Jason Paul

  Cory Ferrer is a 1st year student in NMU's MFA in Creative Writing program, who hails from Traverse City, and received a BA in Engligh from the University of Michigan.

  Genean Granger is currently a graduate student in NMU's MFA in Creative Writing program.

  Katelyn Durst is from West Branch, MI, and is currently a senior at NMU, studying poetry.

 Hans Ahlstrom speaks with NMU English department graduate student and assistant Alex Gubbins and Prof. Jason Markle about an upcoming anthology they are publishing. They are members of the U.P. Military Veterans Writers and Artists group, which encourages veterans to use writing and art to help in their transition back to civilian life. The anthology is called “A Time for Revision,” and it will feature work by veterans. Anyone who is interested in submitting work for the anthology can visit mvwarevision.com or e-mail upvetwriters@gmail.com for more information.

  Diane Sauter is currently a Professor of English at NMU.

  Mike Brennan holds a BS in English and Film Studies, and a double MA in Creative Writing and Poetry from NMU. He has been published in both online and print journals, and two writing anthologies. The poetry heard here is from an as-yet unpublished collection called Postcards from Exile.

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  Carol Oberg, who lives at Goose Neck Lake in the Hiawatha National Forest, studied at Bay de Noc Community College. Her work has been published by Blue Mountain Arts, a Christian literary magazine, where she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and soon in "The Fourth River" an anthology published out of Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA.