Don't Ask Me How I Know - Paperback

Bombardier, Michele: - Michele Bombardier lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington, where she served as the inaugural Poet Laureate and has been designated an Island Treasure for her outstanding contributions to the arts and community. Don't Ask Me How I Know, her second fulllength collection, was the first runner-up for the Sally Albiso Award. She is also the author of What We Do, a Washington State Book Award finalist. Bombardier isthe 2024 winner of the NORward Prize, and the founder of Fishplate Poetry. Recent work has appeared in JAMA, Bellevue Literary Review, Atlanta Review, New Ohio Review, and others. Before returning to graduate school for her MFA in poetry at Pacific University, she worked as a neurological specialist speech-language pathologist in hospitals and private practice. She is certified in narrative medicine, leading workshops and retreats for clinicians and those affected by illness or disability. She is a fellow of Hedgebrook, Mineral School, EdithWharton House, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, and Centrum and has received support from Humanities Washington. Visit her online at MicheleBombardier.com.Ayers, Lana Hechtman: - Lana Hechtman Ayers is a former coffee-obsessive whose favorite color is the swirl of van Gogh's The Starry Night. She's shepherded over 150 poetry collections into print in her role as managing editor for three small presses. Sky Over (Fernwood Press, 2026) is her most recent collection and she has poems appearing in numerous journals, such as The London Reader, Peregrine, and Exterminating Angel Press. She lives in Oregon, on the unceded lands of the Yaqo'n people, with her beloved husband and several adored fur babies. On clear, quiet nights she can hear the Pacific ocean whispering to the moon.