Wordgathering

A Journal of Disability Poetry

Volume 3 Issue 4 December 2009

INDEX OF AUTHORS

Below is an alphabetical list of all of the poets who have been published in Wordgathering, including the names of their poems and the issue in which they were published indicated by the month (March, June, September, December) and last two digits of the year. These are followed by lists of the book reviews, essays, interviews, photography, and book excerpts that have been published. An asterisk (*) next to a poets name indicates that he or she has been published in one of these others genres in addition to poetry.

Poetry

Millicent Borges Accardi,The Body Music of Thalidomide (M07)
Indira Allegra, Withdrawal from Paxil into June (M07); Seasonal Affective Disorder (J08); Anointed (M08)
Natalie Altman, I'd Rather Be Bi-Coastal (M08)
Peter Austin, In the Glass; The Perfect Child (J07)
Trish Ayer*, The Cradle (D07)
Glenda Barrett, Family Ties (J07)
Jennifer Bartlett, A Field Guide to the Body (S07)
Michael Basile Barrett, Laundry Room Enigma; Precious Few (D09)
Jeanette Beale, Untitled Insomnia; Aftershocks (D08)
Mandy Beattie, Take My Hand; Cotton Wool (S09); Your Looks Belie You (D09)
Cathy Best, Untitled (S08)
Sheila Black*, What You Mourn(M07)
Richard Boughton, Lost in Thought; Fate; Time (J08); Branch and Vine; The Season (D08)
Maria Brady-Smith, Invisible Tiger (J07)
Suzanne Bratcher, Gardening in MS (S08)
Jimmy Burns, Scrap Man; Exit Tune; Continuation of the Day (D09)
Rebecca Carter, Moribund (J08)
Ron Cervero, Psych (S08)
C. E. Chaffin*, Too Many Voices; About the Bracelet (S08); Pantoum on Jack London's "To Build a Fire" (M09); Up late With My Haring Impaired Love; To His Love Asleep (J09)
Deborah Chenault-Green, No More Tears (J08)
Lisa J. Cihlar, A Cherry Tree; You and I Washing the Dog at Midnight (S08); Bone (D08)
John Lee Clark*, The Only Way Signing Can Kill Us (J09)
John Thomas Clark*, Man Overboard; The Wicker Man; Take it Away (D07); Bogman; Out of Touch (M08)
Anita Cohen, The Last Time (J08)
Bob Coley, Jr., The hard steel rails... (S08)
Ned Condini, In the Farmer's Hut (S07)
Cheryl Conway, You Look So Good (M08)
Linda A. Cronin*, In the Beginning (D07); Dream Bones; Flash Essay on Beauty; Jersey Girl (M08); Fifth Grade Division; Memories (M09)
Barbara Crooker*, Listening to the Mockingbird (M07); The Mother of a Disabled Child Dreams of Respite (D07)
Kareen Liez E. Datoy, Feel Marcello (S08)
Liz Dolan, A Half a Block Behind Him on the boardwalk (M09); My Three Year Old Grandson has Downs; May All Your Children Be Gymnasts (J09)
Dotty Holcomb Doherty, make Them Wonder (D09)
Trace Estes*, Shell-Shocked (S08)
Ann Eustace, BiPolar Roller Coaster (D09)
Anna Evans*, Fruit Flies (M07, S08); Paean to My Flaws (D07); After the Surgery (M08); Beauty in the Unexpected (S09)
Ashley Ewing, Shadows (M09)
Jim Ferris*, And I Live in This Place (S09)
Rebecca Foust* ,The Visitation; Eighteen (D07); Empathy (D08); Books for the Blind; Fear (M09); Frog; Almost (D09)
Linda Fuchs, The Deer is on the Wrong Side of the Fence (S07); Psych; Driftwood (J09); scattered; bi-polar (S09)
Eric Gadzinski, Matin; Tattoo (M08)
Fran Gardner, Stumble Song; Coyote (M09); Lady With a Green Cane (J09)
Jade Gibson, Speakers (D08)
Yvette Green,Hardsticks (J09)
Stephanie Green*, Crime Biscuits; Two Warriors and the Lost Words (D08)
Kathleen Grieger, Rummaging in the Mind; Checking Me Out (M08)
Ona Gritz*, There Among the Havers; Twelve Years Old, Swimming (S07); Stride Right; Night Brace; Hemiplegia II (J09)
Therese Halscheid*, Unsoundness of Mind (S07); The Never-Said Surgeon; White Sock (D07)
Mary Hamrick, Uncle Desi's Restaraunt Bar (Post War)
Michael Hathaway, My New Career (M07)
Laura Hershey, Sunflowers (M07)
Arden Eli Hill, Reprieve; Conversion/Cure (S08)
Dana Hirsch*, Got Him (M09)
Juleigh Howeard-Hobson, Disorder (M09)
Todd Austin Hunt, Mural (S08)
Karla Huston, Lazarus (S08)
Lorraine Inabinett, Reckoning (D07)
Kathryn Jacobs, Schooling Raymond; Rinds; Tender Mercies (J08)
Donna Jagodzinski, 10:00 AM; Games (J08)
Leland Jamieson, Hearthstone in the Watershed (M08)
Liesl Jobson, Angels, the Voices (M07)
Maggie Jochild, Sago; Piedmont Ave. (J07)
Michael Lee Johnson, Mother Edith at 98; Red Stroked Survival with a Deadly Hammer (J09)
