Take Five is no ordinary poetry troupe. The women involved all have experience in performance, from stand-up comedy to
singing and dancing to performance poetry. They invest energy and fun into their readings, which range from the ridiculous to the serious.

Member Bios:

Mary Christine Delia is the author of The Skeleton Holding Up the Sky,
as well as two other collections. Her award-winning poetry has appeared in
numerous journals and anthologies. Most recently a Professor at Eastern Kentucky
University, she has also worked as a poet in the schools in rural
Oregon.

Carolyn Moore has two new award-winning chapbooks out this year - The
Flavors of Quarks and Blame and The Great Uncluttering.  A recovering
academic who taught for over twenty years at Humboldt State University,
Moore now works as a freelance writer and researcher. She also makes time
for fashioning performance masks from latex slip, paper
mache and words (i.e., persona poems). Her poetry has garnered ninety
honors and awards.

Laura D. Weeks is the author of Deaf Man
Talking and The Mad Woman. A long time professor of Russian and a
dedicated musician, she now works as a writer, translator, and founder
of a piano studio.  She is known for her literary translations as well
as her original poetry, both of which have appeared in numerous
journals. She is currently at work
on a collection exploring her half-Russian half-American heritage.

The Real History of the End of the World investigates the origins and stories behind end-of-the-world predictions throughout history, from Revelations to 2012.

In entertaining and sharp prose, historian Sharan Newman explores
theories of world destruction from ancient times up to the present day-
theories which reveal as much about human nature as they do about the
predominant historical, scientific, and religious beliefs of the time.
Readers will find answers to the following end-of-times questions:

*Did the Mayans really say the world will end in December 2012?

*How have the signs in the New Testament Book of Revelations been interpreted over the years?

*How did ancient Egyptians, Norse, and Chinese think the world would end?

*When did Nostradamus predict that the last days would come?

*Does the I Ching reference 2012?

*Why didn't the world end in Y2K?

*Are meteors, global warming, super-volcanoes, and the threat of nuclear war signs that the end is near?