Poetry

Madelyn Musick is a writer, teacher, & creator living in Somerville, Massachusetts. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in poetry from the University of North Carolina - Wilmington & a BA in English from the University of Minnesota. Her poems “Pythagoras,” “A Weaker Vessel,” and “Love Capacity” are featured on In Parentheses. Her poem “Blood Orbit” can be found in The Shore.

“Overtime as the drawings developed, it became clear that although i was bringing them to fruition, they were creating themselves. They were curating their own stories through their expression and color palette.” 

“My art comes from my heart and therefore my paintings represent a part of my soul. I began to look internally instead of externally to discover what emotions. actions, and intentions were trying to tell me, and how they’ve helped me grow and flourish as an artist and resident of this Earth.” 

Gloria Mindock is editor of Cervena Barva Press. She is an award-winning author of 6 poetry collections, 3 chapbooks and a children’s book. Her poems have been published and translated into eleven languages. Her book, Ash, was translated into Serbian by Milutin Durickovic and published by Alma Press in Belgrade in 2022. Her book, At the Heaven’s Gate was translated into Romanian by Flavia Cosma and published by Ars Longo Press in Romania in 2010.

Steven Ford Brown began his career as a journalist in 1973 in Birmingham, Alabama. The same year he created a series of profiles for a local alternative newspaper of American artists and poets that included Diane Arbus, John Beecher, Charles Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, Richard Hugo and Diane Wakoski.

Doug Holder is the founder of the Ibbetson Street Press of Somerville, Mass and is the arts/editor of The Somerville News. He teaches writing at Endicott College in Beverly, Mass and Bunker Hill Community College in Boston. In addition he is the Director of the Newton Free Library Poetry Series, and the co-founder of the Somerville News Writers Festival. He hosts a literary talk show on Somerville Community Acces TV "Poet to Poet: Writer to Writer." Holder's own work: books, interviews, etc...