A 3rd year MFA candidate at UMass-Boston, Greg Stenta plans to graduate in May 2010. His work has appeared online in The Ledger Line Journal, and Prick of the Spindle. In print, it has appeared in paper wasp, and Nomad’s Choir, as well as Another Book. He often discusses matters of the heart in his poetry, and likes surrealism. In addition to being a full-time graduate student, Greg teaches creative writing as a primary instructor to undergraduates.
To Q—
I.
—We’ll moisten skin that never sees
day. You’ll overpower
my senses; I’ll come to
the small temple by your long tunnel—
II.
Your body under mine, bellies touching,
thoughts of another woman stir in me—:
in your painting, our hearts lay
together on a shelf, beating.
Jay Peters lives in Providence, Rhode Island. He studies poetry in Emerson College’s MFA program. He has taught writing to students at private high schools and inner city elementary schools in Providence. His work on Shakespeare has appeared in PsyArt: An Online Journal for the Psychological Study of the Arts, published by the PsyArt Foundation. He reads poetry for Redivider: A Journal of New Literature and Art, published by the Writing, Literature and Publishing department at Emerson College (visit their website here).
Cassie Condrey is finishing her final semester in an MFA in fiction at Emerson College, working on a collection of linked short stories under the guidance of Steve Yarbrough and Jessica Treadway. A Louisiana native, Cassie lives in Boston and is an instructor in Emerson's First Year Writing Program.
