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Sarah Khan, Editor&Founder
BRICKrhetoric/GREYstone, 2009-
Sarah Khan earned a BA in Education Studies with a minor in Dance from Berea College, KY, and is currently working toward an MA at Northwestern University. Sarah has published works in the anthology Poetry as Prayer: Appalachian Women Speak, and elsewhere under alias. A native of Rome, NY, Sarah currently lives in Glenview, IL.
Sarah is the founder/editor/webmaster of BRICKrhetoric/GREYstone; she also shares an incomplete myriad of her own works at {pyari.org}
Amity Davis, Editorial Reader
BRICKrhetoric/GREYstone, 2011-
Amity Davis is an aspiring author and editor who recently graduated from Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois with a Bachelor of Arts in English. She also attended Indiana University East, where she focused on creative writing and women's studies. Originally from Hagerstown, Indiana, Amity currently resides in Elmhurst and is working on a young adult novel as well as developing a professional portfolio. She enjoys reading and writing, but is not a fan of arithmetic.
Elizabeth Genovise, Editorial Reader
BRICKrhetoric, 2011-
Elizabeth Genovise was born in Chicago, IL. Her MFA and MA in creative writing and English are from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Currently she lives in east Tennessee and works as an adjunct instructor and travel writer. Her short stories have appeared in The Southern Review, Yemassee, The Pinch, Relief, and FictionWeekly, and she is completing her first novel.
Melissa McEwen, Editorial Reader
BRICKrhetoric, 2011-
Melissa McEwen, who lives in Connecticut but spends most of her time in New York City and Washington DC, is a published poet whose poems have been published in Rattle, Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, and MiPOesias. She also has three poems forthcoming in Black Magnolias.
Jaclyn Smith, Editorial Reader
BRICKrhetoric, 2011-
Jaclyn was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Loyola University where she majored in Philosophy and minored in Psychology. At Loyola, she studied abroad in Italy, Kenya and Uganda. Continuing her education at DePaul University with a focus in Business and Philosophy, she spent a summer studying socio- and politico-economics while traveling in Russia, Poland, Hungary and Croatia. Later, she earned her Juris Doctor, with a certificate in International and Comparative Law from Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology. While at Chicago-Kent, she was the Notes and Comments Editor for the Journal of International & Comparative Law. Currently, Jaclyn resides in Chicago, where she is a practicing attorney. When she is not working, she enjoys dabbling in photography; rock climbing; writing; yoga; and travel.
Hussein Kobeissi, Jr. Editorial Reader
GREYstone, 2011-
Hussein Kobeissi is a 17-year-old of Lebanese heritage, living in Canton, Michigan. He has taken an interest in writing, starting when he was about 12 years old. He has always been obsessed with words and the ways in which people use them. The first book he read that inspired him was Khalil Gibran's "Thoughts and Meditations." The poetic manner and beauty of Gibran's writing inspired Hussein to write as well. Gibran is among many of Hussein's literary inspirations, which also include Edgar Allen Poe, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, and E.E Cummings. In addition, Hussein takes enjoyment in artwork, although it isn't his main creative interest. Art sometimes allows Hussein to visualize what his writing will look like, and helps him to be more descriptive and detailed. Artists that inspire Hussein include: Diego Rivera, Van Gogh, Michelangelo, and Leonardo Da Vinci. Hussein's work was published in the May of 2011 (inaugural) issue of GREYstone.
On his editorial work with GREYstone, Hussein remarks: "I only try my best to be unbiased, and fair takikng all things into consideration when I am judging every submission. I do respect all writing and art because I know that it comes from people's hearts and means something special to each writer and artist, and I also know how hard it is on a person to be rejected or denied their writing."
Morgan Myers, Jr. Editorial Reader
GREYstone, 2011-
Morgan Myers is currently attending Sandpoint High School in Sandpoint, Idaho and lives with her mom, sister plus a fat cat. She hopes to attend her first two years of college going to Sac State in Sacramento, California then the last two years in the college in San Francisco hoping to get her bachelor's degree in journalism. She has been writing for about two years now and hopes to someday be the best at writing. She uses her imaginationand writing skills to best make the decision to read and decide to accept writers hoping to be published.