From the Directory of Writers

Lucy Biederman

Poet
Lafayette, LA

Lucy Biederman is a poet, the author of two chapbooks, and a PhD candidate in English Literature/Creative Writing at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette. She received an MFA in poetry from George Mason University in 2010 and has received scholarships from the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop and the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. Her poems have appeared and are forthcoming in journals including Denver Quarterly, BOMB, No Tell Motel, The Journal, subTerrain, Gargoyle, The Cimarron Review, Smartish Pace, The Literary Review, Handsome, The Tusculum Review, and H_NGM_N. Versions of her first book have been semifinalists and honorable mentions for national prizes including the Black Lawrence Press's St. Lawrence Book Prize, Persea Press's Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize, and Coconut Books's Cargill Prize. Lucy is also a prolific book reviewer, having contributed reviews of new poetry to Tarpaulin Sky, Third Coast, Galatea Resurrects, Prick of the Spindle, and other journals. As a reviewer she focuses on female authors and feminist themes.

Joseph Bienvenu

Poet
New Orleans, LA

Joseph Bienvenu lives in New Orleans where he teaches Latin and English at a local high school. His full-length collection of poetry Atom Parlor was recently published by BlazeVox Press.

John Biguenet

Fiction Writer, Poet
New Orleans, LA

Thomas Bonner, Jr.

Fiction Writer, Poet
River Ridge, LA

Beau Boudreaux

Poet
New Orleans, LA

Beau Boudreaux is the author of SIGNIFICANT OTHER (New Dawn Unlimited, 2005) and has published his poetry widely in journals including Antioch Review and Cream City Review, and in anthologies including The Southern Poetry Anthology. His first book-length collection RUNNING RED,RUNNING REDDER will be published in 2012. He teaches English in Continuing Studies at Tulane University. He lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.