World Audience publishes books and a quarterly journal and review.
World Audience publishes books and a quarterly journal and review. World Audience publishes books and a quarterly journal and review. World Audience publishes books and a quarterly journal and review.
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Impeaching George W. Bush and his Administration
Essays by Different Writers.
A collection of diverse essays that call for the impeachment of President George Bush and members of his administration.
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Magdalena Ball runs The Compulsive Reader (http://www.compulsivereader.com/html). She is a regular contributor to The audience Review. Her stories, poetry, reviews and articles have appeared in many printed anthologies and journals, and have won several awards. She is the author of The Art of Assessment, and Quark Soup. Her debut novel, Sleep Before Evening (http://tinyurl.com/3crnk5) is being released by BeWrite Books on the 24th of July.
 
Sergey Cherepakhin (http://www.sergeycherep.com/index.html), one of the original founders of World Audience, Inc., was born is St. Petersburg in the old Soviet Union, Sergey began drawing at five after meningitis isolated him from his peers. By eight, he was studying art and attending art school. At 16, he was on his own, painting and selling his landscapes, cityscapes and portraits on the streets of St. Petersburg. Later, he attended one of the most prestigious art schools in Europe, the Serovo Art Institute, studying all of the classic forms of art. There, he was encouraged to paint a broad range of subjects, but he excelled at landscapes. After a fellow artist came to America, Sergey later followed at his invitation. His first job in America was working for the Internal Revenue Service. "My first show was in the cafeteria of the IRS." These paintings sold here in the States sold for about $100. Now they sell for thousands. Sergey's dramatic oil paintings reflect his great passion for French Impressionism and his continual love for colors, textures and light. His imagination is fueled by a lifetime of wanderlust. Today, he has studio in Atlanta and Las Vegas, and he is planning a studio in Birmingham, England, and possibly another in Madrid. In addition to American galleries, his work has been exhibited in Europe, in St. Petersburg and Moscow, and Australia. Despite this growing notoriety, it is the act of painting that makes Sergey thrive. "If I don't paint for a couple of days, I feel off balance....something is missing." Sergey regularly paints for eight to ten hours per day. Because he paints in layers, he has between one and two dozen paintings drying on racks all the time. He revisits them each week, adding additional layers.
 
Leonore H. Dvorkin was born in Chicago in 1946, grew up in eight different states plus Germany, and attended Indiana University in the 1960s. She and her writer husband, David Dvorkin, have lived in Denver, Colorado, since 1971. Leonore works as a tutor of Spanish, German, and English (formerly French as well), and has done extensive German to English translating. Sheâs been teaching weight training classes since 1976. For the Denver magazine COMMUNITY NEWS, she's written numerous articles on weight training, the basics of Spanish, and the benefits of various foods and beverages. Her two published books are the literary novel APART FROM YOU (Wildside Press, 2000) and an autobiographical book, WHY I'M GLAD I HAD BREAST CANCER (Wildside Press, 2005). Some of her haiku poetry and an interview with her regarding her novel appear in AUDIENCE NO. 4 (January 2007). Quote: "I've been most fortunate to be able to turn my passions in life – languages, writing, and fitness – into my life's work.' E-mail: leonore@csd.net;
http://www.dvorkin.com/
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Hugh Fox is a widely published writer. He was born in Chicago, 1932, B.S. (Hum.) and M.A. from Loyola U. in Chicago, Ph.D. from the U. of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign). He was prof. of American Literature, Loyola University (L.A.), 1958-1968; Professor in the Department of American Thought and Language, Michigan State University (1968-1999).  Now retired,  Professor Emeritus. He was a Fulbright Professor of American Studies/Literature, U. of Hermosillo, Mexico, 1961, U. Católica and Institúto Pedagógico, Caracas, 1964-1966,  U. of Florianópolis, Brazil, 1978-1980. 1 yr. studying Lt. Am. culture at Mendoza Foundation (Caracas) with Mariano Picon-Salas. Organization of American States Grant to study Latin American Studies/Argentinean Literature, U. of Buenos Aires, 1971. John Carter Brown Library Fellowship, Brown U., 1968 (Studies in sixteenth and seventeenth century Spanish economics and avant-garde literature). OAS grant as archaeologist, Atacama Desert, Chile, 1986. Lectures in Spain and Portugal 1975-76. Founder and Board of Directors member of COSMEP, the International Organization of Independent Publishers, from 1968 until its death in 1996. Editor of Ghost Dance: The International Quarterly of Experimental Poetry, 1968-1995. Latin American editor of Western World Review & North American Review, during 60’s. Former contributing reviewer on Smith/ Pulpsmith, Choice etc. He is currently contributing reviewer to SPR and SMR.  In Who’s Who, The Two Thousand Most Important Writers in the Last Millennium, Dictionary of Middlewestern Writers, The International Who’s Who, etc.  
 
