About the Staff

EVERY DAY POETS MANAGING EDITOR

Oonah’s Links: Parallel Oonahverse, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter

Oonah says: I’m a retired special needs teacher who started out with a BA in French but I’ve always been a poet at heart. Honoree in the 2009 and 2011 Binnacle Competitions and three times Micro Horror Winner, I love writing and reading short stuff which is how I got here — starting in Every Day Fiction. You can follow me on Facebook, Twitter or at Parallel Oonahverse where I update links to my online stories, poems and essays. Favourite poets include Gerard Manley Hopkins, Wilfred Owen, Seamus Heaney and Simon Armitage. I love Leonard Cohen’s Book of Mercy. “On My First Son” by Ben Jonson makes me cry and though I don’t like mushy stuff – that one is just too heartfelt to be classified as ‘mushy‘. An all time favourite poem, is “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning (to which I wrote a modern tribute poem “Not His Last Duchess”). I like poetry that is gutsy or funny and I hate forced rhyme. I’m looking forward to reading your work but for goodness sake read the guidelines – or at least my version of them.

 

EVERY DAY POETS JOINT MANAGING EDITOR

Kathleen’s Links: One Minnesota Writer, LinkedIn, SheWrites, Twitter

Kathleen says: I’m such a Minnesota girl, having lived in this lake-filled, loon-filled state all my life. I do, however, travel often. I’m a University of Minnesota-Twin Cities alum (BA – English) and did graduate work at Hamline University in St. Paul (MFA – creative nonfiction). I write creative nonfiction and poetry, run a blog called One Minnesota Writer, and have published work in The Minnesota Women’s Press, The Hamline Journal, Every Day Poets, and Boston Literary Magazine. I’ve taught writing workshops for the Hennepin County Library System, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota’s bereaved parents group, and the Upward Bound Program at Black Hills State University. I prefer unrhymed poetry grounded in the ordinary, in those succinct details that make us who we are. Writers who inspire me include Jim Moore, Billy Collins, Raymond Carver, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joan Didion, Tim O’Brien, bell hooks, Patricia Hampl, and, for those less serious days, Carl Hiaasen.

 

EVERY DAY POETS ANTHOLOGY EDITOR

Constance’s Links: Life On The Periphery, Twitter

Constance says: Hi, I’m Constance Brewer and I write poetry and fiction, and also do artwork. After college I joined the United States Army as an engineer, saw bits and pieces of the world, and finally left the military to settle down in Wyoming, amid the wide open spaces. I often write missives on my blog about the nature of poetry and the surrealness of living in America’s least populous state. My poetry can be found in American Tanka and the New Poets of the American West Anthology. I also have work in Wyoming Fence Lines, An Anthology of Prose and Poetry put out by the Wyoming Arts and Humanities Councils as well as in the Black Dragon, White Dragon Anthology, Every Day Fiction, and Reflection’s Edge. My poetic influences and favorites include: Louise Gluck, Billy Collins, Robert Creeley, Marge Piercy, Carl Dennis, Robert Frost, Allen Ginsberg, Naomi Shihab Nye, Emily Dickinson, William Stafford, and William Shakespeare. I’m a fan of free verse, but do enjoy the occasional rhymed poem. As an editor I insist on attention to detail and poetic craft. Poems that resonate, offer a new look on a common theme, and show an awareness of language will get always get my attention.

 

EVERY DAY POETS EDITOR

Jeff’s Links: LinkedIn

Jeff says: I am an IT professional, living in Georgia. Mostly. Some part of me refuses to leave Texas, where I spent most of my life. I have two daughters and two grandchildren living in Texas so that is most likely why I’ll never be free of the Lone Star State. Plus, the Mexican food is just so much better there. Besides fixing other people’s busted tech-stuff, in the employ of one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the US, I love to write. I have written song lyrics for the Houston band, Yellow Journalism. My poetry can be found in a variety of print and online journals that include Every Day Poets, as well as Strange Horizons, Shot Glass Journal, The Houston Literary Journal, Not One Of Us, Falling Star, Liquid Imagination, Illumen, and a few others. I love working for Every Day Poets. There is always something new to learn and my fellow editors are friendly folks who have been shepherding my entry into this new phase of my career. I, of course, also love the fact that I get to read a ton of poetry and pretend it’s work. Win-win for me!

