Wordstock Festival of Words 2013

Bio:Kim (Freilich) Dower grew up in New York City and received a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, where she also taught creative writing. Her first collection, Air Kissing on Mars was published by Red Hen Press in 2010 and appeared on the Poetry Foundation’s Contemporary Best Sellers list. The book was described by The Los Angeles Times as, “sensual and evocative. . . seamlessly combining humor and heartache.” The... Read More →

Bio: | Born in Berlin, Germany, of American parents, raised in Colorado, Texas, New York, and New Jersey, and educated at Boston University and the University of Colorado, Andrea Hollander is the author of four full-length poetry collections. Her honors include a 2013 Oregon Literary Fellowship, two poetry fellowships the National Endowment for the Arts, the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize, the D. H. Lawrence Fellowship, a Pushcart... Read More →

Bio: | His fourth book, Fragile Acts, is the second title in the McSweeney's Poetry Series and a finalist for both the 2013 National Book Critics Circle and Oregon Book Awards. His last book is As Much As from Salmon Press, 2011. Other books are All the Lavish in Common (2005 Juniper Prize), Anonymous Or (Defined Providence Prize 2001) and six chapbooks, notably Omnivore, winner of the 2009 Boom Prize from Bateau Press. His fifth... Read More →