The Faces of Hunger Mountain

Miciah Bay Gault, Managing Editor

Miciah Bay Gault is a graduate of the Syracuse University MFA in Writing. Her stories have appeared in Agni and The Literary Review. She lives with her husband and stepdaughter in Montpelier, Vermont, where she edits Hunger Mountain, teaches at the Community College of Vermont, and writes stories.

Carrie Olivia Adams, Poetry Editor

Carrie Olivia Adams lives in Chicago where she is a book publicist and poetry editor for Black Ocean. She is the author of Intervening Absence from Ahsahta Press. Carrie spends much time staring out windows, sipping Manhattans, riding her bike, and pretending to be a filmmaker.
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Anne de Marcken, Fiction Editor

Anne de Marcken is a writer and time-based artist. Her writing has been featured in Best New American Voices, Glimmer Train, The Way We Knew It, The Writer’s Chronicle, Hunger Mountain, and on NPR’s Selected Shorts. She has been awarded the Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize, the Howard Frank Mosher Prize for Short Fiction, has twice been short-listed for the Katherine Anne Porter Prize, took second place in Glimmer Train’s 2009 Very Short Fiction competition, and has received grant and fellowship support from the Jentel Foundation, the Hafer Family Foundation, and Artist Trust. She and her partner divide their time between Olympia and Oysterville, Washington.

Michael Hemery, Creative Nonfiction Editor

Claire Guyton, Art and Life Editor

Claire Guyton is a freelance writer and copyeditor currently living in Lewiston, Maine, with her sweet husband and not-so-sweet cat. She’s working on three short story collections and blogs about writers and writing for Hunger Mountain’s Another Loose Sally. Her essay celebrating the short story has been nominated for a Pushcart. She earned her MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Bethany Hegedus, YA and Children’s Lit Editor

Bethany Hegedus has served as a mentor in the PEN Prison Writing Program and holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. With fellow author, Kekla Magoon, Bethany has developed a dynamic program taken into schools and library settings, titled: The Movement: A Decade of Change 1959-1968, which brings the civil rights era to life for young readers in unique and engaging ways featuring their respective novels Between Us Baxters and The Rock and The River. Having recently moved to Austin, Bethany is the new Office Manager for the Writers’ League of Texas and is actively involved in the thriving Austin kid lit scene. Bethany’s debut novel, Between Us Baxters (WestSide Books) has been well received by reviewers, educators, and students alike. Her second novel Truth With a Capital T, is forthcoming with Delacorte Press in fall 2010. She can be found online at www.bethanyhegedus.com

Kekla Magoon, YA and Children’s Lit Editor

Kekla Magoon is a New York City-based author, editor, speaker and educator. Her Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning debut novel, The Rock and the River (Aladdin 2009), also received an NAACP Image Award nomination and was named an ALA Notable Book and a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults. Kekla holds a B.A. in History from Northwestern University and an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She writes constantly, at work on her second novel, under contract with Aladdin/Simon & Schuster. Her background in non-profit youth development lends itself well to making school visits, including a dynamic civil rights movement-themed presentation developed in collaboration with author Bethany Hegedus. She also leads writing workshops for youth and adults, and writes non-fiction titles for the educational market. For more information, visit www.keklamagoon.com.
 

Humberto Ramirez, Visual Art Editor

Humberto Ramirez is an artist interested in issues of difference as conceptualized in contemporary art and cultural theory. Humberto’s work presently is concerned with social issues and the power of language in shaping our values and perceptions. Humberto is a multimedia artist working in painting, video and curatorial projects. His work is shown online as well as at traditional venues such as art galleries, museums and film/video festivals. Humberto’s work has been shown throughout the USA as well as in Latin America and Europe. He has lectured on topics including postmodern theory, cultural criticism, psychoanalytical theory and globalization among others.  Humberto’s recent and future projects include an invitation in January 2009 to The Chinese American Arts Council in NYC to participate in a panel discussion in the wake of the Obama election. This panel was titled ‘Are You Chinese Enough’ and consisted of artist Ron Choi, artist Ting Yih, architect John Chow, artist/curator Humberto Ramirez and artist Mary Ting. Humberto is scheduled to have a one-person painting/video show titled “Heaven and Earth” at the Sharon Arts Center in Peterborough, New Hampshire in September 2009. Humberto is also curating a show tentatively titled “Identity After Identity” in collaboration with Ting Yih for the Chinese American Arts council in NYC scheduled to open in November 2009.

Aja Zoecklein, Hunger Mountain Fellow

Aja Zoecklein graduated from the University of Vermont with a BA in Anthropology and a double minor in Studio Art and Political Science. She is currently working towards her MFA in Writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Northfield, Vermont with her husband and baby daughter.

Eireann Aspell, Hunger Mountain Intern

Eireann Aspell is a senior at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, VT who will be graduating in May with a B.A. in English Literature. She is a core editor for the Onion River Review, Saint Michael’s literary and arts review. Although she is originally from Concord, NH, she hopes to stay in Burlington or move to Boston to pursue a career in publishing.

Matt Serron, Hunger Mountain Intern

Matt Serron is a student and writer currently living in Colchester, Vermont where he attends Saint Michael’s College; he will graduate in May 2010 with BA in English Literature. Throughout his years at the college, Matt has worked as a writing coach and as an editor for the Onion River Review, in which a couple of his works have been featured. An avid writer, Matt plans to pursue a career in editing once he graduates. In the meantime, he is learning all he can from his internship at Hunger Mountain.

Izabel Nielsen, Hunger Mountain Intern

Izabel Nielsen is currently a senior at Montpelier High School in Montpelier, VT. She is a contributing editor for the her high school’s literary magazine, The Wild Onion, and the co-founder of The Hungry Rat Revue, a performance poetry troupe of young writers. Izabel has applied to colleges with strong writing and dance programs.

Samantha Green, Hunger Mountain Intern

Samantha Green is a senior at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts who will be graduating in May with a B.A in English Literature with a concentration in Creative Writing. She has been the co-editor of Rushlight, Wheaton’s literary and visual arts magazine since her sophomore year. She is applying to MFA programs around the country, where she will be focusing on writing fiction.

Caroline Mercurio, Founding Editor

Brian Zeigler, Bird Artist

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