September 18, 2014

Laura LeHew is the author of a collection of poems, two chapbooks, numerous articles, and has poems in Anobium, Filling Station, Ghost Town, Pank, Slice, and Spillway, among other publications. She received her MFA in writing from the California College of Arts. Laura’s small press, Uttered Chaos, focuses on publishing Northwest poets. Laura interned for, and is a former board member, of Calyx Press. Laura knows nothing of gardens or gardening but is well versed in the cultivation of cats. Her websites are www.lauralehew.com and www.utteredchaos.org.

Roy R. Seitz drew the pirate but never heard back from the Art Institute so in 2001 he fell over sideways into poetry. He has a reissued out-of-print chapbook published in 2006 and been published in Poets Against the War. He’s been a featured reader all over the Northwest and at the Veteran’s for Peace convention, plus Burning Word 2007 and 2011 (the open-mic stage). He has no letters behind his name. He’s is noted most of all for being the 2013 LitFuse international grand slam champion.