Patricia Wallace Jones, Asked If I can Tell How He Feels; Reducing Y0ur Anti-Psychotics (S09)
Paul Kahn*, In Katharine's Room (M07)
Anne Kaier*, Mother Love (D08); The Dressing Table (J09)
Marie Kane, Shards (S08)
Basanta Kar*, Faith First (M09)
Susan Keith, A Festive Holiday Photo; Chronicle from the Land of Maybes (S07)
Donna Kiser, Breakfast of the Changing Mind (D08)
Tracy Koretsky*, A Gift of Balloons (M07); Naked, At 45 (S09)
Linda Kornasky, Spurning a Deaf Ear; Lucky Live Oaks (J08)
Judith Krum, I Wanted to See; They Live (D08); They Live; Impish Blues (M09)
Petra Kuppers*, The Origin of My Wheelchair (J07)
Ellen LaFleche*, Angel with Parkinson's Disease (M07); Saving Cinderella's Foot (D07); Audrey's Wig Emporium (D08); Taking My Six-Year-Old Son to the Dinosaur Cafe (D09)
Laurie Clements Lambeth*, Reluctant Pegaus; Undressing the Tree (D08)
P. A. Levy, An Answering Machine on Leave; Stickmen (J09)
Aurora Lewis, Life Scars; I Dream of Feet (M08); Puzzle Pieces (D08)
Diane Scott Lewis, Limbs and Other Pings (J08)
Antoinette Libro, Performance (D07)
Lyn Lifshin,When I Think of the Scar Where the Other Car Scalped My Forehead; When My Mother's Hair Grew Longer, Lush on IV; When I See Sarah Jessica Parker is Replaced By Joss Stone (S09)
Helen Lloyd, Barbara (J09)
Kirk Lumpkin, Who Dances in Daylight? (M08)
Raymond Luczak*, Hummingbird (J09)
Donal Mahoney , Siren; Returning to Work (J09); Stroke (S09); Busboy's Blues (D09)
Lisa M. Maloney, Alternative Reasoning (S08)
Olivia Mammone, Gray Girl (M09)
John C. Mannone, Leaving Shadows; A Sweet Kind of Blindness (D08)
Nikki Lee Manos, Milk Cartons, A Good Day (J07); Inheriting (M08)
H. E. Mantel, Synchrondipity? (D07)
Neil Marcus*, Why We Love (S07); Metaphor for Cripple (D08)
Miriam Mason, Quicksilver; Thread (J09); Repeat (S09)
Louise Mathewson, A Day; Retreat; Lost (S07)
Marianne Meese, Ars Poetica (S08)
Michael Meyerhofer, The Man With One Ear Gets a Haircut (S08)
Kobus Moolman*, Overlooking the Block (M07); Cattle Truck; Aut da f; Winter Fires (S07); The Hand (D07)
Denise Morris, The Face of Parkinson's (M09)
Shannon Murray, Upright (J08)
Tendai Mwanaka*, Stolen From Death (D07); What Are You Waiting For? (S08); For Nigel; Milk with Marvin My Cat; Brutal Times (S09); My Brief Stint as a Terrorist; The Latest (D09)
Wendy Natkong, From EMS to MS (J08)
Krista Nielsen, Madly Running (S08)
Ed Northen, Wounded Warriors Skiing (S07); Naked Me (D09)
Ken Nye, Singing in the Shower (J07)
Christine Parker, You Will Never Know (J08)
Steven Parker, Quasimodo's Eyes (J09)
Kathy Pierce, The Ground We Stand On (S08)
Margaret Price, Collective Memory; Stick (M08); Fleshly School; Fist (J08)
Sienna Elizabeth Raimonde*, 80 and Alive (J08); This Cane; A Bruised Reed (D08); Jimmy and Me (M09)
Tony Ramsay, Stansted Airport (D09)
Robert Riche, To My Mother (D09)
Sharon Rickman, Traveling in a Wheelchair (J08)
Kim Roberts, Siamese Twins (M08)
Curtis Robbins*, If I Am At All; Ludwig von Beethoven (S09)
Gary Ronnie, Stasis; Pastoral (J08)
Nan Rosen, Phantom Sight; Stone Otter (D09)
Tanya Roycraft, hate (J08)
Stuart Sanderson*, A Mixed Blessing (S07); If My Hands could (D07); Wandering Thoughts (S09)
Nathan Say, What I'm Offered Daily (S09)
David Scaffidi, In Italy MS is the Name of a Cigarette; Marching Order (J07)
Nancy Scott*, Feather (S08);Winter Solstice (D07); Comfort's Concern; Fugue (J08)
George Shean, Twilight (S07)
Kaia Sherritt, The Withdrawal (S07)
Daniel Simpson*, School For the Blind; My Mother Cleans (S09)
Alma Singleton, Waiting for a Hero (J08)
Marilyn Brandt Smith*, Texas School For the Blind, 1955 (J08)
Karen Stromberg, Book, Lamp, Tree; Helping the ADHD Child at Home (S07)
Omosun Sylvester*, A Moment of Silence (D07)
Abbie Johnson Taylor*, Timber! (J08)
Nicole Taylor, They Were Singing Oya; Jigsaw (M08)
Elaine Terranova, Polio (J07)
Mark Thomas, The Importance of Being Earnest; TheDecimal Point (J07)
Mary Tisera, Pieces (D07); Matthew; Pacified; My Mother's Voice (D08); Stuffed (D09)
Onyinyechukwu Udegbe, It's a Lie (J07)
Martin Willits, Jr. , Becoming Disabled; Siamese Twins (J08)
Megan Webster*, Full Moon; I Want to Jump (J07)
Patricia Wellingham-Jones*, Big Help; Good Night's Sleep (J07); Walk of the One-Breasted Women; Suspicion; The Body Knows (M08); Dialogue with My Knee; Keys; MRI Without Valium (M09)
Gary Winters, Wheelchair Blues (D08)

