LOREN KELLER is the author of seven book of poetry, including his large volume Collected Poems, Evening Everything. He was a teacher for 31 years and spent a year at Cal Berkeley on a Ford Fellowship. Loren has published a novel, Four and Twenty Bluebeards. Five of his plays were produced in Buffalo and he won an award for his acting. His poems will be featured in the new Buffalo journal, Beyond Bones.

CARRIE GARDNER is a graduate of the English/Creative Writing program at Fredonia State University. She has been writing and performing her poetry for 20+ years. While living in Bloomington, Indiana during the late 90's, she wrote, published, and performed with a group called Five Women Poets and was published in two anthologies of Midwest poets. 

Locally, Carrie has performed her poetry at The Center for Inquiry, Caz Coffee Cafe, Talking Leaves Books, The Screening Room, Rust Belt Books, The Book Corner, Nietzsche's and was featured in Artvoice. Her latest book, Evil is a Terrific Rubbery Goblet, is available at UB North Bookstore, Talking Leaves Books, and directly from www.authorhouse.com. Carrie is currently working on her next project, 98.6.

JANE SADOWSKY has earned an MA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. An Administrative Assistant at the Stanley G. Falk School, Jane has enjoyed helping students prepare for their poetry jam. She has been a featured reader at local venues such as The Screening Room and the Buffalo Infringement Festival, where she read with Loren Keller and Verneice Turner at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Her publication credits include Room of Our Own, The Buffalo News, and Beyond Bones.