d.a. Levy
Born October 29, 1942. Died November 24, 1968.
Multi-talented Poet, Publisher, Printer, Painter, Proselytizer
and cult figure who committed suicide at the age of 26.


Jau Billera
New York transplant.
Edited the poetry magazine PODIUM.
He hosted a radio show in Cleveland.
Committed suicide in Las Vegas in1981.


Kent Taylor.
Born November 8, 1940, Newcastle, PA.
Medical Research, Poet, Sprinter.
Lives in San Francisco, CA.


Russell Atkins.
Born February 25, 1926.
Poet, Composer, Theorist, Musician,
Editor of Freelance Magazine. Lives
in Cleveland.


Russell Salamon.
Poet on the scene to the mid 60's then
became a member of the armed forces.
Lives in Los Angeles.


Tom Kryss.
Born in the late 1940's.
Poet, Publisher of Black Rabbit Press.
Artist known for iconic silkscreen rabbits.


Geoffrey Cook.
Entered the Cleveland poetry scene
in the mid to late 60's. A Poet who
later became involved in mail art and
multi-media performances. Lives in
Berkeley, CA.


RJS.
Born in 1947 or 1948. Poet, Publisher,
currently lives outside Cleveland.


Jim Lowell.
Born in Cleveland in 1932, died in 2004.
Opened his legendary Asphodel Bookstore
in 1963 and was the proprietor until his death.