 

EVERY DAY POETS SLUSH READERS:

Amy is happy to return to the slush team at EDP. She has had her work published in Filling Station, The Cynic, Ascent Aspirations, Shine, Every Day Poets, Every Day Fiction, Haruah: A Breath of Heaven, Ignavia Press, Flask and Pen, The Battered Suitcase, Flashes in the Dark, Short Story Library, Smokebox, Wanderings, Writers’ Stories, The New Flesh, Concise Delight, Calliope Nerve, Boston Literary Magazine, and The Smoking Poet.When Amy’s not writing she spends her time teaching, painting, doing Pilates, hiking, and giggling. She looks for poetry that makes her think and makes her feel different after reading it. Amy has a special love for poetry about nature (the outside world and the human kind). Some of her favorite poets include: Pablo Neruda, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens and Jim Morrison. She looks forward to reading your poetry.

 

Robin loves reading, writing, literature and beautiful things, including poetry. Many years ago in California she studied a mix of German Languages and Literature and Medieval Studies, then added English literature for her M.A. from a German university. She lives in Germany, speaks German everyday, but her real love remains her native English language. Robin has written and published a book and several of her poems were published here at EDP before she joined the team. She hopes that more books, and especially more poems, will be forthcoming.

 

Terry’s Links: www.PoetTerryMiller.com, www.fortbendpoets.org

Terry Jude Miller is a published and award winning poet from Fort Bend County, Texas. A Juried Poet of the 2011 Houston Poetry Festival, his work has been published in Peace Words, FreeXpression (Australia), the University of Houston’s Bayou Review, Ancient Paths, Orbis, Stepping Stones Magazine, Furnace Review, Shine Journal, Blue Skies Poetry, Survivor’s Review, Live Oak Review, Lamplighter Review, Bijou Poetry Review, Chaffey Review, Foundling Review, Seven Circle Press, Houston Literary Review, Boston Literary Magazine, Edison Literary Review, Hanging Moss Journal, Willow Tree Poems, anthologies of the Poetry Society of Texas and the Gulf Coast Poets, Sol Magazine and other Texas publications. In January 2010, his poem, “The Diagnosis”, appeared in the Birmingham Arts Journal. He has read his poetry at venues throughout the United States, including the Gallery Cafe Poetry Reading in San Francisco and at other venues in Miami, New York, and Boston. Miller has just published his third book titled “The Butterfly Canonical.” His first book of poetry, “The Day I Killed Superman”, was released in mid-2010 and is available at www.barnesandnoble.com and www.amazon.com. His second book of poetry, “What If I Find Only Moonlight?” is available on www.lulu.com and as an eBook on www.amazon.com and as an iBook, available through iTunes.. He is a member of the Academy of American Poets, the Poetry Society of Texas, the Gulf Coast Poets Society, the founder of the Fort Bend Poets Group and the Fort Bend County Poet Laureate Competition. Terry is a retired professor of eMarketing and held an Innovation Fellowship at Kaplan University.

 

Jane has been acknowledged by English-teacher colleagues as a fine writer of short stories and poems. She even once overheard colleagues discussing her work using superlative language in hushed tones. Jane taught high school special education English and history for years, but now has retired and moved on to other venues, which include lots of swimming, hiking, and crossword puzzles. She is delighted to read and comment on slush poems…or any other poems. Favorite poets include Louise Gluck, Seamus Heaney, Jimmy Santiago Baca, and Steve Kowit.

 

 

PAST EDITORS INCLUDE:

Nicholas Ozment

PAST SLUSH READERS INCLUDE:

Paula Berman (currently on haitus)

Glen Westall

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