Jacob Oet's writing and images appear in
Cream City Review,
Illuminations,
Yemassee,
Yalobusha Review, and
Radioactive Moat, among others. His awards include the 2011 Younkin-Rivera Poetry Prize and the 2011 Ohioana Robert Fox Award. Jacob is the author of two poetry chapbooks:
Metamorphosis (Kattywompus Press) and
Peeling the Apple (NightBallet Press, forthcoming in Fall 2012). A student by choice, Jacob is never sure which language he speaks. You may spot him in a park, forest, or beach, with planted feet, arms stretched up and shaking in a breeze. But don’t let him see you; he likes to sing to strangers. He takes photos of snow, and hates winter.
Recorded December 2010 in Lakewood, OH
RUNTIME: 15:11
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Vladimir Swirynsky led a normal life for 45 years. On his first visit to Mardi Gras, he was swept away by the music, the sights and energy of a million people, helping inspire him to become a writer. Poetry has played an important part in him overcoming his inhibitions. He has performed in most of the major cities and he has devoted a good portion of his time to reading for the elderly and at veteran homes. He hopes to save enough money so he can get his car fixed, get plates, and after 50 years finally leave Ohio and settle out west. His new home will be where his car decides to break down, hopefully Arizona.
Michelle Sinsky is a graduate of Akron University now pursuing her MFA at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is a writer/blogger for Monkeybicyle Literary Journal and a contributor to Anobium Literary Journal.
