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was born Andre Laloux in a Belgian bomb shelter in 1943. He was raised in Oakland, California and is the author of 14 books of poetry, including

was born in Santa Monica, California in 1945. He is an applauded poet, critic, memoirist, and literary biographer. He has written twelve books of

lives and works in Chico, California where he gets by on wine and poetry. He has recent and forthcoming work in The South Dakota Review,

by David Meltzer Pops Staples picks Jenny up & holds her in his arms at the Troubador she’s 2 years old unsprung gold hair coils round pink

by David Meltzer Ah, ego wants everything all the time & spaces silence or blank page lays splayed apart for whatever words pass as art’s

by Andy Clausen The newly opened sky is full of albatrosses & pigeons they’re letting loose what they’ve used up Because others can’t see the

by Loie Merritt if listening to music did enough, I would tell it thank you and walk away more slowly if playing the cello were easy, I would

by Julie Rogers Sad is a turd you step on more than once, stays deep in the tread, prints the hall floor as you come to meet the people who would

has degrees from California (Pa) State College and the University of Massachusetts. He is chair of the English Department at Southern Maine

writes poetry, teaches Contact Improvisation dance, and practices massage therapy. She earned an MFA in Poetry Writing from Vermont College in

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