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.
Janice Moore Fuller Luke Hankins Russian Robert Creeley Keith Flynn Review Simon Perchik Michael Harper Rene Char Dede Wilson Spanish Jonathan Williams Marilyn Hacker Sally Buckner Lyn Lifshin Patrick Bizzaro Jeffery Beam Ron Rash R. T. Smith Emöke Z. B’Racz Phebe Davidson Eugenio Montale Thomas P. Feeny Essay Welsh Emmanuel Moses Robert Bly Quincy Troupe Jonathan Greene Hungarian Bill Knott Al Maginnes J. W. Bonner Newton Smith Jack Hirschman William Matthews Kathryn Stripling Byer Stella Vinitchi Radulescu Thomas Rain Crowe Gaylord Brewer Gearóid Mac Lochlainn Patricia Smith Ryan G. Van Cleave Lee Ann Brown Marilyn Kallet