KGB Bar

Diego Báez received a BA in English from Illinois Wesleyan University and is currently pursuing his MFA at Rutgers University – Newark.  His criticism has been featured in the poetry journal Poemeleon and he reviews debut books for Growler.  His poems have been appeared in the literary journal The Ampersand Review, The Little White Poetry Journal, and Granta.

Betsy Narváez (Fiction) was raised in the Bronx, the youngest child and only daughter of very traditional (to put it lightly) Ecuadorian parents.  She has lived in Jackson Heights, Queens for the past three years and was a Neuroscience and Behavior major for a week at Wesleyan University (B.A. 2004) before she came to her senses and declared a double major in English and American Studies. She has worked as a program assistant in the literature department at Americas Society, assisting in production of the non-profit’s literary and academic journal Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas.

Jaime Karnes (fiction) is originally from Burlington, VT.  She was awarded a 2008 scholarship from the Southampton Writers Conference.  Currently, she teaches composition, creative writing and literature at Rutgers and Essex County.  Her story The Rhetorician’s Baby can be read online at www.Storyglossia.com, issue 34.

Moriah Cohen (poetry) is a single mother who graduated Magna Cum Laude from Ramapo College with a BA in Literature. She was published in the 2006 and 2008 editions of Ramapo’s literary magazine, which she recently helped edit. Moriah is the 2007 recipient of the Helen Burchell Award and the 2008 recipient of the Lee Sennish Award. Her poetic influences include James Hoch, Sharon Olds, and Patrick Phillips.