February 17, 2011

Tom C. Hunley is an associate professor of English at Western Kentucky University and the director of Steel Toe Books. His poems are included in current issues of National Poetry Review, Louisville Review, and Verse Wisconsin. His newest books are Octopus (Logan House, 2008, winner of the Holland Prize) and Greatest Hits (Pudding House, 2010). Tom divides his time between Kansas and Oz.

Martha Silano’s books are The Little Office of the Immaculate Conception, chosen by Campbell McGrath as the winner of the 2010 Saturnalia Prize, Blue Positive (Steel Toe Books, 2006), and What the Truth Tastes (Nightshade Press, 1999). Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Paris Review, TriQuarterly, AGNI, The Best American Poetry 2009, and elsewhere. Martha has won grants and fellowships from Washington State Artist Trust, 4Culture, the Arizona Poetry Center, and the Millay Colony for the Arts. She teaches at Bellevue College, near her home in Seattle. Martha’s blog is Blue Positive.