From the Directory of Writers

Eric Bennett

Fiction Writer
Hillsdale, NJ

Eric Bennett lives in New Jersey with his wife and four children. He loves trees without leaves, the silence between songs on a vinyl record, fierce wounded things, and beginning sentences with the word “and.”

Emily Trafford Berges

Fiction Writer
Jersey City, NJ

Charlie Bondhus

Poet
Flemington, NJ

Charlie Bondhus holds an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College and a Ph.D. in literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In addition to poetry, he is also a fiction writer. His horror novella "Monsters and Victims" (2010) is available from Gothic Press. He is currently collaborating with the New Jersey photographer Kevin Hinkle on "In Praise of Ruin," a book project pairing poems and photos.

Laura Boss

Poet
Guttenberg, NJ

Anthony Buccino

Poet
Nutley, NJ

Anthony Buccino published sixteen books, including six full-length poetry collections: CANNED; Yountacah Country; Sixteen Inches On Center; AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty; Voices On The Bus; One Morning In Jersey City. He published four collections of essays based in and around New Jersey. Buccino blogs about life in New Jersey. The Nutley Sons and Belleville Sons honor roll paperbacks recount the lives of more than 300 men who died in service to their country. Books are available in print and for eReaders.