is twenty–three and lives in Durham, Maine with three cats who put up with him with varying success. He writes for the Southern Maine Community College newspaper, The Beacon, and attempts to publish poetry and short fiction, also with varying success. He haphazardly blogs at patrick–doyle.tumblr.com.

lives in Portland, Maine. His work has appeared in The Montreal Review, the This I Believe website, International Poetry Review, American Legacy Magazine, Portland Monthly, Coastal Journal, Wolf Moon Press Journal, Animus and Stolen Island Review among others.

is the author of eleven books of poetry and a collection of essays, Poetry as Persuasion. He is a recipient of both the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for Practical Gods and the Ruth Lilly Prize from Poetry Magazine in 2000. His poem “The True Self ” will appear in his new book, Another Reason, which will be published by Penguin in April 2014.

was born in Detroit, Michigan. He has authored six books: Quiet Lives, foreword by Allen Ginsberg, 1983; On The Bridge, 1986; Fragments from The Stars, 1990; Coming Home, 1993; Silences for Love, 1998; Turn the Wheel, 2003. Awards include: Grand Rapids Poet Laureate, 2011–2014; American Academy/Institute of Arts & Letters award in literature, 1988; Pushcart Prize (II), 1977.