Colleen McElroy, editor of The Seattle Review and compiler of this anthology, is the author of twelve books of prose and poetry, including Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar. Brenda Peterson, author of numerous novels, essays, and other works of non-fiction, is an award-winning nature writer. Writers featured: Lynda Barry, Rick Bass, Nelson Bentley, Marilyn Chin, Ivan Doig, Richard Hugo, Carolyn Kizer, Yusef Komunyakaa, Denise Levertov, Larry Levis, N. Scott Momaday, Sharon Olds, Sonia Sanchez, William Stafford, David Wagoner, Diane Wakoski.