This year two of Miriam N. Kotzin’s poems were nominated for the Pushcart Prize (“Sea Changes” by Three Candles and “Close the Door Softly on Your Way Out, Clark Kent” by Flashquake). Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in a number of print publications, among them: The Iron Horse Literary Review, The Painted Bride Quarterly, Boulevard (for which she is a contributing editor), The Mid-American Review, The Southern Humanities Review, Pulpsmith, Poesy, Cacaphony and Confrontation. Online her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Small Spiral Notebook, Drexel Online Journal, The Vocabula Review, Three Candles, Poetry Super Highway, For Poetry.com, Word Riot, The Front Street Review, Open Wide, Segue, edifice WRECKED, Shampoo, Eclectica, FRiGG, Flashquake, Circle Magazine, Branches, Plum Ruby Review, Gator Springs Gazette, Blaze, The Green Tricycle, Riverbabble, MAG: Muse Apprentice Guild, Mini Mag, Snow Monkey, Maverick Magazine, Poems Niederngasse, Facets, Cacophony, Thieves Jargon, nth position, Carnelian, Another Toronto Quarterly and Valparaiso Poetry Review. Miriam teaches literature and creative writing at Drexel University in Philadelphia, where she is Director of the Certificate Program in Writing and Publishing. In addition, she serves as advisor to Maya, the student literary magazine and can be found at the following websites:
http://miriamnkotzin.tripod.com
http://www.kotzinturner.com
