Collateral - Paperback

Gary Lemons has written poetry since 1965. He attended Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in 1971 and 1972 and graduated from the Undergraduate Poetry Workshop at the University of Iowa in 1975. He has studied with some of the great poets of his and any generation, including Norman Dubie, Maxine Kumin, William Stafford, John Berryman, Diane Wakoski, and Donald Justice, none of whom are to blame for what he made of their guidance. He has published eight books of poetry, including The Snake Quartet. Of the many things he's done to support his writing, he's most grateful for the time spent reforesting clear-cuts in the PNW where he planted over 500,000 trees. He lives in Port Townsend, Washington, between the sea and the mountains, with his life partner Nöle Giulini, to whom this and all his books are dedicated.