When We Were Water - Paperback

Sánchez, Raúl: - Raúl Sánchez is a self-taught poet whose work reflects the immigrant experience as well as his own story. He volunteers as a bilingual mentor in middle schools, detention centers, housing for the homeless and disabled, as well as with immigrants and laborers. He leadscommunity "Poetry in the Park" readings May-September in northeast Seattle. During COVID, he installed a "Poetry Box" in front of his home filled with single poems for the neighbors to put in their pockets as encouragement. He wrote the libretto for the Sinfonía "Moctezuma"monologue in response to Vivaldi's Motezuma, original version for Orquesta Northwest. Some of his poems have become permanent public art in Seattle and Shoreline.Hechtman, Lana Ayers: - Lana Hechtman Ayers has shepherded over 150 poetry collections into print in her role as managing editor for three small presses. The Autobiography of Rain (Fernwood Press, 2024) is her most recent collection and she has poems appearing in numerous journals, such as The London Reader, Peregrine, and Comstock Review. 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.