Rosa Martha Villarreal, Publisher & Contributing Editor

Rosa Martha Villarreal is a Texas native and graduate of San Jose State University with Bachelors of Arts in Botany and English, and a Master of Arts in English.

She is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, Doctor Magdalena (TQS Publications) and Chronicles of Air and Dreams: A Novel of Mexico (Archer Books), and the winner of San Jose State University 's Phelan Literary Award. She is a member of PEN USA . Her short story “The Mendel of Hidalgo” was republished in “The Best of Sabine Magazine .”

Her third novel, The Stillness of Love and Exile, will be published in 2007.

Samples of her works can be found at:

Writers Register
Tertulia Magazine
The New York Times

Sabine Magazine archives: Sabine Magazine

Rosa Martha Villarreal may be reached at: rvillarreal@tertuliamagazine.com

Bernardo Salinas, Managing Editor & Contributing Writer

Bernardo Salinas is a California native who currently resides in Austin, Texas. He has studied at San Francisco State University and San Jose State University. He has worked at several high-tech companies in Silicon Valley and Austin, Texas and currently works for a large computer maker in Round Rock, Texas.

He has won the West Valley College Olympiad of the Arts for his short fiction (Saratoga, CA).

Bernardo Salinas may be reached at: bsalinas@tertuliamagazine.com

An H. Nguyen, Senior Editor & Contributing Writer

An H. Nguyen received her B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and her J.D. from Santa Clara University .

She is a litigating attorney at the Law Firm of Jeffers, Mangels, Butler & Marmon, LLP.

She has been previously published in the law journal IADC Newsletter, and her essays have appeared in TQS Newsletter and BN Magazine.

Samples of her work are available at: www.tertulimagazine.com

An H. Nguyen may be reached at: anguyen@tertuliamagazine.com

Maryann Postiglione, Intern & Contributing Writer

Maryann Postiglione is a literature student at Folsom Lake College in Folsom, California.

Maryann Postiglione may be reached at: mpostilongnie@tertuliamagazine.com

María Espinosa

María Espinosa, a native of Boston, is the author of the novels Incognito: Journey of a Secret Jew (Wings Press), Longing and Dark Plums (both by Arte Público Press), and two books of poetry Night Music and Loving Feelings. Her translation of George Sand's novel Lelia was published by Indiana University Press. She is a resident of San Francisco.

María Espinosa may be reached at: mespinosa@tertuliamagazine.com

Brett Alan Sanders

A resident of Tell City, Indiana, Brett Alan Sanders is a writer, translator, and teacher. He contributes regularly to Tertulia Magazine, New Works Review (www.new-works.org), and The Quill & Ink (www.quillandink.netfirms.com ), and has also published original work in River Walk Journal ( www.riverwalkjournal.org ), Passport Journal ( www.passportjournal.org ), and in print at such places as Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Sunstone, The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies, and Insights, a publication of the John Dewey Society.

His young adult novella A Bride Called Freedom was published in 2003 in a bilingual edition by Ediciones Nuevo Espacio (www.editorial-ene.com); in 2005, he presented a reading from the Spanish-language text at the literary/historical conference "In the Times of Eduarda and Lucio V. Mansilla", sponsored by the Junta Provincial de Historia de Córdoba (Argentina) and subsequently published by that organization. His translations from the Spanish have appeared in various journals in the U.S., Canada, and England, most recently in Hunger Mountain, Contemporary Verse 2, PRISM International, and The Antigonish Review. He is co-winner of the 2005 Louis Schewe Essay Award at the University of Southern Indiana and second-place winner of Sunstone's 2006 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest.

Brett Alan Sanders may be reached at: bsanders@tertuliamagazine.com

Francisco Aragón

A native of San Francisco and long-time resident of Spain, Francisco Aragón is the author of Puerta del Sol (Bilingual Press, 2005), a bilingual collection of poems. He is the editor of The Wind Shifts: The New Latino Poetry, which is forthcoming in 2007 from the University of Arizona Press. His own most recent anthology publications include Evensong: American Poets on Spirituality (Bottom Dog Press, 2006) and the forthcoming Deep Travel: Comtemporary Poets Abroad (Ninebark Press, 2007).

