Luke Salisbury is a professor of English at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston. He is the author of the novel The Answer Is Baseball; The Cleveland Indian, nominated for the Casey Award in 1992; Blue Eden, a collection of stories; and Hollywood & Sunset, his most recent published novel. http://www.lukesalisbury.com

Gayle Roby lives in Arlington MA. She received an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College. Her work has appeared in Praire Schooner, Ohio Review, Iowa Review, Missouri Review, and Ibbetson Street, among other places. She is a member of the Alewife Poets.

Michael Dubson has been teaching writing at Bunker Hill Community College for 15 years. Michael has written and published fiction, non fiction, poetry, a play and has been the editor of two literary magazines. He has also tinkered with acting and has performed in many venues and genres over the last fifteen years.

Wick Sloane teaches expository writing at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston, and does the odd jobs to investigate higher education from the perspective of the poorest students. He writes a column, "The Devil's Workshop," for InsideHigherEd.com. He has written a pamphlet, Common Sense, declaring that the four-year bachelors degree is obsolete, which was published in May by The Center for College Affordability and Productivity