Here are our Bread and Circus contributors. If you need to contact a Bread and Circus writer, please use the contact information listed in the entry below or send an email to Bread and Circus Magazine.

CURRENT CONTRIBUTORS

  • Erin Dionne, editor of Bread and Circus, received her B.A. in English and Communications from Boston College and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Emerson College in 1999. Her writing has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, and The HornBook Guide. Her short fiction has appeared in Slow Trains Literary Journal, The Beacon Street Review, and the Rose Metal Press anthology BREVITY & ECHO. In March of 2006, she was named one of PEN/New England’s Children’s Book Caucus Discovery Night honorees. Erin’s first novel for 9-12 year olds, Models Don’t Eat Chocolate Cookies, will be released by Penguin Books for Young Readers in spring 2009. Erin explores the writing life, literary scandals, and her passion for pop culture for Bread and Circus.
  • Kimberlee A. Cloutier-Blazzard, Bread and Circus contributing editor and senior writer, received her Ph.D. in Art History, with specialization in Northern European Art of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. She teaches at various colleges in the Boston area, delivers public lectures and has published reviews, conference papers and exhibition catalogue entries. Her professional interests include art, history, culture, philosophy, religion and pedagogy. Send an email to Kimberlee.
  • Sarah Katherine Mergel, senior contributing writer, recently received her Ph.D. in American History from The George Washington University. She specializes in American political and intellectual history since the end of the Civil War. Her dissertation—A Report Card for Richard Nixon: Conservative Intellectuals and the President—examines how conservative intellectuals influenced and reacted to political and social developments during the Nixon administration. In future research and writing, Sarah plans to explore how intellectual thought, political trends, and foreign relations relate to one another—especially during the Reagan era. By connecting past events and present debates, her columns show why history should matter to you.
  • Jessica Miles, contributing writer, currently attends Bryant University, majoring in Communication. She is preparing to act as Assistant News Editor for the Bryant University newspaper, The Archway. Jessica is working toward a future in the Journalism field.

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