Poet Anne Elezabeth Pluto is Professor of Literature and Theatre at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she is the artistic director of the Oxford Street Players. She was a member of the Boston small press scene in the late 1980s and started Commonthought Magazine at Lesley 24 years ago. Her chapbook, The Frog Princess, was published by White Pine Press. She has been a participant at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in 2005 and 2006. Her ebook, Lubbok Electric, was published by Argotist ebooks in 2012.
Visual Artist Bryson Dean has been an artist since childhood, and has worked in graphic design since 1985 in the fields of corporate communications, multimedia, television and education. She is currently an Instructional Designer at New England Institute of Technology in Rhode Island. She also teaches graphic design with the Art Institute of Pittsburgh’s Online Division and at Stevens-Henager College Online. Bryson's current creative work explores photography, digital imaging, light art, collaborative projects and other pieces that spring from the intersections of fine art, design and technology.