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Book Reviews

Sheila Black How to be a Maquiladora (M07); House of Bone (S07)
C. E. Chaffin Unexpected Light ( M09)
Rebecca Foust Dark Card ( S08)
Linda Fuchs More Ramblings, Less Insanity (D09)
Ona Gritz Left Standing (S07)
Cynthia Leweicki-Wilson* and Brenda Brueggemann Disability and the Teaching of Writing (07)
John Lee Clark, Deaf American Poetry (J09)
Linda Cronin Dream Bones (D07)
Therese Halsheid Last Movements ( D07)
Anne Kaier In Fire (S09)
Basanta Kar The Unfold Pinnacle (S08)
Petra Kuppers and Neil Marcus Cripple Poetics: A Love Story (J08)
Ellen LaFleche Estella with One Lung (S08)
Laurie Clements Lambeth Veil and Burn (S08)
Tom Lombardo (ed) Aftershocks (D08)
Raymond Luczak* (ed) Eyes of Desire 2: A Deaf GLBT Reader (S09); Whispers of a Savage Sort and Other Plays of the Deaf American Experience
Tendai Mwanaka Mad Bob Republic - Blood, Bile and a Crying Child (D09)
Irie Parker* Twisted Consequences (S09)
Gary Presley* - Seven Wheelchairs (M09)
David and Daniel Simpson Audio Chapbook (M08)
Marilyn Brandt Smith (ed) - Behind Our Eyes (J08)
Megan Webster BiPolar Express (D07)
Ellen Williams Let's Go Around Again (D07)
Patricia Wellingham-Jones End Cycle (J07)
Kathi Wolfe Helen Keller Takes the Stage (J08)

