Lauren Bower Smith is an essayist, poet, and teacher who has been published in Madison Review, Midwest Quarterly, and other magazines. Her chapbook, Ornithography, won the Frank Cat Press award.

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Poets in this issue: Jeffrey Ingram, Jospeh V. Milford, Stephen Baker, Paul C. Howell, Lois Beebe Hayna, Linda Lancione Moyer, James Doyle, Guy Witzel, Brady Anderson, Lauren Bower Smith, Bill Rasmovicz, William Dauenhauer