The Meadow Literary and Art Journal 2013

Contributors Notes Abraham Abebe , a native Ethiopian, is working toward an M.F.A. degree in Studio Art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He also earned a B.F.A. (Cum Laude) majoring in Graphic Design, Painting and Draw- ing from UNLV in 2010, and A.A. degree (with distinction) from Truckee Meadows Community College in 2007. Currently he is teaching graphic design at UNLV as part of the Graduate Assistantship program. Recently, he published his first poetry book titled Eggmel , written in his native lan- guage Amharic. Please visit his website at www.anbassadesign.com. Paul David Adkins grew up in South Florida and lives in New York. Evan Adkins was born here in Reno, Nevada, and has lived here ever since. He likes to play soccer, ultimate frisbee, longboard and ski, and Reno is a perfect place to do all of these. He came across a quote by John Muir the other day that read, “The power of imagination makes us infi- nite.” Although he has been interested in mathematics and physics for quite a while, it is poetry that has opened a door to the infinite. Jeffrey Alfier has work appearing or forthcoming in Connecticut Review , Tulane Review , and South Carolina Review . His latest chapbook is The City Without Her (Kindred Spirit Press, 2012), and his first full-length book of poems, The Wolf Yearling , is forthcoming from Pecan Grove Press. Derek Annis would not send me a short biography despite my valiant at- tempts. He’s a vegan anarchist from eastern Washington. Tim Applegate ’s poems and essays appear in numerous literary jour- nals. His first collection, At the End Of Day , was published by Traprock Books in 2007. His second, Drydock , is forthcoming from Blue Cubicle Press. He lives in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon. Daniel Aristi was born in Spain, studied French Literature, then Eco- nomics, then left for Indonesia. He has also lived and worked in Bosnia, Bolivia, Lesotho and other places; he lives and writes now in Botswana. His work has been recently published by The New Madrid and Great Weather for MEDIA. Elizabeth Atherton lives in San Francisco, where she is studying art his- tory. She is currently working on a verse novel. This is her first publication. Joe Benevento teaches creative writing at Truman State. His most recent of eight books of poetry and fiction is the chapbook, Tough Guys Don’t Write , with Finishing Line Press. He has had poems, stories and essays in 250 places, including: Poets & Writers and Bilingual Review. He co-edits GHLL. the Meadow 143