Audio Interview with Meena Alexander, by Flavia Rocha by Flavia Rocha On March 21, 2012, Meena Alexander graciously agreed to speak with Rattapallax about her trip to Palestine, the poetry that emerged from that trip, and about the public tasks of poetry in areas of conflict. What follows are excerpts from that conversation. Meena Alexander on her stay as poet in residence at Al-Quds University Audio... 

Carletta Carrington Wilson’s poems have been published in The Seattle Review, Obsidian III, The Cimarron Review, Pilgrimage, Raven Chronicles, Beyond the Frontier: African American Poetry for the 21st Century, Uncommon Waters: Women Write About Fishing and Seattle Poets and Photographers: A Millennium Reflection, among others. She is currently completing her first poetry manuscript. Carletta... 

Erin Malone’s poems have appeared in journals such as Field, Beloit Poetry Journal, Poetry Northwest, Pool and online at Verse Daily. Her chapbook, What Sound Does It Make, won the Concrete Wolf Award in 2007. The recipient of grants from Washington’s Artist Trust, 4Culture and the Colorado Council of the Arts, she has taught writing at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, Richard Hugo... 

Roberta Olson’s work has appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including, most recently, New American Writing. She has also appeared in Talisman, Bird Dog, and Explosive Magazine. The ideas of Robert Rauschenberg are a strong influence on her work. “It is completely irrelevant that I am making them – today is their creator.” R.R. by Roberta Olson Roberta Olson reads... 

C.E. Putnam was born in Seattle and has lived in three world capitals (London, Washington DC, and Bangkok). A former co-curator of the Subtext Reading Series, he maintains P.I.S.O.R. (The Putnam Institute for Space Opera Research) & founded FiftyCentsOffPress. Monkey Puzzle, Bird Dog, Pom2, Ixnay, 6ix, Pavement Saw, Tin Fish, Skanky Possum and http://canwehaveourballback.com./6putnam.htm contain... 

Sarah Mangold is the author of Household Mechanics (New Issues), and the chapbooks Parlor (Dusie Kollektiv), Picture of the Basket (Dusie Kollektiv), Boxer Rebellion (g o n g), and Blood Substitutes (Potes & Poets). From 2000-2009 she edited Bird Dog, a journal of innovative writing and art. With Maryrose Larkin, she co-edits FLASH + CARD, a chapbook and ephemera press. by Sarah Mangold Sarah Mangold... 

I was introduced to true poetry by the beats, hung out with Whitman, Melville and Joyce; met Black Mountain, New York and Language. All this and my life experiences facet the language outbursts that come from I’m not sure. “Language knows more than I do” is my aesthetic. My job is to write the words, then get my interference out of the poems. I rarely work intentionally, though I... 

Maged Zaher’s first full length book of poetry, Portrait of the Poet As an Engineer, was published by Pressed Wafer in 2009. His collaborative work with the Australian poet Pam Brown, Farout Library Software, was published by Tinfish Press in 2007. His translations of contemporary Egyptian poetry have appeared in Jacket magazine and Banipal. He has performed his work at Subtext, Bumbershoot, the... 

Mary Paynter Sherwin’s work is heavily influenced by her knowledge and love of science, religion, and art. Most recently, her work has appeared in The Midway Journal and in Drash: Northwest Mosaic. She currently lives in Seattle with her husband, David. Mary Paynter Sherwin reads poetry Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version...