Dan Krejci says “a lot of people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch of unconnected incidents and things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice of coincidence that lies on top of everything. Give you an example, show you what I mean.  Suppose you're thinking about a plate of shrimp.  Suddenly somebody will say, like, "plate" or "shrimp" or "plate of shrimp" out of the blue, no explanation.  No point in looking for one either...it's all part of the cosmic unconsciousness.” Dan spent seven years as the bassist for c/z recording artists, dirt fishermen, who toured extensively nationally, regionally, and locally in the Northwest. Currently, he runs with many other overeducated and underappreciated bleeding heart liberals who work as bartenders.

Danielle Grilli is a freelance writer, editor, graphic and web designer living in Echo Park (Los Angeles). A former poetry editor for the Muse Apprentice Guild, and a contributing editor for poeticdiversity, her work has been published in a variety of journals and webzines.

Kenneth P. Gurney lives in Albuquerque, NM (USA).  He produces the poetry website Origami Condom.  For a small torment, he joined a poem-per-day project for 2007 and is on schedule.  Recently he discovered mixing half lemonade with half ginger ale is a tasty treat.  He firmly believes that there is not enough dark chocolate in the world.

Gretta Harley is an artist residing in Seattle. She composes music, teaches music, and directs music portion of plays for a living. She writes poems, reads books, and paints for fun.

Jamie Asae FitzGerald's poetry has appeared in both print and web journals, and on public buses. She earned degrees from the University of Southern California—where she was the recipient of an Academy of American Poets College Prize and the Edward G. Moses Poetry Prize—and San Diego State University’s MFA writing program. She has taught creative writing, literature and composition, and has a background in advertising copywriting. Originally from Hawaii, she now works for Poets & Writers in its Los Angeles office.

Rachel Kann, winner of a James Kirkwood Award in fiction, LA Weekly Award Winner and Backstage West Critic’s Pick Garland Award, brings her work to stages as diverse as Disney Concert Hall, Royce Hall, andCalifornia Plaza in Los Angeles, The San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts, and the Vans Warped Tour, to name just a few. She also features at poetry landmarks like The Nuyorican Poets' Café, Beyond Baroque, and The Green Mill. She's performed for HBO's Def Poetry, BET's The Way We Do It, ABC’s Eye On L.A., and is a part of Higher Vibration's upcoming Spoken Word DVD, and the Special Edition Belly DVD (Artisan).Rachel will be teaching a poetry workshop at UCLA Extension in 2008, and she workshops poetry in High, Middle and Elementary Schools, Youth Detention Facilities and Rehabilitation Centers for teens. She was recently commissioned to create poetry curricula for K-5^th graders throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District. Rachel is currently completing her MFA in fiction at Antioch University.