KGB Bar

Zahra Marie Darby (poetry) was born and raised in Miami, FL. She received her B.A. from Spelman College (2004) where she was among student contributors and editors that helped poet Sharan Strange start Spelman’s online literary journal (l-i-n-k-e-d). Most recently, Zahra lived and worked in Atlanta, reporting for a bi-weekly newspaper whose mission is to inform and connect members of the African Diaspora.

Tom Small (fiction) graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in Psychology, spent his professional life as a real estate appraiser, and lives in Maplewood, NJ. His short story, “The Librarian’s Assistant,” received an honorable mention in the Waasmode Fiction Competition and was published (2006) in Passages North, the literary magazine of Northern Michigan University.  He is an active member of the Greater Lehigh Valley Writer’s Group. Two of his stories, “Manila” and “Dawson’s Geek,” were selected for readings at the Touchstone Theater Fireside Friday series in Easton, PA .

Jean YeoJin Sung (poetry) was born in South Korea and raised in Cherry Hill, NJ. She received her BA in 2004 from NYU’s Gallatin School where she was awarded the Herbert J. Rubin Award for Poetry. She received her Master’s in Public Administration in 2008 from NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service. She is passionate about her volunteer work with Day One New York, where she coordinates the Youth Voices Network, which supports survivors of teen dating violence in speaking out and raising awareness about the issue. She currently works at Project Reach Youth at Brooklyn’s Secondary Schools for Law, Journalism, and Research as an after-school teacher and mentor.

Moira Moody (fiction) is from Philadelphia, PA. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and then spent a year of service, instructing at-risk youth in local high school students in building gardens. She often writes about day-to-day life in North Philadelphia and its historical legacy, and has managed to get dozens of people to do the same (http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/juniorfellow/scrapbook).