Poets and Writers

Joseph Cherwinski is a librarian at the Michigan State Library; and this year he is ending a twenty-two year term as editor of Peninsula Poets, the quarterly journal of the Poetry Society of Michigan.

Cisewski's work has appeared or is forthcoming in many journals and anthologies. Her collections include: Upon Arrival (2006) and Ghost Fargo (2010).

Craig Czury lived through the Knox Mine disaster which crippled his local economy. After the incident he spent a significant amount of time hitchhiking, the experiences of which fueled his writing.

Denise Dee is a playwright, poet, photographer and prose writer. She was in punk bands in the 70's and edited the seminal punklitzines.

Sharon Chmielarz's poems are published in several literary magazines. She is the recipient of the 2012 Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize from Water-Stone Review. Her poetry collections include: The Other Mozart (2001) and Little Eternities (2017)

Victor Contoski is a retired American writer and university professor at the University of Kansas. He is the author of several volumes of poetry, most recently five-volume Blue Vase (2014-2017).

Michael Czyzniejewski grew up in Chicago and its outlying suburbs. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Mid-American Review. His story collections include: Elephants in Our Bedroom (2009) and Chicago Stories (2012).

Helen Degen Cohen is the recipient of many writing awards and taught at the Roosevelt University on the Arts Council. Her latest collection of poems is My Life on Film (2018).

Ewa Chrusciel joined the faculty of Colby-Sawyer College in 2006. She earned her Ph.D. in literary studies and contemporary poetry from Illinois State. Her latest poetry collections include Of Annunciations (2017) and Strata (2018).

Michael Czarnecki is an active poet and publisher. His collections of poetry include: Zoo Haiku (2004) and Never Stop Asking for Poems (2008).

Mark Danielewski is the author of the award-winning and bestselling novel House of Leaves, National Book Award finalist Only Revolutions, and the novella The Fifty Year Sword

Don Rusu Domanski is a Canadian poet who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was the winner of the Governor General's Award in Poetry. He published Stations of the Left Hand (1995) and Earthly Pages (2007), among others.