May 15, 2008

Lois P. Jones has published her work in state quarterlies, anthologies, ezines, and internationally in Argentina and Japan. In 2006, she coedited A Chaos of Angels (Word Walker Press, 2006) with Alice Pero and completed work on a documentary of Argentina’s wine industry. You can find her as cohost at Moonday’s monthly poetry reading in Pacific Palisades, California and hear her in upcoming interviews as guest cohost on 90.7 KPFK’s Poet’s Cafe. She is associate poetry editor of Kyoto Journal.

Peter Ludwin’s writing influences are multiple and varied. His long association with American folk music is one. Peter is a former member of the 1970s folk band Rag Daddy. He has performed and taught workshops for many years at the Northwest Folklife Festival. For the past six years Peter has been accepted in the San Miguel Poetry Week in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and has studied under poets such as Mark Doty, C. D. Wright, Forrest Gander, Stanley Moss, and Linda Gregg. Through the sound and flow of his poetry, Peter aims for resonance with his readers to take them out of their normal frame of reference and allow them to experience it in a different way. He is a recipient of a 2007 Artists Trust Grant and second place winner of this year’s Rosenberg Award.