Cradle and All by Laura Chester

Laura Chester has been writing, editing, and publishing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for over twenty-five years. Her most recent books include a new edition of Lupus Novice, an account of her personal struggle and breakthrough with the autoimmune disease S.L.E.; a short story collection, Bitches Ride Alone; and a novel, The Story of the Lake. She has edited several important anthologies, Deep Down, Cradle & All, and The Unmade Bed. Chester grew up in the Milwaukee area and now lives with her husband in western Massachusetts.

Donna De Mari was the first and only woman photographer to shoot for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, in both 1994 and 1995. For fourteen years she lived between Paris, Milan, and London, working as a fashion photographer. Her most recent exhibition of photographs, Horse Show, was at the SAS Gallery. She has appeared on an ABC-TV Special, shooting in Bali and Hong Kong, as well as on a Fashion Television segment for VH-1, which highlighted her views and work as a woman photographer. She is currently working on a book of horse photographs, Flying Mane.