Ash Bowen's poetry has appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Blackbird, and Black Warrior Review, among other publications. He lives and works in Texarkana, AR.
Jennifer Jabaily's poetry has appeared in Mannequin Envy and Fickle Muses. She's a second-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Ashley Anna McHugh is a third-year MFA student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Measure, DIAGRAM and Memorious as well as other publications.
Johnathon Williams's poetry has appeared in Best New Poets 2009, the Pebble Lake Review, and Unsplendid. He lives in Fayetteville, AR, with his wife and daughters.
The audio recording of Slate’s recent panel on the state of design at the Museum of Art and Design in New York includes some smart talk about the dangers of committee think in the creative process. From potter Jonathan Adler:
I think bad design is often design that is done by committee or focus group, design that is overly considered. I think often when you think too much about things … and rely on focus groups you wind up doing something that’s watered down, timid, bad.