Bea Mahood was born and educated in Northern Ireland. She has been an inveterate traveler, living in places as diverse as Canada, Puerto Rico, Paris, Chicago, Brussels, and Connecticut, before retiring to North Carolina. In 2002 her work was published in the special Irish issue of Natural Bridge.
Eugenio Montale Marilyn Hacker Sally Buckner Ron Rash Quincy Troupe Dede Wilson Russian Emmanuel Moses Patricia Smith Thomas P. Feeny Marilyn Kallet Spanish Stella Vinitchi Radulescu Jonathan Greene Patrick Bizzaro Simon Perchik J. W. Bonner Hungarian Bill Knott Rene Char Gearóid Mac Lochlainn Keith Flynn Jeffery Beam Janice Moore Fuller Al Maginnes Luke Hankins Review Lyn Lifshin Robert Creeley Jonathan Williams Phebe Davidson Jack Hirschman R. T. Smith Kathryn Stripling Byer William Matthews Ryan G. Van Cleave Thomas Rain Crowe Essay Gaylord Brewer Newton Smith Michael Harper Robert Bly Emöke Z. B’Racz Lee Ann Brown Welsh