spring2015

Artists and Authorsin this issueManal AbdallahManal Abdallah is a freelance translator and poet who has beenworking for ten years now. She has had two books published in Francefor the Maison des Sorcièrs and has also written a manuscript of poemsin English and Arabic.Franchot BallingerIn retirement after nearly forty years teaching English at theUniversity of Cincinnati, Franchot Ballinger has continuedvolunteering with the Cincinnati Nature Center in various capacitiesand is also a spiritual care volunteer with Hospice of Cincinnati.His poems have appeared in numerous poetry journals in print andonline.Robert BartuschRobert Bartusch is a bar manager in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is asongwriter for the rock band Hurricane Hotpants. He has beenwriting poetry in his free time for the last twenty years whileworking in restaurants and bars.