In addition, his work has appeared in Inventions of Farewell: A Book of Elegies (W.W. Norton & Company, 2001), Under the Fifth Sun: Latino Literature from California (Heyday Books, 2002), American Diaspora: Poetry of Displacement (University of Iowa Press, 2001), How to Be This Man (Swan Scythe Press, 2003), Red, White, & Blues: Poetic Vistas on the Promise of America (University of Iowa Press, 2004), and Bend, Don't Shatter (Soft Skull Press, 2004). Among his three limited edition chapbooks is Tertulia (BOOKlyn, 2002). His poems and translations have appeared in various places, including Poetry Daily, Chain, Crab Orchard Review, Chelsea, Heliotrope, Puerto del Sol, Luna, The Journal, ZYZZYVA, and the online literary journals, Jacket and Electronic Poetry Review. He is the Director of Letras Latinas, the literary program at the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

Visit his website at: www.franciscoaragon.net

Francisco Aragón may be reached at: faragon@tertuliamagazine.com

Juan Carlos Reyes

Juan Carlos Reyes is a resident of New York City and a regular contributor to Tertulia Magazine.

Juan Carlos Reyes may be reached at: jreyes@tertuliamagazine.com

Katharine Whitcomb

Katharine Whitcomb was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and earned her B.A. from Macalester College in English. In 1995 she received an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Norwich University. She is the author of a collection of poems, Saints of South Dakota & Other Poems, which was chosen by Lucia Perillo as the winner of the 2000 Bluestem Award and published by Bluestem Press. Her poetry awards include a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University, a Loft-McKnight Award, a Writing Fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and a Halls Fellowship at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. She received an AWP Fellowship in Poetry to the Prague Summer Seminars at Charles University in the Czech Republic. She has had work published in The Paris Review, The Yale Review, The Kenyon Review and The Missouri Review as well as several anthologies, including Dorothy Parker’s Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos. She currently directs the writing program at Central Washington University and lives in Ellensburg, WA.

Katharine Whitcomb may be reached at: kwhitcomb@tertuliamagazine.com

William Studebaker

William Studebaker is a poet, essayist, columnist, and outdoor photographer. He is a columnist for the Times-News’ "Outdoor Page," and has a monthly feature in Idaho Magazine, "Studebaker Says." William teaches poetry and prose workshops, e.g., "Using the Mandala as a Literary Structure," "Creating Subtext," "Writing a Memoir," and "Using Landscape." He also gives readings: poetry, prose, or poetry and prose combined. Readings are from his recent books: Travelers in an Antique Land (Caxton Press, poetry), Passions We Desire (Limberlost Press, poetry), Short of a Good Promise (WSU Press, prose), or work in progress. He has a dozen or so books that are out of print. One of these, The Cleaving, is currently being translated into Spanish by Elvia Garcia Aranda who lives in Mexico City. A brief review of William's writing is in the Dictionary of Literary Biographies, Vol. 256. In addition to his writing, William is adjunct faculty for Idaho State University. He teaches Theory and Analysis of Mythology, Creative Writing, Literature of the American West, and Poetry. He is a partner in Idaho Whitewater Safety and Rescue, LLC, a whitewater-boating and educational company. William specifically teaches Safety and Rescue and kayaking. He and his wife Judy live in the country near Twin Falls, Idaho.

William Studebaker may be reached at: wstudebaker@tertuliamagazine.com

Nancy Rullo

Nancy Rullo is an instructor of creative writing at Ulster County Community College. She teaches poetry and essay writing to adults and teenagers in Woodstock, NY. Recent poems have been published in Aurorean, Reflect, Blueline, HalfMoon Review, and Dream International Quarterly.

Nancy Rullo may be reached at: nrullo@tertuliamagazine.com

Bryce Milligan

Born in Dallas, Texas, Bryce Milligan has lived in San Antonio since 1977. He has been a newspaper columnist, a freelance journalist, a scholar, a novelist, a poet, a playwright, and an essayist.

Bryce Milligan may be reached at: bmilligan@tertuliamagazine.com

Will Nixon

Will Nixon’s poetry chapbooks are When I had It Made (Pudding House Publications) and The Fish are Laughing (Pavement Saw Press). His web site of personal essays about living in a Catskills log cabin after years in Manhattan is: www.mycabinfever.com.

Will Nixon may be reached at: wnixon@tertuliamagazine.com

Juan Delgado

Juan Delgado is the author of two previous books of poetry, El Campo and Green Web. He is currently Professor of English at California State University, San Bernardino.

Juan Delgado may be reached at: jdelgado@tertuliamagazine.com