Ted McMahon has lived and worked in the Northwest since 1972. He currently practices pediatrics half-time in the Seattle neighborhood of Ballard, and devotes the other half to writing. His poetry has appeared in The Seattle Review, Convolvulus, Manzanita Quarterly, and The Journal of the American Medical Association. In 1999 he received the Carlin Aden […]
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Michael Hureaux writes some decent poetry, short stories, and essays now and then. He student-taught in NYC for some years and graduated from Goddard College. He is currently working on a jazz opera with composer Christopher Plumridge. 2003 Writers Program
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Kathryn Hunt is a writer and filmmaker. She makes her home in Port Townsend, Wash. Her poems and essays have appeared in The Sun, Open Spaces, CutBank, Crab Creek Review, Pacific Northwest, and Seattle. Her poetry manuscript The Botany Lesson was selected as a finalist in the 2001 Floating Bridge Press chapbook contest. She is […]
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James Gurley is a poet living in Seattle. He was the winner of the 2002 T.S. Eliot Prize for his first book of poetry, Human Cartography, published by Truman State University Press. He has also published two chapbooks of poetry, and his poems have appeared in numerous magazines, including Indiana Review, Poetry Northwest, and Willow […]
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Cora Goss-Grubbs is a writer learning how to be a mother. Her poems, stories, and essays have been published both locally and nationally. She is a Hedgebrook fellow and co-founder of Redmond Association of Spokenword. Currently she is seeking publishers for her two young adult novels. She lives in Woodinville with her family. 2003 Writers […]
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Jeff Crandall received a BA in Creative Writing with an emphasis on poetry from the University of Washington in Seattle. His poetry has been published in journals across the country, including The Seattle Review, Cutbank, Cream City Review, and The Southern Poetry Review. In 1996 his manuscript Clear Cut was a finalist in the prestigious […]
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Originally from the U.K., Sharon M. Carter retired from a career in healthcare. A fortunate recipient of a Hedgebrook residency, her poems have been published online and in many journals, including Pontoon, Raven Chronicles, Wild Roof Journal, Quartet, and One Art. Her book Quiver was published by Tebot Bach in 2002. 2024 Jack Straw Alumni […]
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Irene Wanner, a member of the Northwest Independent Editors Guild, teaches fiction writing at Richard Hugo House, Field’s End, and Western Washington University. On editorial staff of The Seattle Review, she also reviews books for The Seattle Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Orion. Her natural history essay, “Looking for Snowies,” appeared in the November/December […]
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Stephen Thomas was born and raised in Auburn, Washington. He studied at St. Edward’s Seminary, Marquette University, Cornell and the University of Washington. He has worked in a wide variety of trades: farming, road work, carpentry, restaurants, advertising, and most recently teaching. His Cabaret Hegel was, briefly, a hotbed of performance art in the mid-’80s. […]
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Clemens Starck sailed off the West Coast as a merchant seaman in the late ’60s. He has worked at many jobs, but mostly as a carpenter and construction foreman in San Francisco, British Columbia, and in Oregon where he lives now. His first book of poems, Journeyman’s Wages, received the 1996 Oregon Book Award as […]
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