Author Description

Lalitamba is a journal of contemporary devotional literature. The journal was inspired by a pilgrimage through India. The name means Divine Mother. Lalitamba 2015 features Joe Baumann, Chrystal Berche, Doug Bolling, Abigail Carl-Klassen, Frank Cavano, Noel Conneely, Scott David, Norita Dittenberger-Jax, Jamie Donohoe, Patricia Farewell, Michael Fessler, Clifford Paul Fetters, Michael Findlay, Nate Fisher, Brian Allen Forrest, Stuart Friebert, Patricia George, Fran Isaacs Gilmore, Gene Goldfarb, David L. Gourdine, John Grey, Kathleen Gunton, T. A. Hunley, Monika John, Jacqueline Jules, Katrina Kent, K. Prasad Kumariya, Simm Landres, Charlene Langfur, Lyn Lifshin, Benjamin Nash, Ayaz Daryl Nielsen, Barry W. North, Judith Tate O'Brien, Kenneth O'Keefe, Charlotte F. Otten, Raul Palma, Airica Parker, Margreta von Pein, Susan Azar Porterfield, Christopher Presfield, Vanessa Raney, Dian Duchin Reed, C. R. Resetarits, Ryan Rickrode, M.J. Roberts, Paul B. Roth, Stephanie Renee dos Santos, Matt Schumacher, Purvi Shah, Mark Dennis Smith, Sarah Spivack, Bonnie Stanard, Diane Vreuls, Keir Weimer, Katherine West, Kelley Jean White, Barbara Wuest, and Gabriele Zuokaite. I measure my faith against previous impurities, to find my heritage. -Bonnie Stanard