production credits

Dave Awl: original poetry and performance

Diana Slickman: introductory monograph
Ms. Slickman is a playwright and actor in Chicago, and a longstanding member of the Neo-Futurists.

Christopher Piatt: introductory monograph
Mr. Piatt is a theater columnist for TimeOut Chicago, and a fellow contributor to the Book of Voices.

Ayun Halliday: introductory monograph
Ms. Halliday is an author, zine publisher and erstwhile actor in New York City, whose life and work can be tracked at ayunhalliday.com.

Myopic Books: Wicker Park, Chicago: venue for the Bestiary readings, Chuck Stebelton, host and curator of the reading series.

Homolatte (nee Grinder), weekly queer words and music revue, Edgewater, Chicago: venue for What the Sea Means 2.0 and Stitching a Dummy recordings, hosted by Scott Free.

Kurt Heintz, e-poets network: online design and development, video photography, introductory monograph

Cary Norsworthy: photography (See contributor's website.)

Vicki Quade: photography

acknowledgements

Dave Awl's book, What the Sea Means, was published in 2002, and contains many of the pieces audible herein. It is available through Borders (Amazon.com).

This entire feature was first published online in February-March 2006.