About Our Contributors
Carter Anolick is a recent graduate of Saginaw Valley State University, where he received a bachelor’s of art in graphic design. Shot during his Alternative Photography class, one of his final classes taught by department chair Hideki Kihata, Carter’s composition “Gateway” illustrates the Van Dyke process of film development. Capturing one of the many alleyways of downtown Bay City, Michigan, the piece exemplifies the city’s raw qualities and what made him want to visit time and time again. Carter currently resides in Oxford, Michigan, where he continues to search for the perfect career to showcase his passion. Stuart Barbier lives in Bay City, Michigan, and teaches rhetoric and composition at Delta College. When not teaching or doing all that teaching requires, he enjoys working on his 128-year-old house, both inside and out. He feels that maintaining an appropriate balance of physical and mental work within the complexities of these activities, let alone life, would be difficult without the welcome respite of poetry, whether his own or others’. Austin Bauer is a poet from Bay City, Michigan. He is passionate about creating community around poetry where writers can share their work with each other. He is happily married and is enjoying life as a new dad. Alexis Beauchamp is an ambitious old soul with a vivid imagination who considers herself to be a child at heart. A Bay City, Michigan, native, she has spent time adventuring out west. Her free spirit and thirst for adventure keep her optimistic and lighthearted most days. She loves all things mysterious, beautiful, and wild. She enjoys spending time in nature, where most of her inspirations find her, and has a deep love for humanity as a whole. She is in the process of publishing her first children’s book and is enjoying every step along the way. Grace Biber is an eighth grader at Holy Cross Lutheran School in Saginaw, Michigan. She loves to write, sketch, and perform in plays. She is very fun-loving and has a happy-go-lucky kind of personality. She loves reading and writing fantasy books. She someday hopes to go to Yale and major in law and English. She aspires to be a lawyer and an author when she gets older. Mark Brenner teaches 6th–8th grade E.L.A. at Holy Cross Lutheran School in Saginaw, Michigan. He is a board member of the Saginaw Bay Writing Project. He is happy to have “Goodnight Moon” published, so people can learn about a cherished time that he shared with his boys, whom he loves with all his heart. Mark Sheffield Brown (markbrown@delta.edu) is an associate professor of English and director of the Honors Program at Delta College. He earned an M.F.A. in creative writing at Boise State University and a Ph.D. in film studies from Wayne State University. He is a poet, book maker, and film reviewer. Mark lives in Midland, Michigan, with his wife and three daughters. Madeline Bruessow is a reporter, editor, and award-winning poet. A student at Saginaw Valley State University, she is currently working towards her B.A. in rhetoric and professional writing with minors in creative writing and philosophy. She lives with 84
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