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Barbara Morrison, who writes under the name B. Morrison, is the author of a memoir, Innocent: Confessions of a Welfare Mother, and a poetry collection, Here at Least, with a second volume, Terrarium, scheduled for 2013. Her award-winning work has been published in anthologies and magazines. She conducts writing workshops and speaks on women’s and poverty-related issues. She is also the owner of a small press and speaks about publishing and marketing. She has maintained her Monday Morning Books blog since 2006 and tweets regularly about poetry @bmorrison9. For more information, visit her website and blog at http://www.bmorrison.com.

John Barry is a Baltimore writer and a teacher. His work has appeared in Baltimore City Paper, Washington Post, Baltimore Style, Chesapeake Magazine, American Theatre Magazine, Salon, N Plus One, and elsewhere. He teaches at Maryland Institute College of Art. He’s a co-host for New Mercury Readings.

James Taylor is the creator of the world’s only journal devoted to novelty entertainment, SHOCKED AND AMAZED!, and is the co-creator of Baltimore’s American Dime Museum and DC’s Palace of Wonders. He’s considered an expert on “weirdness as entertainment,” and he writes once in a while, too.

Nancy Murray is a playwright, storyteller and theater director who is now pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing and the Publishing Arts and the University of Baltimore. Nancy writes a weekly blog with The Baltimore Post-Examiner titled The Balance Beam. (photo by Philip Laubner)

Holly Morse-Ellington teaches in the Reading and World Languages Department at CCBC. She was recently selected as a presenter at the 2013 Writing Exchange Conference for faculty from Maryland colleges. Holly worked as a staff writer for Baltimore Fishbowl and continues to contribute her nonfiction essays to the magazine. She has also published work in The Washington Times, The Journal for Homeland Security, Urbanite, and Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore, and she’s been a storyteller for the Stoop Series at Centerstage. Her essay, “Drinking with Faith,” is forthcoming in Home as it Never Was: A Collection on Reverse Culture Shock. She is currently writing her first book. To read more from Holly, check in at http://www.hollyneat.com.