Mark Morganstern is a graduate of the City College Writing Program. His work has appeared in Prima Materia, the Crescent City Review, Piedmont Literary Review, New Southern Literary Messenger, Hunger Magazine, Expresso Tilt, Mothering Magazine, and other journals. He received an honorable mention for his story, “Tomorrow’s Special,” selected by guest judge Valerie Martin for Chronogram’s 2006 Fiction Contest. Mark subs at the local high school and books concerts for the Rosendale Cafe. He has lived in the Hudson Valley all his life.
Deborah DeGraffenreid recently transplanted herself to the Hudson Valley from San Francisco via a short layover in Taos, New Mexico. Her work has been shown in numerous galleries across the US. She is currently working on two fine-art portraiture projects, as well as exploring and photographing the wonder of her new surroundings. Her portraits of Adam Snyder appear here. This is her first assignment for Chronogram.
Last summer, Annie Nocenti was in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan shooting a documentary on the Baluch nation. Annie’s article on the Baluch appears here. Annie is a screenwriter, photographer, and journalist whose work has appeared in Details, Prison Life, the New York Times, High Times, and many other publications. She is a writer and editor at large for Stop Smiling magazine (www.stopsmilingonline.com). Her feature film script Patriotville, starring Justin Long, is in post-production.
This article appears in February 2007.
