Frank A Gladden, fiction writer/poet, Silver Spring, Maryland 2011 Pushcart Prize nominee and contributor to last year's premier issue, Frank A. Gladden  returns with another poignant story titled, "Needs" that will ignite your imagination.  Here is a brief excerpt:   The police officer glanced around again, pulled his sunglasses down his nose, and slid out the car. He adjusted his cap and pushed his glasses up with his finger, tossed his Playboy magazine on the seat of his cruiser and walked in my direction.             "Hey slick!" he yelled.             I turned around to face the tall, imposing, ruddy-faced man with what appeared to be burn scars covering the left side of his face—striding toward me. Several cars on the narrow street slowed to a stop.             “Me?" I asked, tou...

Carlos Evaristo Flores Carlos Flores' poetry focuses on human issues that are relevant to the Texas-Mexico border. He seeks to bring a voice to real people who live in this bi-national, bi-cultural and bilingual region. Carlos pens a quiet eloquence and subtle nuance to his work that will captivate readers.  Experience his two poems “Empty Eyes” and “Anxiety of Influence” in aaduna on February 28th.

Dr Spiros Kitsinelis, Light Source Expert        Spiros Kitsenelis was born on May 29 th , 1976 in Mesologi, an area in Western Greece noted for its spectacular lagoons and variety of birdlife.   He was raised in Nea Smyrni and attended the 4th junior and senior high school there. At the age of 19, he left for England where he studied chemistry at the University of Sheffield and got his doctorate in spectroscopy from that institution.        After living in England for 8 years, he moved to Japan for postdoctoral study at Ehime University in the city of Matsuyama .   After his postdoctoral research, he was employed by Philips Lighting in Eindhoven , The Netherlands; served as a chemical engineer for the Greece armed forces, and now works and resides in France .       In addition to his research activities, Spiros is a science communicator and his activities include pioneering projects for h...

bill berry, jr. to share his poetry in aaduna's upcoming 1st Anniversary Issue! HERE IS A SAMPLING of what's to come ... You Really Got a Hold On Me…with apologies to William Robinson, Jr. Your touch spews rancor across time and space Nestling in disjointed crevices of decay and hurt Making me wonder how you morphed into an acrid chill of remorse and disinterest. Your touch erupts like a banshee intent on scorching the last remnant of hope Removing any vestige of time and place and memory Making me wonder why I let your presence drift through the fissure of my wisdom.   Your touch caresses my insanity making it wholesome and endearing A wisp of fragrance to smother my thickened tongue unable to enunciate my heart Making me wonder when you abandoned the ripe succulent pangs of desire and want.    Copyright © 2012 William E. Berry, Jr. Read bill's other poems in the First Anniversary Issue, scheduled to launch on the 2...

Listen to commentary by Collette V. Fournier, who photographed Katrina-affected people and homes in several New Orleans neighborhoods, including the Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans East, Gentilly, and Algiers. Collette V. Fournier brings her keen eye and perspective to the First Anniversary Issue by exhibiting photographs from her recent trip to Ghana, where she chronicled a variety of themes.   A member of Kamoinge Inc., a noted African American photography collective, Collette is a SOROS fellow for her photographic work in Louisiana , post hurricane Katrina.  Known affectionally as "Co", Fournier has  been a photographer for New York area newspapers and currently is an adjunct professor and campus photographer at a community college in the State University of New York system.      Check out her photographs in aaduna on February 28th.

"Tin Sculpture" by Ivan de Monbrison from his studio in Paris, France Parisian born artist, Ivan de Monbrison will exhibit his ink and acrylic on paper drawings in the First Anniversary issue of aaduna scheduled for launch on February 28th.  From 1994-2000, he served as curator’s assistant in the Musée Picasso in Paris and during this time, éditions la Bartavelle published three books of his poetry.  Since then he has had solo and group shows in Paris, Pittsburgh, Bruxelles, Barcelona, and at the prestigious Siena Art Institute in Italy.   He  published a poetry book with sketches in 2009 and kicked off 2012 with a solo show at LaMaison du Patrimoine of la Haye les Roses, as well as a group at the Lloyd Gill Gallery England.

Visit Rockford Kingley's   E-VIEWPOINTS Sonnet Mondal has authored 6 books of poetry and been widely published in several literary magazines and journals throughout the world.  He was bestowed Poet Laureate from Bombadil Publishing, Sweden in 2009; honored with the appointment of Sub Secretary General of Asia from Poetas Del Mundo, Chile in 2009; recognized as Doctor of Literature from United Writers' Association in 2010 and became the first Indian to win the Azsacra International Poetry award in 2011.  Sonnet has been a featured poet at Asian American Poetry project, U.S.A. and at the World Poetry Reading Series, Canada in 2011.  He is the pioneer of the 21 Line Fusion Sonnet form of poetry which he introduced in his book "21 Lines Fusion Sonnets of 21st Century" (Sparrow Publication 2010.)  His works have been translated into Macedonian, Italian, Telugu and Bengali.  He resides in West Bengal, India.