John Brocato is the coordinator of the Technical Communication Program in the College of Engineering at Mississippi State University. Originally from Huntsville, AL, he attended Mississippi State for undergraduate and graduate school. He's been a musician since he was 7 and lived in California for a few years trying to be a rock star (which, ahem, didn't work out). He continues to write and perform music as The Persians and lives in Starkville, MS, with his wife, Kay, and two children, Bailey (7) and Vinny (2).
Tracy Carr reads a lot, always has her lipstick on, and likes staying indoors. A medical editor by day and a librarian by night, Tracy hopes one day to have only one job so her cat will stop getting mad and also stop peeing on her shoes. She currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri, a town that has an unnatural love for vanity plates.
Patti Chandler was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She enjoys fishing, camping, and family outings. She especially enjoys game night with the family. She recently visited Japan and looks forward to many more travels.
Ryan Davis is the editor of Memory Cue. In the dead of winter, he longs for fresh powder and a piping hot serving of curry rice with a side of gyoza after the snowboarding is all over. He also longs for contributions to this journal.
While Angie Hughes enjoyed her stay in Kukizaki Town, Japan, she was happy to return to America because she was turning Japanese, she was turning Japanese, she really thought so.
Horoscope: Aquarius
Blood Type: B+
Charm Point: Cashew Toe
Favorite Foods: Rice
Lorien Kaminsky is living in Oak Park, IL, with Joey, a German Shepherd mutt with a heart of gold, and Larry, to whom she recently got married. She is a gypsy at heart and loves to travel. She is also an avid tree hugger and has risked life and limb many times heckling litterers in Chicago.
Tona LaRue lives in Portland. She works. Her work is boring. She doesn't snowboard or skateboard or do anything on a board. She reads a lot and watches a lot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on FX. If you can think of anything to write about her, go ahead and do so.
Grace Strahan-Piper was born and raised South of the Mason-Dixon Line. She is a teacher in a rural Mississippi school, and even though she has entertained a number of Yankees in her day with her accent, she plans to keep her day job. She enjoys Southern cooking and reading books about the South. On the side, she does what all good Southerners do: she grows tomatoes, visits relatives, and makes an awful lot of sweet tea.
