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Cenizo
Second Quarter 2016
C ONTRI B UTORS
Rani Birchfield is a freelance writer and
wanderer who enjoys reading, movies, and
things of a foodie nature. Starbuck and Oprah
are her favorite female superheroes. e-mail:
[email protected]
Billy Faier passed away on January 29, after
receiving brief, but excellent, end-of-life care
at Big Bend Regional Medical Center in
Alpine. Up until the last two weeks of his life,
Billy had been playing the banjo for 68 years.
Billy moved to Terlingua in 2001, and
Marathon in 2005. He will be missed.
Web: billyfaier.com
Perry Cozzen is a native of La Mesa, Texas
and an Air Force veteran. He retired to
Fort Davis in 2012, where he writes and takes
photographs. e-mail: [email protected]
Jim Glendinning, an Oxford-educated
Scot, lives in Alpine. The story of his travels,
Footloose Scot, has just been published, as has
Legendary Locals of the Big Bend & Davis
Mountains for Arcadia Press. e-mail:
[email protected]
Glenn Justice has written extensively over
the years about Big Bend history. He is man-
aging editor Rimrock Press and moderates
Glenn’s Texas History Blog at: www.rimrock-
press/blog e-mail: [email protected]
Luc Novovitch is a former news photogra-
pher for Reuters, AFP and Gamma agencies.
See his travel and documentary photographs
on the internet. Web: offiwent.com
Belle Lancaster is a freelance writer and
novelist. She has a B.B.A in Marketing and an
M.B.A. She and her husband own Lancaster
Concrete Designs in Alpine. Belle works full
time as the event coordinator for the Capri in
Marfa. e-mail: [email protected]
Melissa P. Lindsay splits her time between
Minnesota and Marathon. She likes to play
with words. e-mail: [email protected]
Chris Wand is a musician and the proud
Grandson of Billy Faier. He enjoys playing
music, including the banjo, going on adven-
tures, hiking and traveling around the coun-
try. He lives in Northern California. He has a
special place in his heart for Marathon, TX,
and the Big Bend. e-mail: [email protected]
Bridget Weiss lives in Marfa. She chefs for
work and cooks for friends; runs along the rail-
road tracks; forages local flora; and is writing a
collection of fictionalized stories based in
South County. e-mail: [email protected]
K.B. Whitley was born and raised in rural
southwest Louisiana where the piney woods of
East Texas quit dribbling over the Sabine and
Calcasieu rivers, and the flat rice farming
Cajun country begins. He retired to Marfa in
1998. He has lived in Marfa for near 17 years,
where he has become a strong political activist
and a writer. e-mail: [email protected]
Carolyn Brown Zniewski started her pub-
lishing career at age nine, publishing a one
page neighborhood newsletter called The
Circle. From 1992 – 2006 she wrote a recipe
column for two neighborhood newspapers in
Minneapolis, MN. In 2013, she started
publishing the Cenizo. e-mail: publisher@cenizo-
journal.com
Maya Brown Zniewski is an herbalist and
soapmaker who enjoys frequent visits to the
Big Bend area. Her handmade salves, soaps
and tinctures are available at her website,
mayamade.net. e-mail: mayamadeapothecary
@gmail.com
Cover: Photograph of open mic at the
Starlight Theater in Terlingua by Laura
Rebecca Payne.
Copy editor: Rani Birchfield, Leslie Brown
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SUBMISSION
Deadline for advertising and editorial for the Third Quarter 2016 issue: May 15, 2016.
Art, photographic and literary works may be e-mailed to the Editor.
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