BRIAN. E. BENGTSON
is a native of Omaha, Nebraska and
has been featured in many national Gay/Lesbian magazines
and HIV/AIDS journals such as HURAKAN, DAVID'S PLACE, BAY WINDOWS, and POETRY MOTEL. His first one-act play, FAGS IN THE MALL, was originally produced by the Crawlspace Theatre in New Orleans in 1991. He served four and a half years as Poetry Editor for THE NEW VOICE OF NEBRASKA (the state's oldest and longest-running G/L/B/T magazines until it folded in 1998).
His first chapbook, entitled "GAY. . .SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED" was published by Lone Willow Press in 1995. He now has a new book of poetry, entitled FIRST CHILL (published through Publish America), available for sale.