Amy Tudor
Tudor, a Norfolk resident, received her master of fine arts degree in poetry and nonfiction from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Her poetry has been published in Antioch Review, New York Quarterly, Antietam Review, Sow's Ear Poetry Review, Maryland Poetry Review and Poetry Motel. Her poetry collections include The Land of Intention and Message from Limbo.
Poems & bio: http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu
On Amazon: http://amazon.com

Bibliophile Bookstore
Uwe Wilken owns this Norfolk bookstore, which is located downtown in the Freemason area.
Homepage: http://www.bibliophilebookshop.com

Blue Collar Review
The Blue Collar Review is a quarterly journal of poetry and prose published by Partisan Press. Its mission is to expand and promote a progressive working class vision of culture that inspires and that moves the class forwards. Al Markowitz serves as editor. Mary Franke is co-editor.
Homepage: http://www.angelfire.com

Cesca Janece Waterfield
When Waterfield contributed three poems and a memoir excerpt for publication to the Ghent Reader, She has this to say about her self: "I won my first prize for writing in the fifth grade, a county-wide essay on the wickedness of littering, which I submitted by slipping under the courthouse door two hours past deadline. It was very pious and was printed in the newspaper. Tom Robbins grew up in my dinky town, strolled the same school hallways, and was my uncle for several years. These facts make me feel something, though I'm not sure what. Previously published in Blue Collar Review, Powhatan Review, and collegiate literary journals when I was a student in Boston, I am a singer and a songwriter - honest!"
Since then, Waterfield was accepted into Virginia Commonwealth University's MFA program. When she first moved to Richmond, she moved in with a roomate, the now infamous Ben Fawley, in devil's clothes, who eventually confessed to killing Taylor Marie Behl, a young woman who coincidently had also just moved to Richmond to start her life as a college student. Waterfield wrote about the experience for Style Weekly in Richmond and continues to write as a freelance reporter for several publications.
Waterfield also sits on the Ghent Reader's Board of Editors.
Personal Website: www.cesca.net
Published on the Ghent Reader:
Unprinted (poetry and prose) - 23rd Reunion of Childhood Bullies, Portent, I Don't Want a Lover and Memoir Excerpt
Articles - Diving and Returning: An Interview with Denise Duhamel

Channel Marker
A literary magazine produced annually by students of Tidewater Community College. The site includes back issues through 2002 and a downloadable submission application
Homepage: http://www.tcc.edu

Chesapeake Bay Poets
Prolific group of writers and readers. Founded and coordinated by Pete Freas. The group publishes Skipping Stones an annual review of work by poets and writers in Hampton Roads.
http://chesbaypoets.org

David Berman
Berman was born in Williamsburg, Va. in 1967. He graduated from the Greenhill School in Addison, Texas, the University of Virginia, and the University of Massachusetts. His band, the Silver Jews, has released four albums on Drag City Records. His first book of poetry, Actual Air, was published by Open City Press on July 1, 1999. He resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
Publisher: http://www.opencity.org
Audio: http://archive.salon.com
Interview: http://pages.emerson.edu
Poems: http://www.poemhunter.com
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Eddie Dowe
Dowe is a local poet (and public school teacher) working his way through Old Dominion University's master's of fine arts in creative writing program.
Published in the Ghent Reader:
Unprinted (poetry)- Blue Dress and Listening for Heartbeat