Valerie Fox

Valerie Fox's books of poetry include "The Rorschach Factory" (Straw Gate Books) and "The Glass Book" (Texture Press). Originally from central Pennsylvania, she has travelled and lived throughout the world, and has taught writing and literature at numerous universities including Sophia University (Tokyo) and currently at Drexel University (Philadelphia). She has published work in many journals, including Hanging Loose, Arsenic Lobster, Juked, Apiary, Cordite Review, Ping Pong, West Branch, 5_Trope, Feminist Studies, and qarrtsiluni. Along with Arlene Ang, she cofounded and edited Press 1 for five years [www.leafscape.org/press1].

Warda Atroun --- three poems

• Works at Poets International : contemporary poetry from around the world and Warda al barbar

Ken Sparling  - Look for Ken on Facebook. Find his books through Amazon or Ken himself.

November 2010                                                          Dean Metcalf  

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Born: January 23, 1943, Denver, CO.

Education: Grade schools in Pacific Northwest. Graduated Klamath Falls (OR) Union High School, 1961. 1 yr. engineering study, Oregon State University, 1961-62. Combined major in philosophy and political science, Colorado College, 1966-69. Graduated cum laude; Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Russian language study, Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, Leningrad, USSR, summer 1969. Graduate study in History of Consciousness, an interdisciplinary doctoral program in the humanities, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1969-71; 1972. Advanced to doctoral candidacy, 1972.

Military: United States Marine Corps (radio operator), 1962-66: California, Okinawa, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Japan, Gulf of Tonkin (I think), South China Sea, Vietnam 1965-66.

Marriage: 1983-95; February 2009 – present.

Work: Ranch work, vacuum cleaner repair, busboy, furniture mover, dishwasher. Graduate teaching assistant in political philosophy for Professor Sheldon Wolin, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1970-71. Commercial fisherman aboard albacore and yellowfin tuna boats Anna Marie, Dora B., Juliet from northern British Columbia to southern Baja California, 1971-72. California Building Contractor, 1976-2002. Freelance journalist, 1968: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos. 1982-92: Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico. 1991: Jordan, Israel, occupied West Bank, Gaza. Published in Denver Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, San Jose (CA) Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, Village Voice, South Africa Weekly Mail, Oakland (CA) Tribune, Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Review of Books, and elsewhere. Articles distributed by Pacific News Service, San Francisco.

 Oregon Building contractor, 1996-2009. Logging work; log house construction, martial arts instructor. Wildland firefighter, 2002.

Other interests: Long distance mountain trail running: awarded four silver buckles for finishing Western States 100 mile trail run (Squaw Valley to Auburn, CA) in less than 24 hours. Martial arts: trained under Master Timothy Dunphy, Watsonville Tae Kwon Do Academy, since October, 1988. First degree black belt, 1992. Second degree black belt, 1999. Founder/instructor, Wallowa County Taekwondo Academy, 1997 – present. Third degree black belt, April 2007. Self defense instructor, Safe Harbors Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services Program, Wallowa County, Oregon. Reading, especially history, literature, poetry. Music: a lot of listening, a little playing (guitar). Archery; bowhunting for elk, bear, deer, wild pigs. Writing: nonfiction, fiction, poetry.

AUTHOR: RATTLESNAKE DREAMS: An American Warrior’s Story (memoir)

Poetry, memoir ---- Dean Metcalf

DEAN METCALF BIO 2014

BORN: January 23, 1943, Denver, Colorado

Education: Grade schools in Pacific Northwest. Graduated Klamath Falls (OR) Union High School, 1961. 1 yr. engineering study, Oregon State University, 1961-62. Combined major in philosophy and political science, Colorado College, 1966-69. Graduated cum laude; Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Advanced Russian language study, Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, Leningrad, USSR, summer 1969. Graduate study in History of Consciousness, an interdisciplinary doctoral program in the humanities, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1969-71; 1972. Advanced to doctoral candidacy, 1972.

MILITARY: United States Marine Corps (radio operator), 1962-66: California, Okinawa, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Japan, Gulf of Tonkin, South China Sea. Vietnam 1965-66.

MARRIAGE: 1983-95; February 2009 – present.

WORK: Ranch work, vacuum cleaner repair, busboy, furniture mover, dishwasher. Graduate teaching assistant in Political Philosophy for Professor Sheldon Wolin, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1970-71. Commercial fisherman aboard albacore and yellowfin tuna boats Anna Marie, Dora B., Juliet from northern British Columbia to southern Baja California, 1971-72. California Building Contractor, 1976-2002. Freelance journalist, 1968: California, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos. 1982-92: California, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico. 1991: Jordan, Israel, occupied West Bank, Gaza. Published in Denver Post, ClevelandPlain Dealer, San Jose (CA) Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, Village Voice, South Africa Weekly Mail, Oakland (CA)Tribune, Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Review of Books, and elsewhere. Articles distributed by Pacific News Service, San Francisco.

Oregon Building contractor, 1996-2009. Logging work; log house construction, martial arts instructor. Wildland firefighter, 2002.

OTHER INTERESTS: Long distance mountain trail running: Western States 100 mile trail run (Squaw Valley to Auburn, CA) in less than 24 hours, 4X. Martial arts: trained under Master Timothy Dunphy, Watsonville Tae Kwon Do Academy, since October, 1988. Founder/instructor, Wallowa County Taekwondo Academy, 1997 – present. Third degree black belt, April 2007. Self defense instructor, Safe Harbors Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services Program, Wallowa County, Oregon. Reading, especially history, literature, poetry. Archery; bowhunting. Writing: poetry, memoir, fiction.

AUTHOR: RATTLESNAKE DREAMS: An American Warrior’s Story (memoir), 2011.

Poetry ---- James Bertolino

James Bertolino’s poetry has been appearing internationally in books, magazines and anthologies for over 40 years. His first book was published in 1968, and Every Wound Has A Rhythm was published in 2012 by World Enough Writers. His 12th volume,Ravenous Bliss: New and Selected Love Poems, is forthcoming in 2014 from MoonPath Press.

Bertolino’s poetry has been recognized nationally by the Book-of-the-Month Club Poetry Fellowship, the Discovery Award, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, two Quarterly Review of Literature book publication awards and the Jeanne Lohmann Poetry Prize for Washington State Poets. He earned his MFA at Cornell University, and has taught at Cornell, University of Cincinnati and Western  Washington University. He retired in 2006 from a position as Writer in Residence and Chair of Creative Writing at Willamette University in Oregon, and lives on five rural acres with his wife Anita K. Boyle near Bellingham, Washington

poetry -- koon woon

Koon Woon is the publisher of Goldfish Press in Seattle, where he works as a literary consultant. His latest book is Water Chasing Water, 2013 from Kaya Press.