lives and works in the other Portland, in Oregon. Other poems have been published recently in Free Lunch, The Tule Review, Off the Coast, Third Wednesday, and Windfall. A chapbook, Night Verse, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2005; a second, The Landscape There, by Stone City Press in 2009.  Filer’s wife, Marlene Anderson, created and manages the AIDS prevention education /orphan support organization, Imani Project, in eastern Kenya (www.imaniproject.org).

is a poet living in Santa Rose, California, who teaches at City College of San Francisco.  His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Fugue, Field, Margie, Redivider, and Bayou.  He is learning late the vital importance of giving himself completely to his craft — and says it’s like falling in love.

had a long career as a high – school history teacher.  He now divides his time between part – time teaching at Southern Maine Community College, house – husbanding his wife and two daughters, and pursuing the one true shot on the golf courses of Maine.  In 2006 –2007, he and his family spent a year in Bayeux, France, which gave rise to some of his poetry.  He lives in Falmouth, Maine.

has published stories, poems, and essays in many magazines and anthologies including Cimarron Review (Oklahoma State University Short Fiction Award and American Academy of Poets Prize); Intricate Weave (Iris Editions); Passager (1995 Passager Poet Award); Nimrod (finalist, 1998 Pablo Neruda Poetry Award); Maine in Print (2005 Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Poetry Award); Out of Line; and Wolf Moon Journal. More information at www.alicebolstridge.com.