Views and Mechanics Publisher's Note Editor's Note Review of Bliss Review of Atheist Manifesto Review of The Stones Cry Out Film review of "Karov La Bayit" Creative Nonfiction A Reverence for Words By Virginia Hendry For the Wife of Bath and the Wife of Yeats, I Give Thanks By Sara J. Ford Birth By Clint Pearson Poetry Gong Fu By Tim J. Brennan Phases By Tolu Ogunlesi They Are Driving Their Cars Again, They Are Driving... By Anne Cammon Death of the Travelers By Abigail Grant Leaves By Matt Gee Fiction The Wood Splitter By Michael Phillips Boogie & Sarah Leigh By Sandra L. West What Happened to Matt Dillon By Chris Drangle Red, Manhattan, 523 By Beth Hogan Titanic Hat By D.K. McGill About the Contributors © 2007, River Walk Journal and respective authors and artists. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce without permission. River Walk Journal, Inc. Board of Directors Chairman - Elizabeth Ross Vice Chairman - Joseph Koch Secretary/Treasurer - Geri Stock-Ross Editorial Director - Patti Kurtz, DA Literacy Director - Vacant Policy Director - PA State Rep. Jess Stairs Advisory Board Chairman - Patti Kurtz, DA Asst. Chairman - Dan Lachenman, PhD Samuel Hazo Christopher Leland Edwin Yoder Joseph Bathanti Journal Staff Publisher - Elizabeth Ross Editor-In-Chief - Joseph Koch Senior Editor - Patti Kurtz Senior Editor - Neeldhara Misra Senior Editor - Mike Munsil Assistant Editor - Steve MacNeil Copyeditor - Kathy Skaggs Blog Contributing Editor - Maggie Koster Publicity Director (PA) - Geri Stock-Ross For information about submissions, visit http://www.riverwalkjournal.org/subs.html. Questions about promotions, subscribers' services, and advertising should be sent to publisher@riverwalkjournal.org. River Walk Journal, Inc. is a non-profit corporation run entirely by volunteers. For information about volunteer opportunities and internships, visit VolunteerMatch. |
Contributors' Bios Virginia Hendry - Virginia Hendry has an MFA in fiction from Lesley college. She has won the Florida Palm Literary Award for a historical novel, and has had several magazine articles published in national periodicals. Sara J. Ford - Sara J. Ford lives and teaches in St. Paul, Minnesota. Clint Pearson - Clint Pearson is a multiple sclerosis patient, a former mountain climber, and is currently a practicing family physician in Crescent City, CA. His autobiographical novel Falling explores his battle with disability as well as the patients who helped him to climb mountains of a different kind. The essay published here is an excerpt from that work. Tim J. Brennan - Tim J. Brennan, a teacher of young minds, hails from southeastern Minnesota. He is a playwright by nature. His most recent one act play was featured at the Actor's Chapel in NYC. Poetry is a different animal, but he's learning. Tolu Ogunlesi - Tolu Ogunlesi was born in 1982. He graduated from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria in July 2004. He has performed his poetry at the African Weerword 05 in Amsterdam and at Denachten 2005 in Antwerp. He is the author of a collection of poems Listen to the Geckos Singing from a Balcony (Bewrite Books, UK, 2004). His poems have appeared in Sable, Pyramid, Parameter, amongst others and are forthcoming in the Tipton poetry journal, The Union Onion and On Broken Wings (anthology of new Nigerian poetry). Anne Cammon - Anne Cammon is a poet and fiction writer who was educated at Barnard College. She curates a literary radio show for WKCR FM New York, featuring contemporary works of poetry, fiction, new music and radio drama. Her work has recently appeared in the Bloomsbury edition of Riverbabble and Rumble Magazine. Abigail Grant - Abigail Grant is an expected August 2007 graduate of California University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Creative Writing. She loves Jimmy Buffett, Cape Hatteras, sunshine, and SCUBA diving. She enjoys writing poetry and scheming on vacations. Matt Gee - Matt is currently finishing up his last year as an English major at California University of Pennsylvania where he is trying to hone some skills in the art of writing. A ‘jack of all trades but master of none’ he has hopefully found his little niche within the arts. After school he plans on traveling along the eastern seaboard, fishing the small estuaries and coastal inlets that tattoo the landscape and writing about his exploits. That is the plan at least. Michael Phillips - Michael Phillips grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and began writing at an early age. He holds a BA and MA in English and works as an editor for a clinical magazine. He currently resides in the Philadelphia metro area. Sandra L. West - The work of Sandra L. West is most recently seen in The Newark Metro (Rich in Grace) and Chickenbones: A Journal of Literary and Artistic African American Themes (We Are A Dancing People). She is a member of The Harlem Writers Guild. Chris Drangle - Although Chris Drangle's home is in Little Rock, Arkansas, he is living temporarily in New Orleans, Louisiana. Although he has been writing seriously for several years, this is the first time he has submitted a story for publication. Beth Hogan - Beth Hogan is a graduate of the Boston University Creative Writing Program. She hasn't been published in many years but has reactivated her writing life during the last five years. In her day job, she is the director of a non-profit agency that works with poor people. She lives with her husband and two children north of Boston. D.K. McGill - D.K. McGill lives with his wife and two stepdaughters in New Orleans, where he is a longtime journalist, branching out into fiction writing. His short story "Closure!", about a Louisiana execution that goes awry, was published in the fall 2006 online and print editions of The Write Side Up magazine. |