Contributors

Bryan Aubrey: Aubrey holds a Ph.D. in English and has published many articles on contemporary poetry. Entry on All I Was Doing Was Breathing. Original essays on All I Was Doing Was Breathing and Monologue for an Onion.

Jennifer Bussey: Bussey holds a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies and a bachelor's degree in English literature, and she is an independent writer specializing in literature. Entries on For the Sake of Strangers and Monologue for an Onion. Original essays on For the Sake of Strangers, Monologue for an Onion, and Seeing You.

Joyce Hart: Hart is a published author and former writing instructor. Entries on Not like a Cypress, One Is One, and Our Side. Original essays on Not like a Cypress, One Is One, Our Side, and Seeing You.

Neil Heims: Heims is a writer and teacher living in Paris. Entries on A Poison Tree and The Room. Original essays on Monologue for an Onion, A Poison Tree, and The Room.

Pamela Steed Hill: Hill is the author of a poetry collection, has published widely in literary journals, and is an editor for a university publications department. Entry on Kindness. Original essays on For the Sake of Strangers and Kindness.

Anna Maria Hong: Hong has published poems in numerous journals and is the editor of the fiction and memoir anthology Growing Up Asian American (1993). Original essay on Kindness.

David Kelly: Kelly is an instructor of creative writing and literature. Entries on At the Cancer Clinic, Portrait of a Couple at Century's End, and Three To's and an Oi. Original essays on At the Cancer Clinic, Our Side, Portrait of a Couple at Century's End, and Three To's and an Oi.

Lois Kerschen: Kerschen is a school district administrator and a freelance writer. Entry on Seeing You. Original essay on Seeing You.

Wendy Perkins: Perkins is a professor of American and English literature and film. Entries on Always and The Litany. Original essays on Always and The Litany.

Lisa Trow: Trow is a published poet and journalist, and she has been an instructor of creative writing. Original essay on At the Cancer Clinic.

Scott Trudell: Trudell is a doctoral student of English literature at Rutgers University. Entry on The Chambered Nautilus. Original essay on The Chambered Nautilus.