Raymond Hammond is a former board member of World Audience, Inc. and the editor of New York Quarterly
http://www.nyquarterly.com/
and a senior editor for audience. He created our wiki database. Please use it to interact with other writers!
   
   
Hareendran Kallinkeel is a senior editor of audience literary journal. He resides in Taliparamba (Kerala) with his family. He owns a farm of rubber, coconut, pepper, and areca nuts. He helps U.S. college students online, improving their writing skills. He owns a company:
http://www.kallinkeelconsultancy.com/.
He is published in literary print journals, and in numerous online ezines. audience literary journal is the brainchild of Harendran Kallinkeel and M. Stefan Strozier.
 
 
Abdul Karim Khan (pen name: Ernest Dempsey) is the president of World Audience Publishers and the editor-in-chief of The audience Review. His new book is Two Candles! He was born in Hangu, a small town in Pakistan. As a child, he enjoyed two things: The joyful company of his brother and Khan’s best friend, Shais; and, making airy castles with lots of characters in his mind. These two things pervaded through his spirit so much that he has given up valuable scholarships to pursue them. At twelve, he began his career by writing detective stories, horror, thrillers, and whatnot). However, a career in writing held no bright prospects in his society. So he studied geology. But his literary spirit demanded more attention and he started studying classics, alongside writing. The Internet reached his hometown in 2003, whereupon he began submitting his work to literary ezines. In just the last year, he has seen publication of his poems, essays, short stories, and literary reviews. He has been published in Audience literary journal, and other literary journals, as well as other magazines. His reviews appear in The audience Review, and other places.
Email: dempsey87@yahoo.com.
 
 
Domingo Rodriguez is the chairman of the board of directors of World Audience, Inc. He has been a costume and set designer since 1950, and has worked on Broadway theatre, opera, ballet, television, and movies. He has served on the New York Mayor’s Advisory Council of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting, the NEA Opera Grant Panel, the Special Arts Council for NYSCA, the Board of American Museum of Motion Pictures, as treasurer of Council of Motion Pictures and Television Unions and NYS Association of Painters and Allied Trades, and the Tony Award Advisory Committee. He has seved as president and in various capcities in US Artists Local 829 for over 40 years. During that time he also taught for different institutions of higher learning, notably a special program he developed as an adjunct professor for Williams Wood University. Mr. Rodriguez won an Emmy Award for his design work on Sesame Street, and has been Associate Costume Designer on seven Tony Award winning musicals, for costume design. He is also a computer animator, and has taught this skill and developed Figure Drawing With The Computer. He founded and was chairman of the Custume Collection Advisory Committee that oversees the Irene Shariff Award for excellence.  
 
