapbook Contest 2006, End-Cycle, poems about caregiving, is her latest book. She recently won Grand Prize in the Artists Embassy International Dancing Poetry Contest. Her website is wellinghamjones.com . See also Lunar author publications on Lunarosity's index menu. (July 2005, December 2006, December 2007).

        Lawrence Welsh,

        has published four books of poetry. Two new books are forthcoming in 2007: Skull Highway (La Alameda Press) and Walking Backwards to Santa Fe (Pitchfork Press). His work has appeared in more than 175 national and regional magazines, including Puerto del Sol, The Louisiana Review, Hawaii Review, Rio Grande Review, The Texas Observer, Chiron Review, among others. A winner of the Bardsong Press Celtic Voice Writing Award in Poetry, he's an associate professor of English at El Paso Community College.(October 07)

        Sylvia Wheeler

        has published seven books: poetry, anthologies and a play, as well as fiction/poetry in numerous literary magazines. She has won various awards, including a Witter Bynner Publication Award for Counting Back, poems, and a fellowship to The MacDowell Colony.

        K.M. White

        a retired RN, and a current student of herbal medicine, who has travelled recently in Mexico and Costa Rica, has been published in Earthships: a New Mecca Poetry Collection, and had two poems, with accompanying art pieces, included in The Cradle Project art installation, June 2008, in Albuquerque, NM.(August 2008).

        Linda Whittenberg

        considers New Mexico home, although she grew up in Illinois farm country and has lived many places. As a Unitarian Universalist minister she served congregations in California and Washington State. She has a passion for equine and owns a horse and two mules. With her husband, Bob, she rides in the Pecos Wilderness. After retirement in 2000 she began writing poetry and has been published by Manzanita Quarterly, Pudding House Press, and Sin Fronteras,Writers without Borders. (Oct. 2005).

        Daniel Wilcox

        earned his B.A. in Creative Writing from Cal State University, Long Beach. He is a former activist, former teacher, former wanderer who has farmed in the Middle East and lived on an island in eastern Pennsylvania. His writing has appeared in The Other Side Magazine, various poetry journals such as The Centrifugal Eye, Sentinel Poetry Online, The November 3rd Club, and The Indite Circle. A short story based on his life in the Middle East was published in the September 2007 issue of The Danforth Review. He currently resides on the California coast with his mysterious wife and youngest gaming son. His writer's website is at http://seaquaker.com/ (February 2008)

        Earl J. Wilcox

        retired from 40+ years of teaching and publishing definitive studies on Robert Frost, Jack London, Robert Penn Warren, and others. An avid baseball fan ( St. Louis Cards), he publishes poetry about his sport. His poetry appeared recently in Third Lung Review, Strange Horizons, The Centrifugal Eye, Word Riot, Underground Voices, Southern Gothic and Kakalak, among others.. (February 2006, December 2006, June 2007, February & August 2008).

        Rochelle Williams

        writes art reviews for the Ink Magazine and the Alamagordo Daily News, is currently working on a novel, and has won several honors as a short story writer, including first place in the Southwest Writers Workshop literary short story contest in 2000. An excerpt from her novel-in-progress"Bodies of Water," along with several poems, will appear on the Otero Arts Council website (www.otero-arts.org) gallery in the spring of 2004. (1-1-04)

        Keith Wilson

        is a native New Mexican poet and short story writer, is the author of many books. He is Professor Emeritus in English at NMSU, and has received numerous awards, among them the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship and the Premio Frontereza from the Border Book Festival for Lifetime Achievement. His memoir, a compendium entitled The Cause of Rite was published in October (2001) by Pennywhistle Press, and his Collected Poems are forthcoming by Clark City Press. The poems that appears here are from his book Bosque Redondo: The Encircled Grove (Pennywhistle Press 2000). (Oct, 2007)

        Jane Wong

        is a junior at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, where she majors in Literature and Creative Writing. At Bard, she is the poetry editor of a student-run print and web journal, Verse Noire. Her work was featured in the June 2005 issue of Chronogram as well as various Bard publications. (June 2006)

        Mary Jo Marcellus Wyse

        is a graduate of Vermont College's MFA in writing program. Her recent writing credits include publications in Current Magazine (online), Mota 4: Integrity, Pindeldyboz, (online), Muse Apprentice Guild (online), Freedom Isn't Free (forthcoming) and an essay in the book, Reconciling Catholicism and Feminism (University of Notre Dame Press). She teaches creative writing at Central Academy in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (February 2007)

        Ellen Roberts Young's

        chapbook, Accidents, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2004. She has poems anthologized in Orpheus and Company (Deborah DeNicola, editor) and The Wisdom of Daughters (R. H. Finger and K. Sandhaas, editors) as well as publications in numerous journals. She lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico. (October 2007)

        John Young

        teaches elementary school children stuff they ought to know, but rarely want to know. He lives in Bellflower, California. His writing has appeared in The Pedestal Magazine, FlashShot, The Chiron Review, Heavy Glow, and Laughter Loaf. His short-short "Unconditional Love" recently won second place in Inkspotter.com's "Finding the Right Words" 2005 contest. He writes a monthly "featured market" column for Flash Fiction Flash, a newsletter.(December 2005).

        Andrena Zawinski

        lives and teaches writing in Oakland, CA but was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Her work appears widely online and in print. She is Features Editor at PoetryMagazine.com. (August 2006)

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