About Third Reader
The Greek poet and Nobel Laureate Odysseas Elytis was quoted as saying that a writer “needs an audience of three. Since any writer worth his salt has two intelligent friends, he spends his whole life searching for the third reader.” That is the role ThirdReader.com hopes to fill – to be that impartial, constructive, supportive critic that every writer needs.
Third Reader is a collaborative effort by a group of southeast Michigan writers who have been working together for nearly two years.
Our Staff:
Publisher: Joe Ponepinto
Joe spent more than two decades in journalism and private business before turning to creative writing full time. He is currently working on his second novel.
Editors:
Dora Badger, Fiction
Dora is a seasoned reader of all types of speculative and literary fiction, and an emerging writer of same.
William B. Burkholder, Poetry
William is a poet and author, and has been writing prose and poetry for more than twenty years. Born in northwestern Pennsylvania, William now resides in Detroit, Michigan.
Carla Dodd, Poetry
Carla has been a writer since slipping notes under the door to get the last word in an argument. In a more practical use, she has written newspaper and magazine articles, publicity, short stories, essays and poetry. She has also taught beginning writers and poets online, as well as edited an online publication.
Christine Purcell, Fiction
Christine Purcell is a Ph.D. candidate and freelance writer. Her work has been published in ESC! Magazine, The Loch Raven Review, The Copperfield Review, and other fine journals. She is currently working on a fantasy novel.
Richard Decker, Resident Geek
Richard has reinvented how the Third Reader website functions. He's basically the guy that tinkers in the background, writing the bits no one sees. He is also a short-story writer but it's been a long while since he's written anything that wasn't code.
Copyright
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