Anthony Rubino, Jr. was born in New Jersey, a first-generation, Italian-American, Roman-Catholic. Needless to say he developed a sense of humor at an early age … and then felt guilty about it. Combining, confusion, art, humor and TV he found his calling in the careful study of drivel. Never a stickler for math, Tony wrote, "Life Lessons from Your Dog" as the fifth installment of his Life-Lessons book trilogy, which includes "Life Lessons from Your Cat," "Life Lessons from Elvis," "Life Lessons from the Bradys," and "Life Lessons from Melrose Place." Before that he displayed his steely work ethic by penning, "1001 Reasons to Procrastinate." And his fear of discomfort through eternal damnation is reflected in his recent tome, "The Get Into Heaven Deck: Or Your Money Back." Along the way Tony has contributed his articles and cartoons to publications such as: MAD Magazine, Cracked, National Lampoon, the Chicago Tribune, and Opium Magazine. He is currently under contract with Creators Syndicate where he is developing a daily cartoon strip. His other cartoon syndication credits include national distribution by King Features and Tribune Media Services. Tony's designs, comics and words can also be found on greeting cards and other product lines such as calendars, posters, and apparel sold in stores and catalogs worldwide. When not working on his writing and art in New York City he spends his time not working on his writing and art in New York City. Email: RubinoCreative@aol.com.  
 
Lee Stringer is the vice-chairman of the board of directors of World Audience, Inc. He lived on the streets from the early eighties until the mid—nineties. He is a former editor and columnist of Street News. His essays and articles have appeared in a variety of other publications, including The Nation, The New York Times, and Newsday. He lives in Mamaroneck, New York. He is the author of Sleepaway School, Like Shaking Hands with God (with Kurt Vonnegut), and Grand Central Winter.  
 
 
M. Stefan Strozier lives in New York City. He is the founder and artistic director of La Muse Venale Acting Troupe. His plays, Guns, Shackles & Winter Coats, The Whales, The Tragedy of Abraham Lincoln, and The Green Game, were performed in lengthy runs, off-off and Off-Broadway, in the Midtown International Theatre Festival and other festivals. He has directed five plays and one musical, and produced fifteen. His novels, short stories, poems, essays, plays, etceteras, are on his Web site: M. Stefan Strozier. He has been published in literary journals (online and in print), magazines, and newspapers. He is the founder, CEO, and publisher of World Audience Publishers.  
 
Christopher Taylor is from Liverpool, England. After completing a degree in Industrial Design from the University of Central Lancashire, he set up a design consultancy where he is co-director. Chris also works as a freelance designer / illustrator and creates digital artwork for a local gallery. He has designed multiple book covers (and the spines and back covers) for World Audience.  
 
Kyle Torke is the editor-in-chief and vice-president of World Audience Publishers, a board member, and the executive editor of audience. He is a writer of the most eclectic variety, publishing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction essays while winning awards for his screenplays. He lives in Colorado Springs with his two young sons, Conrad and Coover, where they spend a great deal of their time hiking the canyons, climbing rocks in the Garden of The Gods, skiing, walking along cottonwood creek with their two dogs, skiing, and jumping on the trampoline. Kyle currently teaches at The Colket Fellow in Reading and Rhetoric at Colorado College where he is also a visiting Associate Professor in the English Department. Previously, he taught for seven years and directed the creative writing program at Elon University in North Carolina. Kyle graduated from Grinnell College, IA, with a BA in Anthropology before earning his graduate degrees at the University of Denver. Kyle plays pick up basketball, lifts weights, swims, and, generally, finds motivation for the spiritual richness of the world in the physical elasticity of an active engagement with sweat, dirt, and living things.  
 
Matthew Ward is the managing editor of audience and he lives in Newcastle, Australia. He started writing seriously in 1993. In 1994, he had poetry published in OPUS (Newcastle University's magazine), Newcastle Herald, Writer's World, and JIGs (Journal of Interdisciplinary & Gender Studies). He has written serious articles for literary newsletters and satirical ones, and the now defunct www.theLiberals.org. His short stories have appeared in OPUS. In 2004, his story 'Jake With A Snarly Smile On His Chops' was published as a novella by Independence Jones (Australia). In 2006, he wrote two IT-related e-books. It was also in 2006 that his book of short stories, 'Her Mouth Looked Like a Cat's Bum', was published by World Audience. Matt is also the founder, editor and publisher of Skive Magazine (www.skivemagazine.com).  
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