Rebecca Goodman’s novel, The Surface of Motion, was published by Green Integer Press (2008). She lives and teaches in Los Angeles. Work may be found in MHR, Issue 10.
Steve Katz’s works include Creamy and Delicious; The Exaggerations of Peter Prince; Saw; Swanny’s Ways (Sun & Moon Press), winner of the American Award in Fiction in 1995; the screenplay Grassland, which eventually became Hex; and most recently, Kissssss. He’s held jobs in construction, the forest service, mining industry, and education, has taught overseas and in the USA. Katz is also proficient in Chinese internal martial arts, so he knows how to hurt himself. He lived it in Oregon, Nevada, Italy, upstate New York, and New York City. He currently resides in Denver, Colorado, retired from teaching and directing the Creative Writing Program at the University of Colorado. A long poem is in MHR, Issue 10. His impressive and extensive bio may be accessed there.
Martin Nakell has published several books of fiction and poetry, including Two Fields That Face & Mirror Each Other (Sun & Moon), Goings (Margin-to-margin Press), Form (Spuyten Duyvil), Settlement (Spuyten Duyvil), and others, some in progress, some not yet written. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the fictionalist, Rebecca Goodman. Martin, Rebecca, and the Los Angeles poet, Christopher Reiner constituted the &NOW ’08 Committee, hosting the &NOW Conference/Festival of Innovative Art & Literature in Southern California in April 2008. His fiction, plus a review of Settlement, are in MHR, Issue 9.