Paredes was born in El Salvador and raised in Los Angeles. His poetry has become the most reviewed and acclaimed contemporary Spanish poetry in Latin America. He is also a songwriter who has released three musical albums.

Richard Peabody is the founder and co-editor of Gargoyle magazine and editor (or co-editor) of ninteen anthologies including Mondo Barbie, Conversations with Gore Vidal, A Different Beat: Writings by Women of the Beat Generation, Alice Redux and Grace and Gravity:… Continue Reading

“Mined Muzzle Velocity” is Jennifer H. Fortin’s first full-length book of poems. She is the author of four chapbooks. Fortin, with three other poets, founded & edits the poetry journal LEVELER. She has been named a Finalist for the Poetry… Continue Reading

Virginia Crawford, Poet in Residence with the Maryland State Arts Council, teaches through the Artists-in-Education program. Her first collection of poems, “Touch,” appeared March 2011, from Finishing Line Press and was featured on WYPR’s Maryland Morning. Her poems have appeared… Continue Reading

Nate Pritts is the author of five books of poetry, most recently “Sweet Nothing,” which Publishers Weekly describes as “both baroque and irreverent, banal and romantic, his poems […] arrive at a place of vulnerability and sincerity.”  POETRY Magazine called… Continue Reading