Mostly Sweet, Lovely, Human Things - Paperback

Marchand, Marie: - A Pushcart Prize nominee, Marie Marchand served as the Inaugural Poet Laureate of Ellensburg, WA, 2022-24. Her poetry has appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, Crannóg Magazine, Catamaran Literary Reader, California Quarterly, and Tikkun. Her previous books include Gifts to the Attentive (Winter Goose Publishing, 2022). Marie is a graduate of Naropa University and the Iliff School of Theology where she studied psychology, religion, and peacemaking. Her two passions are poetry and mental health. She enjoys living on the sunny side of Washingtonwith her two rescued min pins, Benny and Joon.Ayers, Lana Hechtman: - Lana Hechtman Ayers, a former New Yorker who made her way to the Pacific Northwest via a dozen year sojourn in New England, has shepherded over a hundred forty poetry volumes into print in her role as managing editor for three small presses. Her work appears in Rattle, The London Reader, Peregrine, and elsewhere. Lana's latest collection, The Autobiography of Rain, is available from Fernwood Press. She lives in Newport, Oregon on the unceded lands of the Yaq'on people with her husband and several fur babies. She writes in a room over the garage with a view of the Yaquina river. Say hello at LanaAyers.com.