Pat Nolan’s poetry and prose have been published in numerous magazines including Rolling Stone, The Paris Review, The World, Big Bridge, Poetry Flash, and Exquisite Corpse as well as literary magazines in Europe and Asia. He is the author of fifteen books of poetry, most recently, LATER, from On The Fly Press (2007) and CARBON DATA from Last Cookie Press (2008). He has lived in the redwood wilds along the lower Russian River since 1973.
Gail King works as a para-educator specializing in mathematics at Monte Rio School and is also transportation supervisor for the District. She has been writing poetry since high school and has been an integral part of many women’s writing groups over the years in the Russian River area. She was the publisher of Doris Green Editions, a small literary press active in the '70s and '80s. Boxes & Chairs published in 2006 by What Leaf Press is her second collection of poems.
