August 21, 2014

Dan Peters is the editor and publisher of Blue Begonia Press, in Selah, Washington. The press, inherited from Jim and Karen Bodeen, has published seven volumes of poetry and a novel in the four years Dan and his wife, Amy, have been publishers, among them, the current state poet laureate Elizabeth Austen’s first trade edition book. His own writing includes The Reservoir (2002) and Down the Road the Children Go (2009). He has taught English at Yakima Valley Community College for the past thirteen years.

Terry Martin has published hundreds of poems, essays, and articles, and three poetry books—Wishboats (2000), The Secret Language of Women (2006), and The Light You Find (Blue Begonia Press, 2014). She has also edited journals, books, and anthologies. She teaches English at Central Washington University, where she won the Distinguished Professor Teaching Award, and she has been honored as a U.S. Professor of the Year by the CASE/Carnegie Foundation—a national teaching award given to recognize extraordinary commitment and contribution to undergraduate education. She lives with her spouse in Yakima, Washington—“the fruit bowl of the nation.”