The Meadow Literary and Art Journal 2012

Contributor Notes Catherine Auger is a student at Truckee Meadows Community College. Catherine Austin Alexander , Pushcart Prize nominee, has published stories in 25 literary journals, including North Atlantic Review, Rosebud (two successive issues ), Bryant Literary Review, and won “Jurors’ Choice” in Spindrift. National Public Radio has aired her work. Jorja Fox, (Sara Sidle in TV’s CSI) performed her story in a Word Theatre production. Currently teaching in the Seattle Area, she lives in Edmonds, Washing- ton. Rebecca Andem earned an MFA through the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. Currently, she lives in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she teaches at a private school. Her publications include two novels and several short stories. For more information, visit her web- site at www.turtleflyink.com. Jonathan Barrett lives in Kansas City with his wife and three sons. His poetry has previously appeared in The Literary Review, North American Review, Notre Dame Review, Phoebe , and Subtropics among others. He is also the co-editor of the literary journal, Cant . C. Dylan Bassett is a student studying poetry from Las Vegas, Nevada. His poetry has been featured or is forthcoming in Tar River Poetry, Salamander, The Christian Century, SLAB, The Portland Review and elsewhere. He is a contributing editor and reviewer for Inscape . Nicholas Barouch is a student at Truckee Meadows Community College. Teresa Breeden is a long time member of Ash Canyon Poets, a recipient of the 2007 Nevada Arts Council Fellowship for Literature, and managing editor of a small vegetable garden. Publications include the traveling art show “Always Lost; A Meditation on War,” Best New Poets 2010, Mamas and Papas (Anthology), The Meadow , and Columbia Review . Kaitlyn Carr is a student at Truckee Meadows Community College. Christine-Aeriella Crater lives at a small farm in central Pennsylvania. Her recent work has included writing literary biographies for the Pennsyl- vania Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Library of Congress. This is her first publication. Leonard J. Cirino (1943) is the author of nineteen chapbooks and sev- enteen full-length collections of poetry since 1987 from numerous small presses. He lives in Springfield, Oregon, where he is retired and works full-time as a poet. His collection, Triple Header is due from Cervena the Meadow 113