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Volume I Issue
2 Fall 2009
Welcome to Sangam, a literary magazine designed to offer emerging writers an outlet for their literary endeavors. Read Sangam and send your submission to Sangam.
Non-Fiction Zoobia Ilyas Zoobia Ilyas holds an Honors B.A. from the University of Toronto with a specialization in English Literature. She currently resides in the greater Toronto Area where she is working on her first full-length manuscript.
Jonaid Sharif The Ghazal in Farsi:Some Basic Observation Joanid Sharif was born in Afghanistan. He received a BA in philosophy at the American University of Beirut (1972), an MA in Comparative Literature from the University of Iowa, and a doctorate from the University of Louisiana in criticism and semiotics (1984). Jonaid Sharif has published poetry in both Dari (Afghan Farsi) and Pashto, and his critical work has appeared in some Afghan journals and recently on various Afghan websites. He is currently teaching literature and Foreign Languages at Paine College in Augusta, Georgia. Jonaid is married to Amina and has two sons, Emile and Atal.
Matthew Dexter Matthew Dexter is an American anomaly living in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. He writes novels, memoirs, poetry, articles, short stories of literary fiction, short stories of narrative nonfiction, and everything else in between. When Matthew is not writing, he is enjoying life by the ocean; beautiful beaches, breathtaking views, reading, and being inspired but never having candlelit dinners on the beach. He’s afraid of Pirates.
Muhammad Abdul Mazid A Parley with Leader of the Jungle Muhammad Abdul Mazid, a senior public official, recently has obtained a Ph.D. in the study of Agro-Economy of the Coastal Belt of Bangladesh. The Sundarban, the habitat of the famous Royal Bengal Tigers, is one of the important establishments in the coastal Bangladesh.
Folk Lit Arlene L. Mandell Arlene L. Mandell, a retired English professor, who lives in Santa Rosa, CA, has had more than 300 poems, essays and short stories published in newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Aurorean, True Romance, and Women's Voices Adapted & Retold by Rinum Ila Rinum Ila is Associate Professor of English at a state university in Louisiana. His interests in the traditional literature stem from folktales that he heard during his childhood years from his grandmother at a South Asian village.
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Poetry Brad Hatfield
Brad
Hatfield was born in 1957, in
Yakima, Washington. He graduated
from the University of Washington in
1980. Recent publications appear in the
Timothy Martin
Timothy Martin’s work has appeared in The Comstock Review,
Slant, The Coe Review, and other publications. He currently lives
and works in Ann Arbor, MI. Joan McNerney Joan McNerney lives in a small town in upstate New York. She has been published widely and has four titles, most recently Having Lunch with the Sky, APD Press, Albany, NY. Sarah Schwartz Sarah Schwartz is a graduate student in the Creative Writing program at Fordham University. Born and raised in New York City, she has recently relocated to South Orange, New Jersey.
Christian Ward Christian Ward is the author of Slippage (Erbacce Press, 2008). His work is forthcoming in the Emerson Review, Ezra and the Loch Raven Review. He and his wife are expecting their first child soon.
Kenneth Pobo
Kenneth Pobo teaches Creative Writing and English at Widener University in Pennsylvania. In 2008, WordTech Press published a new book of his poems called Glass Garden. Catch Ken's radio show, "Obscure Oldies," at WDNR.com on Saturdays from 6-8pm EST.
Rick Marlatt Rick Marlatt teaches English in Nebraska. He has BAs in English and Philosophy and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Nebraska. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California Riverside at Palm Desert. Marlatt’s most recent poetry reviews appear in Rattle, Gently Read Literature, and Cold Front Mag, while his most recent poetry appears in The Pedestal Magazine, Plains Song Review, and Barnwood International Poetry. Marlatt performs as an actor, poet, and writer, most recently, winning the University of Nebraska Sigma Tau Delta Short Fiction Slam.
John Sibley Williams Post-Fire---Southern Oregon 2003 John Sibley Williams has an MA in Writing and has recently returned to the Boston area, where he frequently performs his poetry. Some of his over thirty previous or upcoming publications include The Evansville Review, Flint Hills Review, Cadillac Cicatrix, Juked, The Journal, Barnwood International Poetry, Phantasmagoria, The Alembic, and Clapboard House.
Roger Singer
Roger Singer
began writing poetry when he was in the military many years ago, for
relaxation and to express his thoughts in an abstract form. He
enjoys the challenge Melissa Guillet Melissa Guillet's work has appeared in Appleseeds, The Cherry Blossom Review, Imitation Fruit (winning poem), Lalitamba, Look! Up in the Sky!, Nth Position, Public Republic, Scrivener’s Pen, Seven Circle Press, Women. Period., six Worcester, MA anthologies, and several chapbooks. She teaches Interdisciplinary Arts in Riverside, RI.
Mostofa Sarwar Dr. Mostofa Sarwar is professor of geophysics at the University of New Orleans and was a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a scientist, essayist, and a poet. His writings have been published in Dainik Bangla, Sangbad, Ittefaq, Daily Star, Independent, New Nation, Observer, Time Magazine, etc. He co-edited a book, “Theory and Practice of Geophysical Scattering.”
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