Views and Mechanics Publisher's Note Editor's Note Review of Lions at Lamb House Review of Jamestown Review of The Children of Húrin Review of The Politics of Life Film Review of "300" Creative Nonfiction Home By Marion Agnew One Foot and Then the Other By Greg Coykendall Poetry Hannah Plays with Light By Kristine Ong Muslim Caricature of an Early Planter By Michael Lee Johnson Comes a Push-Cart Down a Long-Ass Ghazal By Levon DeBranch Modern Day Moses By Bob Boston Squares (2) Plaza De Armas, Santiago, Chile By Graham Burchell Fiction The Larchmont Campaign By Zain Deane Body Warmth By Louise Kantro The Good People Up North By T.M. Spooner Triple Word Score By Patricia C. Meringer Texans Abroad By Franklin Strong Hunting for Manhood By Jason Sizemore Staten Island Zen By Michael Enright 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 - Kenneth Weiss, Ed.D 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 Copyeditor - Kathy Skaggs Blog Contributing Editor - Maggie Koster Education Blog Contributing Editor - Jordan Wirfs-Brock 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 Marion Agnew Greg Coykendall Kristine Ong Muslim - Kristine Ong Muslim's poems and stories have appeared or are forthcoming in many places. These include Adbusters, Bellevue Literary Review, Chronogram, Cordite Poetry Review, elimae, Envoi, The Pedestal Magazine, T-Zero, Turnrow, and Whistling Shade. Michael Lee Johnson - Mr. Michael Lee Johnson lives in Chicago, IL, after spending 10 years in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada during the Vietnam era. He is a freelance writer and poet. He is interested in social, religious topics, and the need for universal health care in the United States. He is presently self-employed, with a previous background in social service areas. He has a B.A. degree in sociology, worked on a Masters Program in Correctional Administration. Recent published poems: The Orange Room Review; Bolts Of Silk; The Flask Review; Apollo’s Lyre; Chantarelle’s Notebook; Fresh! On Line Literary Magazine. Mr. Johnson has several poems pending publication March through July, 2007. Levon DeBranch - Levon DeBranch is brand new at seeking homes for his poems. He resides in Connecticut. A poem of his was recently published in The New Verse News. Another will be appearing in Boston Literary Review this summer. Bob Boston - Bob Boston is a previously unpublished poet living on the East Coast of the United States. He has been writing for many years, but lately, more than ever. Graham Burchell - Graham Burchell was born in 1950 in Canterbury, England. He is the winner of the 2005 Chapter One Promotions Open Poetry Competition, the runner up in the 2005 "Into Africa" International Poetry Competition and a runner up in the 2006 Ware Open Poetry Competition. His poetry has appeared in many print and online literary magazines. He is the editor of the online poetry journal, Words-Myth, and now writes full-time from his home in Houston, Texas. Zain Deane Louise Kantro T.M. Spooner - My first novel, The Salvation of La Purísima, dealing with Mexican migrants, was released in 2004. My second novel, Notes from Exile, was released in September 2006. I grew up and still reside in the Chicago area. I am a graduate of Northern Illinois University and attended graduate school at DePaul University in Chicago. Patricia C. Meringer - Patricia's story, "Waltzing With Katie", was published in Quality Women's Fiction, Issue 48. Another story, "A Word for This", will be part of an anthology (and quoted on the back cover of the book) to be published by Kearney Street Books in June of this year. She won 2nd Place in the Short Story Division of the Jack London Writing Contest in 2004. Patricia spent most of her adult life in New Orleans and now lives in Sarasota, FL. Franklin Strong - Franklin Strong teaches writing and Spanish in Houston, Texas. This is the first fiction he has submitted for publication. Jason Sizemore - A young writer and editor from Appalachian Kentucky, Jason has seen his fiction appear in almost a dozen publications. He's a prolific non-fiction writer, having dozens of essays, reviews, and editorials published in print and on the web on varied subjects such as gaming, geek culture, and politics. He earned his college degree from Transylvania University, making him an ideal candidate to publish the science-horror short fiction magazine, Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest. Michael Enright - Michael is a former trial lawyer, English teacher, business executive, ice cream man, mechanic, laborer, receiving manager, salesman, PR flak, stockboy, pornographer, trucker, rock musician and cab driver. He was born in the Bronx, grew up in Brooklyn, worked in Manhattan most of his life, currently lives in Staten Island and roots for a baseball team in Queens. |