Roberta P. Feins was born in New York, and has also lived in North Carolina and (currently) in Seattle. She works as a computer consultant. She received her MFA in poetry from New England College in 2007. Roberta has been published in Antioch Review, Tea Party, Floating Bridge Review, and The Lyric. Poems are forthcoming in Five AM and Poemmemoirstory. She is an editor of the e-zine Switched On Gutenberg www.switched-ongutenberg.org
Laura LoTurco-Gorian is seduced by texture, form and structure, and is inspired by the way that light creates ever changing shadows illuminating intricate details. She received her BFA and MFA from The School of Visual Arts in NYC and her career in the arts has spanned over twenty-four years. Recently she relocated from New York to New Mexico. She has illustrated three children's books. Her work has been exhibited in New York, New Jersey and New Mexico. Her work can be seen at: www.artistsites.org/LauraLoTurcoGorian/ and www.creativejournalarts.com