UNKNOWN

The Universe Project uses four distinct poetic voices to explore the cosmos and bring down-to-earth truth back from space. Interspersed with stunning imagery of celestial bodies, the book is the result of four friends inspired to write on a single topic over a long period of time. This collection of poems traversing planets and particles, suns and moons, life's cyclical nature, and the infinite and the immediate helps us better understand ourselves, our world, and our lives.

Jeff Morgan has a book, Poems Inspired by the Parts of Terry Eagleton's Literary Theory that I Really Don't Understand, forthcoming from Mellen. Individual poems of his have most recently appeared in Grist and Abandoned Mine. Morgan is also the author of three books of literary criticism, most recently The (Un)Welcome Stranger: Intercultural Sensitivity in Six American Novels (McFarland, 2023), and edited a new edition of Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs. He is also the author of many scholarly essays, his work appearing in such journals as ANQ, Frontiers, and War, Literature, and the Arts. A recently retired educator after 42 years in the classroom, Morgan lives in Boynton Beach, Florida with his wife, Dana.

Andrea Best is a Certified Deep Transformational Coach and founder of Metamorphose Deep Transformational Coaching who partners with individuals embarking on a transformational journey in support of their self-actualization, creativity, and societal impact. Her career spans both academic and corporate worlds, while her passion for deeper understanding and poetic inspiration expands even further to encompass the infinite and infinitely mysterious Universe.Her poems have appeared in literary journals Chiron Review, Florida English, Slipstream, and Quest, and in Kiss & Tell: Stories of Love, Lies, and Lust Vol. 1, which was released as an audiobook. Best completed her Ph.D. at Florida Atlantic University in the Public Intellectuals track of the Comparative Studies program with a concentration in Environment, Technology, and Society, where her research focused on sustainability narratives, the communities of meaning that define them, and their effects on public policy. She also holds a MFA in Creative Writing from University of Miami and a BA in English from Lynn University.Best resides in the Hudson Valley with her spouse, Madrid-born guitarist-composer-producer Álvaro Domene, who often joins Andrea during live stage performances of her work.

Diane Allerdyce is a poet, professor, parent, partner, grandmother, musician, yogi, and caregiver. Her poems have appeared in The Ground Up, Feed the Holy, and Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping.Diane's creative publications include a chapbook, Whatever It Is I was Giving Up (Pudding House, 2007), and an eclectic collection of prose and poetry entitled House of Aching Beauty (EditionsPerleDesAntilles, 2012). Her stories have appeared in the North American Review, Stories that Need to be Told 2022: A TulipTree Anthology, and The TulipTree Review.Diane is a faculty member of Antioch University's Graduate School of Leadership & Change. She lives in Boynton Beach, Florida, with her husband Rory, their two cats, and her 90-year-old mother