December 12, 2013

Shin Yu Pai is the author of eight books of poetry, including most recently Aux Arcs. Her work has appeared in publications throughout the United States, Japan, China, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and Canada. She has been a featured presenter at the Montreal Zen Poetry Festival and the Geraldine Dodge Poetry Festival. Shin Yu has served as a poet-in-residence for the Seattle Art Museum and received grants from 4Culture and the City of Seattle for her work. Her MFA is from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and she studied also at Naropa University. Visit her website.

Gerry McFarland recently graduated with an MFA in creative writing through the Rainier Writer’s Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington. He is a coeditor at Floating Bridge Press in Seattle, and teaches writing at University of Phoenix. His work has appeared in Talking River, Zyzzyva, Sanscrit, Crab Creek Review, Crucible, Bayou, Limestone, and several other publications. He was awarded the 2005 Sam Ragan Prize and was a finalist in the 2003 WinningWriters.com War Poetry Contest.