(Nathaniel Tarn, owl) Nathaniel Tarn is a poet, translator (Neruda, Segalen, etc), essayist, editor (Cape Editions, Cape Goliard, etc) and anthropologist (Highland Maya; sociology of Buddhist Institutions, etc.) whose travels on seven continents and in every state of this Union have strongly influenced his poetry. He has some thirty five publications in these disciplines, among the most recent: Ins and Outs of the Forest Rivers (New Directions, 2008); Selected Poems:1950-2000 (Wesleyan, 2002); Scandals in the House of Birds: Shamans & … Read more

Born in 1970, Devin Johnston spent his childhood in North Carolina. He is the author of four books of poetry, the most recent of which is Traveler (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011); and two books of prose, including Creaturely and Other Essays (Turtle Point, 2009), reflections on the natural world. He works for Flood Editions, an independent publishing house, and teaches at Saint Louis University in Missouri. William Fuller’s most recent book is Hallucination, published last year by Flood Editions. … Read more