April 17, 2008

Jared Leising is the author of a chapbook—The Widows and Orphans of Winesburg, Ohio—and in 2007 was nominated for Seattle Poet Populist. Currently, he teaches English at Cascadia Community College, serves as president of the Washington Community Colleges Humanities Association, and is on the board of directors at 826 Seattle.

Martha Clarkson writes poetry and fiction. She manages workplace design for Microsoft. She is a tennis player, bowler, and avid reader. She rides a dragon-red Vespa and lives in Kirkland.