Shantih Journal Issue 2.2 | Page 110

Melissa Grunow
Maximilian Heinegg
caldwell gregg Holden
AUTHORS

Melissa Grunow

Melissa Grunow is the author of Realizing River City ( Tumbleweed Books , 2016 ) which won Second Place-Nonfiction in the 2016 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards and the Silver Medal in Nonfiction-Memoir from Readers ’ Favorite International Book Contest . Her work has appeared in Creative Nonfiction , River Teeth , The Nervous Breakdown , Two Hawks Quarterly , New Plains Review , and Blue Lyra Review , among many others . Her essays have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net and listed in the Best American Essays 2016 notables . She has an MFA in creative nonfiction with distinction from National University . Visit her website at www . melissagrunow . com or follow her on Twitter @ melgrunow .

Maximilian Heinegg

Maximilian Heinegg ’ s poems have appeared in The Cortland Review , Columbia Poetry Review , December Magazine , and Tar River Poetry , among others . He is a 2017 Best of the Net nominee . As a singer-songwriter , his records can be heard on Spotify , ITunes , and www . maxheinegg . com
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Dah Helmer
Dah ’ s fourth poetry collection is ‘ The Translator ’ from ‘ Transcendent Zero Press ’, and his poetry has been published by editors from the US , UK , Ireland , Canada , China , Spain , Australia , Africa , Philippines and India . His poems have recently appeared in Straylight Magazine , Otoliths , The Cape Rock , Acumen Journal , Sandy River Review , Indian River Review , The Linnet ’ s Wings , and Junto Magazine . Dah lives in Berkeley , California and is working on the manuscript for his fifth poetry book . ‘ Harbinger Asylum Magazine ’ has nominated Dah ’ s poem “ Some god ” for the 2017 Pushcart Prize . He is the chief editor of ‘ The Lounge ’, a poetry critique group . dahlusion . wordpress . com

caldwell gregg Holden

Caldwell Gregg Holden is an undergraduate at Bennington College with a focus on creative writing . His short story Bleached received first place and publication in the 2016 Claremont Review ’ s Writing Contest and was shortlisted for the 2017 Sequestrum Reprint Awards . He has attended the Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop and performed in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival .