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Located in Phoenix, Arizona, we are an independent press
that publishes the annual teen poetry, photography, and
art anthology, NTM, also know as Navigating the Maze.



Navigating the Maze


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What we love doing



Life is so much better when you do what
you love or love the things around you.



Publishing





We love books and words. We love bringing poetry, stories, art, and photography into print on real and virtual paper. We love inspiring the creative spirit.



Design and art





We love design and art. Design is a house for words and images. We love putting them all together with color, texture and form in different ways.





PHOTOGRAPHY





We love photography and photos. We love that man discovered a way to capture life via a box and save it on paper. We love exploring all its innovations.



editing and writing





We love editing. It brings order and clarity to words and images in chaos. We love verifiable facts, and clarity or abstraction in all the appropriate places.



Meet US



Everybody here/is infirm./Everybody here is infirm./Oh. Mend me. Mend me. Lord ...
... I'm enough to be beautiful./You are beautiful too."
~Gwendolyn Brooks





anita Stienstra



Editor



Anita wrote her first poem at age 8 and first song at age 11. Her favorite childhood books, "Harold and the Purple Crayon," "Silver Pennies: A Collection of Modern Poems for Boys and Girls," and "Harriet the Spy" inspired her. She used to write poems in a little black book and number them. Before college, she had over 100 poems in the book and performed her original song while playing the guitar in front of her entire school. Her bachelor's and master's degrees are in English, with a focus in publishing and poetry. Her master's thesis is titled, "The Triadic Theory of Poetry." She also studied photography, highlighted by a series of black-and-white prints of images from warped plexiglass. Later, she photographed for the Chatham Clarion newspaper and Wing World magazine. As president of Springfield Poets and Writers, besides NTM, she might best be known for bringing poets, artists, photographers, and musicians together for events called Poets, Painters, and Performers. For years, she has read her poetry in central Illinois, while having poems and articles published in magazines, newspapers, and books. A few of her Frost-inspired poems and prayer poems can be found online. She has editing and writing experience for television, newspapers, books, nonprofits, video, radio, and magazines.


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Lindsey buis



Assistant Editor



Lindsey has loved to read and write her entire life. Her favorite childhood books were "The Giver" and "Could Be Worse." She is still an avid reader, devouring at least 20-30 books a year. She received a double major at DePaul University in English and Communications, with a minor in film. She worked at a radio station while in college and also taught English to inner-city Chicagoians who did not speak or read English. In addition, she traveled with a college group to Skid Row in LA to help the homeless and was a math tutor to students in central Illinois. After college, she participated in Navigating the Maze and other Springfield Poets and Writers events, reading her poetry aloud. Today, she regularly assembles a favorite books, music, and films list, and loves to paint.







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