Elias Diakolios holds an MFA in poetry from Columbia University where he served as Poetry Editor for Columbia Journal 59 and taught an introductory poetry course as part of a fellowship. His interests in poetry include French Symbolism, Modernism, English Enlightenment, and outsider art (especially that which is rooted in...

I am sometimes electrified to write, mainly by events, external or internal, many in Brooklyn, some 60 years ago, others at the very present moment. Much has been codified in a book of poetry published by Linear Arts, called Carmina Gaiana; much also in a book of stories from Linear...

A cartoonist since memory allows, Rich Veca is an avid friend to the pencil and pen. Drawing inspiration from works of fiction, fantasy, adventure, pop culture, and personal accounts, he strives to make work that excites the imagination. He believes art is an outlet for the soul and has the...

The creative imperative is the urgent call to action, it is in the doing and being that our lives are expressed. While the product of our endeavors is certainly important, it is in the process of becoming or evolving that we discover who we are and what we portend. As...

Yevgeniya Przhebelskaya is a founder and facilitator of Bergen Poetry Workshop, and an Administrative Assistant at Leonia United Methodist Church. She earned a Bachelors in Comparative Literature and Creative Writing from CUNY BA Program and a  Master’s in Education from Hunter College. Yevgeniya’s poems were published in many journals, including...