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This is a list of all of the contributors that appeared in the original 3 issues of Meat City, some appeared multiple times and are listed as such. Results are alphabetical.
If you have information on any of these artists or writers you can contact us.
Editors
Kurt Buesching
An avid artist and photographer since childhood, he channeled that interest into graphic arts, drawing, drafting, photography and woodshop while in high school.
In college he moved between video production, photography and studio arts before completing his studies at Wayne State University in Detroit.
He is a former adjunct professor at the College for Creative Studies and currently works out of his studio in downtown Pontiac, Michigan.
Michael Mikolowski
Mike was born and raised in Detroit surrounded by the original Cass Corridor art movement as the child of painter Ann and her poet husband Ken.
Mike’s parents relocated to Grindstone City at the tip of Michigan’s thumb to publish the Alternative Press out of their historic building on the edge of town.
Mike came back to Detroit in the early 80’s and has remained a fixture of the local art community for over 40 years who continues to live and work in the area.
Derek Miller
Derek Miller teaches high school and writes. Much of his poetry can be found in the collection Miller, Reiter, and Robbins: Three New Poets. Hanging Loose Press, 1991.
He is an active member of the Oakland-Flint Writing Project, working over the past several years on projects focusing on teaching writing and research for civic engagement, and writing to explore connections to local history.
Contributors
Allen Adkins – issue #1, Space Story with Bryant Tillman.
Ron Allen – issue #3, poetry.
Alise Alousi – issues #2 and #3, poetry.
Julie Rubin-Ardner – issues #1 and #2, drawings.
Glen (Glenn) Armstrong – issue #2, poetry.
Greg Berlucchi – issue #3, photography.
Judy Berlucchi – issue #3, photography.
V.O.A. Bob – issue #1, drawings.
Kurt Buesching – issues #1, #2, and #3, mixed media, photography.
Jocelyn (Jozi) Bush – issue #1, poetry.
Matthew Breneau – issues #2 and #3, hand painted collage.
Carl Butler – issue #3, drawing.
Andrea Champlin – issue #2, drawing.
S. Coleman – issue #1, poetry.
Sara Davis – issue #2, short story.
Jamie Elliot – issues #2 and #3, photography.
Lori Fitzgerald – issue #1, drawing.
Anna Gersh – issue #3, photography.
Jeff Girling – issue #2, photography.
Jim Gustafson – issues #1, #2, and #3, poetry.
Laurie Halbritter – issues #1 and #2, mixed media and poetry.
G. Hamilton – issue #1, poetry.
Sherry Hendrick – issue #2, drawings.
Robert Hyde – issue #2, drawings.
Bradley Jones – issue #1, drawings.
Carrington (Carrie) Kelly – issue #2, drawing.
Faye Kicknosway – issue #3, short story.
Manfred Kohl – issue #1, photography.
Darlene Kryza – issue #2, photography.
Laura Lenart – issue #3, short story.
Michael Levitt – issue #2, photography.
Vaseleke Mellos – issues #1 and #2, drawings.
Derek Miller – issues #1, #2 and #3, poetry.
Molly Mikolowski – issue #1, poetry.
Michael Mikolowski – issues #1, #2 and #3, Utility Comics.
Gilbert Pike – issue #2, photography.
Hanna Potrapeluk – issues #2 and #3, drawings.
Eric Pryor – issue #3, drawing.
Jenny Root – issue #1, poetry.
Paul Schwarz – issues #1, #2, and #3, mixed media.
Mike Segal – issue #3, drawings.
Phil Seiden – issue #1, mixed media.
Bob Sestok – issue #1, drawings.
John Sinclair – issues #1, #2 and #3, poetry.
John Shaw – issue #1, poetry.
Dennis Teichman – issue #3, poetry.
Bryant Tillman – issue #1, Space Story with Allen Adkins.
Sam Trella – issue #3, photography.
Jessica Trevino – issue #2, photography.
Maura Troester – issue #1, poetry.
Unknown Man #37 – issue 1, mixed media.
Mick Vranich – issue #2, poetry.
Martha Waara – issue #2, poetry.
Alan Watson – issue #2 and #3, photography.
Sherry Moore-White – issue #3, drawing.
Dick Wray – issues #2 and #3, mixed media.
Colophon
All copyrights are property of the individual artists and authors.
Some of these poems have appeared elsewhere such as Jim Gustafson from “Virtue and Annihilation” by the Alternative Press.
Alise Alousi’s “Birds” appeared in the Metro Times and The Wayne Review.
John Sinclair’s “In Walked Bud” came from “We Just Change the Beat” published by Ridgeway Press.
Thanks to Redstart Magazine for permission to print Hamburger by Faye Kicknosway. Special thanks to Michael Danner.