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Laurel Johnson is NWR's Review (stories and poetry) Editor. Laurel is a retired Registered Nurse who believes that love, compassion, and the natural wonders around us enrich her existence. Her lifelong love of poetry and prose took a natural progression after retirement when she began to write in earnest. Her published books include: The Grass Dance, a book of poetry and prose; The Alley of Wishes, a fictional allegory; and a retrospective of her maternal grandmother's life, My Name is Esther Clara. A full length book of poetry, Color of Laughter, Color of Tears, is out of print. Laurel enjoys reviewing novels and poetry. She currently reviews for New Works Review; Midwest Book Review; and Shadow Poetry Quill Quarterly Review. She has written commentaries on Books and Writing for her publisher, Dandelion Books, for MyShelf.com, and a dissertation on coping with grief and loss for The Bright Side. Laurel is somewhat of a ham so relishes her occasional stints as featured speaker at writing seminars. Laurel and her husband currently live in Washington KS, but still consider Kerby Knob KY home because she loves the Appalachians and the plains in equal measure.Visit Laurel's New Works Review book review page. | |
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Nicholas Birns is on the Faculty of Literature, Eugene Lang College, the New School in New York. He teaches Literary Theory, Literary History, and the novel from 1700 to the present. His book Understanding Anthony Powell was published by University of South Carolina Press in 2004, and his co-edited Companion to Australian Literature Since 1900 was released by Camden House in fall 2007. His Theory After Theory, an overview of current literary theory, is under contract to Broadview Press. Birns has published in The Hollins Critic, Arizona Quarterly, Studies in Romanticism, College Literature, CHOICE, and The New York Times Book Review. He is a guest reviewer for this edition of New Works Review. Visit Nicholas's New Works Review book review page. |
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