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Essays

C. E. Chaffin, A Manic-Depressive Composes Poems for His Deaf Wife (J09)
Joyce Campbell, The Poetic Path (S08)
John Lee Clark, The Case for Disability Literature (D09)
John Thomas Clark, Othering (D07)
Jim Ferris, Crip Poetry, or How I Learned to Love the Limp ( J07)
Yvette Green, Dream Alliance Film Project (S09)
Steff Green, Blind Characters: A Process of Awareness (M09)
Tara Arlene Innmon, Squashed Baby Pigs ( J08)
Anne Kaier, River Creature: A Poet Finds a Way to Talk About Her Disability (J09)
Paul Kahn, The Deepening Fog (Part 1) (S09); The Deepening Fog (Part 2(D09))
Marie Kane, The Opportunity for Revision (D09)
Tracy Koretsky, Seeking Enlightened Portrayals: Judging the Dolly Gray Award, Part 1 ( D08); Part 2 (M09)
Petra Kuppers, Crip Sheet for 'Latin Does Not Have a Word for Symmetry' (S07); Kathi Wolfe: Rome Ashes 1946 (J08)
Ellen LaFleche, Happily Ever After (D07)
Raymond Luczak, Letter to Sean Penn (S09)
Sally Martin, My Life with the Wolf J08
Maya Northen, Who Really Offers Disability Travel (S09)
Michael Northen, Amaryllis and the Philly Festival (S07); A Brief History of Disability Poetry (M08); Disability Poetry in 2008, Part 1 (D08); Part 2 (M09)
Carmen Papalia, Caning in the City (J07)
Sienna Elizabeth Raimonde, The Bags of Life (M09)
Scott Rains, Solo Travel With a Disability (S09)
Curtis Robbins, Response to Dialogue on Disability (S09)
Stuart Sanderson, A Meditation on Computers (S08); Amarylllis Theater (S09)
Dan Simpson, Line Breaks the Way I See Them ( M07)
Osomun Sylvester, On Poetry (D07)
Sharon Wachsler, Disability Culture (D08)
Patricia Wellingham-Jones, Poetry Fits My Body
Ellen Williams, Masquerade (D08); Summer Goes to Sleep (S09)
Kathi Wolfe, Helen Keller: Obsession and Muse (J07); Finding My Muse: On Being a Crip, Queer Poet (M08)

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Interviews

Trish Ayers, playwrite and poet (M08)
Barbara Crooker, poet (J08)
Philip Dowd, scholar poet (D09)
Trace Estes, poet and editor of The Alsop Review (S09)
Anna Evans, poet and editor of The Barefoot Muse (J08)
Noria Jablonski, short story writer (M08)
Paul Kahn, poet and playwrite (S07)
Tracy Koretsky, novelist (M07)
Petra Kuppers, scholar and poet (J07)
Kobus Moolman, poet and playwrite ( D07)
Irie Parker, novelist S09)
Nancy Scott, poet (S08)
Gail Wilmott, editor of Kaleidoscope (D08)
Sheila Black, Lydia Fecteau, Heather Garrison, Therese Halscheid, and Cynthia Leweicki-Wilson, dialogue on teaching disability literature (M09)
Linda Cronin, Ona Gritz, Patricia Wellingham-Jones and Kathi Wolfel, dialogue on disability poetry (J09)

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Photography and Visual Arts

Nancy Creighton, Betty G. Miller: Deaf Painter (S07)
Yvette Green, Our Film Project (S07)
Dana Hirsch, Computer Art ( D07)
Heather Kirk, The Exposed Series: Flowers on Black (M07); Bent Palm Seeries (J08)
Ilene Myers, Experiences in Digital Photography (D08)
Elijah Northen, Exploring Body Form (J07); Exploring Body Form - Part 2 (D08)
Robert Woltanski, Painting: My Story (J09)

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Book Excerpts

Trish Ayers, LUMPS [play] M08
Paul Kahn, The Making of Free Verses [play] D07
Petra Kuppers and Neil Marcus , Cripple Poetics: A Love Story [poetics] J08
Tracy Koretsky, Ropeless [novel] J07
Noria Jablonski, Human Oddities [short stories] M08
John Pixley, Jury By Trial [play] D07
Gary Presley, Seven Wheelchairs [autobiography] (D08)

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Fiction

Leisl Jobson, The Gospel of Adam's Ex; Invasive Species; The Night is a Teacher (M09) Ulcer; Ecstay (J09)
Tendai Mwanaka, Breaking the Silence (S08)
Christine Stark, Day Three (M09)
Abbie Johnson Taylor, The Flower Boy ( S08)
Ellen Williams, The Hat (J08); Sally and Maggie (S08), Waiting Room Blues (D08); I Shot the Radio in the Women's Locker Room (J09)

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