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If you want to hear the 2018 Bread Loaf Writers Conference staff reading (or any other public reading that happened there), you can now...

I loved teaching this course at Open Books back in February, and I'm excited to offer it again this October! Over the course of four...

A while back, Marlene Jäger came through Seattle on her "literary tour of North America." I enjoyed meeting her and answering her...

1) They really do accept poems from the slush pile (even when you’re not famous). My acceptance came ~6 months after I submitted. 2) They...

I'm dipping my toes into the world of critical writing on poetry comics and visual poems! Check it out for close readings of new work by...

Deadline: March 10 / Entry fee: $5 / Prize: $100 and an original Matthew Mahaney cross-stitch inspired by your work / Full guidelines...

Hi, everyone (particularly those of you who live in Seattle): This February, I'm leading a four-part course at Open Books: A Poem...

*Edit: Only 8 left in stock These limited edition screen-prints (8 x 11") feature, on one side, Kelly Bjork's amazing painting "Butt...

This weekend I hopped a BoltBus to Portland to present at the Oregon Poetry Association conference alongside three incredible PNW-based...

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Billie Swift taking the reigns at Open Books, and we've been celebrating all week with readings,...