Marion Pollack has been a faithful participant in her writers groups. Her work has been published in Back in the Bronx, Kelsey Review and US1. Marion is retired from her therapy practice at Aroga Behavioral Health. She lives with her husband, Bob, in Lawrenceville. She has two children and six grandchildren.

Lavinia Kumar’s latest book is “Spirited American Women: Early Writers, Artists, & Activists.” She is author of three poetry books and four chapbooks.

A graduate of Princeton University, Scott McVay served as a Special Agent with the Counter Intelligence Corps in Berlin for three years. He is the author of “Surprise Encounters with Artists and Scientists, Whales and Other Living Things” and a collection of 99 poems, “Whales Sing and Other Exuberances.” He was the founding executive director […]

Coleen Tyler is a visual artist with a great appreciation of words and their power to speak to truth. She makes analog photographs that search for this same essence in a visual form.

Lori Dolnick is a 35+ year local writer, content and marketing professional with Frank Advertising. She conducts educational seminars and writes articles on marketing, social media and public relations for Rider University, Kitchen + Bath Business Magazine, and others.

The author started the poem as part of a school project about ideas of success and in response to her friends’ helicopter parents. She enjoys making art, playing tennis, and volunteering at Feeding Hands.

Asinobi wrote ‘Looking Up’ from her couch as a summer storm approached. Currently retired, she has lived in Monmouth Junction for 32 years.

Bukkapatnam has published several anthologies and is the winner of the 2024 Amanda Gorman Award for Poetry from Penguin Random House. She lives in Kendall Park.