Contributors

Sarajane Archdeacon admits that all the great loves of her life have been cats. She lives in New York City.

Joseph Bathanti, a writer-in-residence at Mitchell Community College in Statesville, North Carolina, is the author of Communion Partners, Anson County, and The Feast of All Saints.

Lawrence Bullock’s one-act plays Autopsies, The Flower Box, 98 Alligators, and Post Marks have been produced in off-off-Broadway theaters. He lives in Mendocino, California.

Sallie Caldwell is a nurse and a grassroots activist from Santa Barbara, California.

Bella Mahaya is writing a novel and teaching “Bodytalk,” a writing and movement workshop, in Santa Monica, California.

Lesley Dahl lives in Pasadena, California, where she’s at work on a novel.

Sophie Dominik Echeverria was raised on a sheep ranch. A writer and dancer, she lives with a sheepman and their four children in Eaton, Colorado.

Keith Eisner is amazed that he’s married to a beautiful woman who delivers babies. He lives in Olympia, Washington.

D. Rose Hartmann will stay handcuffed to her chair until she completes an eco-feminist novel. She lives in Seattle.

Michael Hettich is the author of A Small Boat and Lathe. He teaches English and creative writing at Miami-Dade Community College.

Jeffrey J. Merrick is working on a novel and a collection of short stories. He lives in La Jolla, California.

Vincent Mowrey is a poet and part-time mailman — a true man of letters — who lives in Davis, California.

Gayle Prather and Hugh Prather are ministers and have married and counseled hundreds of couples. The coauthors of Notes on How to Live in the World . . . and Still Be Happy and A Book for Couples, they’ve given numerous workshops on relationships.

Hugh Prather and Gayle Prather are ministers and have married and counseled hundreds of couples. The coauthors of Notes on How to Live in the World . . . and Still Be Happy A Book for Couples, they’ve given numerous workshops on relationships. Hugh is also the author of Notes to Myself, Notes on Love and Courage, and There Is a Place Where You Are Not Alone.

Ruth Rudner is the author of a collection of personal essays, Greetings from Wisdom, Montana.

Sy Safransky is editor of The Sun.