Issue 4 - February 2008 - Contributors
Chris Baker wrote his first poem, 'Mobile,' at the age of five, and fifty years on, still thinks it is his greatest literary masterpiece. Originally from England, and a not-so-recent graduate of Edinburgh University, he now lives in California with his family. He enjoys sailing and fishing in his spare time, and is something of a chocolate connoisseur.. Chris' 'Mobile' also features in Read This Issue IV.
Benjamin Dahlbeck hails from Atlanta, Georgia (USA). He received a Bachelor of Philosophy in English in Writing from Northwestern University and is currently a postgrad at the University of Edinburgh.
Benjamin's poetry also appeared in Read This Issue I, and he read his work to a full house at the RT launch.
Steve Munro feels ancient when he reads the rest of the contributor's details. He remembers when no one cared about trainers. He loves Edwin Morgan's Demon poems, Norman MacCaig, Larkin and Hardy Bob Dylan and playing the banjo. Living in Edinburgh, he does his best to convince teenagers that poetry and writing are not freakish activities! Occasionally he is successful!
Josh Scott is19, and lives in Brisbane, Australia. At the moment he works with an environmental group and studies part-time, with hopes to move into Creative Writing. Or porn...
Josh is in love with every girl he's ever met but is hopeless at remembering names. His drug of choice is Modest Mouse or The Cure.
Barrett Steinberg is an undergraduate in biomedical engineering at Boston University with a subversive minor in English that may or may not last through the battle. He enjoys indulgent sarcasm, absurd details, listening to Pixies, and writing only when deemed socially and politically acceptable. These works are quickly destroyed.