October 20, 2011

Lorraine Healy is an award-winning Argentinean poet who has been published extensively. Nominated for a Pushcart in 2004, she has an MFA from New England College and a post-MFA from Antioch University Los Angeles. She is the first poet to have received a green card solely on the merits of her work. The most recent winner of the Patricia Libby First Book Award, her book The Habit of Buenos Aires has just been published by Tebot Bach. She has two previous chapbooks published, The Farthest South (New American Press, 2003) and The Archipelago (Finishing Line Press, 2004). Lorraine has long made her home on Whidbey Island, Washington, where she teaches advanced poetry seminars and works as a fine arts photographer.

Paul Fisher, a Seattle native, has lived in more parts of the country than he cares to think about. He holds an MA from Washington University in St. Louis, an MFA from the New England College Poetry Program, and is the recipient of an Individual Artist’s Fellowship in Poetry from the Oregon Arts Commission. Recent poems appear in Cave Wall, Crab Creek Review, Naugatuck River Review, Nimrod International Journal, and other venues. His first book, Rumors of Shore, won the 2009 Blue Light Book Award, and was published in May 2010. Paul lives in Bellingham with his wife, Linda, a healthcare executive. He cannot see Russia from his house. For more information or to contact, visit www.paulfisherpoet.com.