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Rolland Vasin (aka Vachine), a third generation American writer of Romanian decent, was born into a literary family. His grandfather, John, a poet(unpublished), father, Ray, a newspaper reporter and editor, and dabbler in fiction(unpublished), and mother, Betty, the owner of Alphabooks, a retail rare and used book store, all with working-class occupations, had a strong sense of social justice and did not own a TV set until the 1960s. At dinner they debated the merits of political stories of the day from such as the Los Angeles Daily news and Nation magazine among many other sources. A family of American Patriots, all men served respective duty in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. A former Naval Officer Rolland returned from Vietnam to Graduate school and pursued a career as an external auditor in International and Local Accounting Firms. After a series of life-changing events he shifted focus to serving the Accountability needs of child and family-related not-for-profit organizations and embarked on a path of self-expression which passed through phases of Stand-up Comedy, Improvisational Theater, and Performance Poetry. Winning 3rd place in The Laugh Factory's contest for the Funniest CPA in LA, Rolland's poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies, as well as reading Open Mics from Cambridge MA to Big Sur CA. Out of these adventures arose the late-life desire to share his work with wider audiences from which arose this first book, Stitches & Scars, a chronology of experiences in war, love, and social justice advocacy. Published at Rolland's age of 75 years to also honor the contributions of his family to the literary community.. A resident of Santa Monica, Rolland enjoys family gatherings with his two children and his grandsons. He plays the guitar, banjo, ukulele, and harmonica, but not all at the same time.

My Book of the Dead is dedicated to all my relatives who bear the surnames of Curran, Curraidhin, Lydon, Scanlan, Scanlon, Cox, Hammer, Dwyer, Gallagher, Wintermantel, Codori and all the others. You know who you are. With special mention of husband Edward D. Wintermantel Jr., daughter Cristin Curran Wintermantel, son-in-law Chris Buckley, and sister Mary Pat "Mur" Curran.Aine ni CurraidhinThis is some of Ann Curran's best work, so far (I feel I can say this with some authority, as I have published three of her books). The section entitled Grandmas, Santa Clauses, Einstein, A-Bombs, Dirty Desks, in spite of how irreverent it sounds, is filled with a plethora of insightful poems. They'll knock your socks off!--RD Armstrong, publisher and philanthropist

Martina Gallegos came from Mexico as a teenager and lived in Altadena and Pasadena through high school. She then moved to Oxnard and attended community college. She transferred to California State University, Northridge and got her teaching credential. Martina taught for almost 18 years in Hueneme Elementary School District until a work injury followed by a stroke kept her home. She paused her Master's but resumed after hospitalization. She graduated with her M.A. June 2015. Works have appeared in Altadena Review, Nation Poetry, Hometown Pasadena and the Lummox Poetry Anthology. This is her first collection of poetry, in her native language, Spanish.

Lummox Poetry Anthology #9 is full of wonderful poetry, essays, stories and illustrations by 118 creative people from the USA (22 states), Canada, Australia, India, Tunisia, England, Ireland and Wales.

Linda Lerner's, When Death Is A Red Balloon, deftly explores one of the most intense feelings in life: deep grieving. Her loss of the closest of friends, her rock in life, is devastating beyond words. Yet she manages to find a voice to her mourning and gifts us these poems which are both deeply personal and universally recognizable. Anyone who has experienced the loss of someone they loved needs to read this book. -- Alan Catlin, poet & editor of Misfit Mag.

This is a collection of old poems that have been neglected for several decades. At the time I thought they were sub-par, so I did nothing with them. But recently, I found them again and thus this book was created. I hope that it will bring new fans to my illustrious career as a writer. Enjoy.

Brief biographical sketches of each contributor on pages 193-239.