Sean Bentley
Sean is the author of the poetry collections Into the Bright Oasis (Jawbone Press), Grace & Desolation (Cune Press) and Instances (Confluence Press), and the editor of Divertimento: The Lost Poems of Nelson Bentley (Floating Bridge Press). For 20 years he served as coeditor of Fine Madness magazine. He was a technical editor and writer from 1989 to 2018.
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Julian Bentley Edelman
Julian holds an MFA in Fiction Writing and an MSW in Multigenerational Practice from the University of Washington. She also holds an MA in Education from Pacific Oaks College. She has worked as a classroom teacher, geriatric social worker, and community arts teaching artist, and is an avid hiker, runner, and nature lover.
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Frederick Hertz
Fred practices real property and land use law in Oakland, California. He has taught at St. Mary's University and Golden Gate Law School. He is the author of Making it Legal: A Guide to Same-Sex Marriage, Domestic Partnership & Civil Unions, and coauthor of Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples and A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples, all from Nolo Press, as well as Legal Affairs: Essential Advice for
Same-Sex Couples (Henry Holt & Co./Owl Books).
Deborah Hertz
Deborah holds the Wouk Chair in Modern Jewish Studies and is Professor of History at University of California at San Diego. She is the author of How Jews Became Germans: The History of Conversion and Assimilation in Berlin (New Haven and London: Yale University Press) and Jewish High Society in Old Regime Berlin (New Haven and London: Yale University Press).
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