Dennis Herrick received an M.A. in journalism at the University of Iowa. The former publisher of the Sun in Mount Vernon and Lisbon, he now teaches journalism at the University of New Mexico and writes fiction. He is the 2004 winner of the Tony...
James McKean has published two books of poems, Headlong (Univ. of Utah) and Tree of Heaven (Univ. of Iowa), and a book of essays, Home Stand: Growing Up in Sports (Michigan State University). He lives in Iowa City and teaches at Mount Mercy...