Judy Brzosko is a fifth-year undergraduate, GS '99, majoring in Literature/Writing. She is an intentional schizophrenic torn between choosing graduate programs in art history or writing.
Tim Donoho lives and writes in New York City. He is not a thief.
Angela Fernandez graduated from Columbia Law School in May 1998. She was inspired to write a novel about a woman searching for her brother in Cairo after spending two summers there. The law firm she will work at is disappointed that she has postponed her start date by six months-but we are all hoping the novel will be finished by then.
Abigail Frankfurt began Columbia University's General Studies division in fall 1997. She plans to major in Literature with a concentration in writing.
Gordon Haber is a graphic designer and writer who lives in a rent-controlled apartment in New York City.
Miranda Hope, when not working toward an MFA in theater arts, can be found delivering calves and playing acoustic guitar in the mountains of Rappahannock County, Virginia. "War Story" is her second poem.
Dan McHugh received a Master's degree at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations in 1998. He graduated from Columbia University in 1996.
Kelcey Nichols graduated from Columbia University in 1997. Her writing has been published in The Village Voice as well as Quarto.
Colin Patton is a poet and an observer of life in and out of saunas.
Anne Potter is a senior at the School of General Studies majoring in Literature/Writing. She was recently awarded an Academy of American Poets Prize and the Jess Cloud Memorial Prize for poetry. She and her husband are eagerly awaiting the September birth of their first child.
Marta Rodriguez is from Oakland, California. She graduated from Barnard in '98, with a major in Religion. "Back East" is her second piece in Quarto- thank you, Quarto!
Idra Rosenberg is a Barnard Comparative Literature major who is a poet by night and journalist and student by day. Her prose and poetry have been published in various magazines in the City including City Limits and Spilt Ink.
Ken Rus Schmoll is an MFA candidate in directing at Columbia where he most recently created The Green Ears, adapted from the writings of Kandinsky and Chekhov. He also is a contributor to the forthcoming anthology, Telling Tales out of School.
Chris (Duck) Smith studies Philosophy and Cultural Anthropology in the School of General Studies. He is currently a freelance writer and an editor for Performing Songwriter magazine. He has spent two years following the Dead, four years on a motorcycle, four months at Rolling Stone, two years at the White House, six years in the Marines, six months in prison, six weeks in the Philippine jungle, and a lifetime at Columbia.
Aimee Taub lives, works, and plays in New York City. Right after graduating from Barnard College in '97 with a major that was not English, she was summoned for jury duty, which is where she wrote "Glass." She would like to say she composed "Fowl Weather" while tending sheep and raising chickens, but that would be lying.
Silvina Weihmoller is currently a student at Columbia University, and plans to major in Literature/Writing. She is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. This poem originated from a commentary made by the Argentine writer, Jorge Luis Borges, about his book, La Cifra.