Jene Beardsley received his MA in English literature at the University of Illinois. He has taught English literature at a small college in the suburbs of Philadelphia. His poems have appeared in The Amherst Review, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, The Journal of the American Medical Association, The Southern Review, and The Midwest Review among other magazines.

About The MacGuffin:
Poets in this issue: David Hernandez, Jackie Bartley, Dawn McDuffie, Susan Terris, Gail Waldstein, Judy Kronenfeld, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Melissa Duckworth, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Vivian Shipley, Elizabeth Volpe, Lyn Lifshin, Jill Stein, Andrea Carter Brown, Betsey Houghton, Roger Mitchell, Sallie Bingham, Pearl Karrer, Jackson Wheeler, Sophia Rivkin, Daniel Donaghy, Carli Carrara, Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jean Tupper, Koon Woon, Tony Flores, Jamie McNeely, Carol Graser, Jene Beardsley, Anne Silver, Rebecca B. Rank