Here, There, and Everywhere, edited by Michael Dylan Welch, collects 120 poems by 70 poets who have been active with the Redmond Association of Spokenword (RASP) in Redmond, Washington since this literary arts organization was founded in 1997 (its website is www.raspread.com). The book's poems are divided into three sections-here, there, and everywhere. This anthology celebrates a full range of poetry from this active region of the Pacific Northwest. Editor Michael Dylan Welch has been curator for RASP readings since 2008. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS: Kelli Russell Agodon, Elizabeth Atwood, Elizabeth Austen, Lana Hecthman Ayers, Peggy Barnett, Janée J. Baugher, Laura Lee Bennett, Katherine Grace Bond, Leslie Brown, Terry Busch, Dennis Caswell, Ana Christensen, Mary Eliza Crane, Pamela Denchfield, Tom Flynn, Erin Fristad, Jeannine Hall Gailey, William Scott Galasso, Maya Ganesan, Richard Gold, Cora Goss-Grubbs, Shane Guthrie, Elizabeth Carroll Hayden, Bill Hayes, Michael Heavener, Esther Altshul Helfgott, Janka Hobbs, David D. Horowitz, Winifred Jaeger, Christopher J. Jarmick, Aarthi John, Donald Kentop, Jared Leising, Marjorie Manwaring, Jack McCarthy, Rebecca Meredith, Denise Calvetti Michaels, Kevin Mooneyham, Paul E. Nelson, Dawn-Marie Oliver, Ken Osborne, James Parrott, Wendelle Peoples, dan raphael, Susan Rich, Stephen Roxborough, Raul Sanchez, Michael Schein, Monica Schley, Martha Silano, Annette Spaulding-Convy, H. R. Stahl, Heather Stark, ChiChi Stewart, Barbara Stoner, Adora Svitak, Ann Teplick, Linda Thompson, Vonnie Thompson, John Tripp, Marie Helen Turner, S. A. Upton, Qiaolan Wan, Michael Dylan Welch, David Lloyd Whited, Mark K. Whittington, Carolyne Wright, Bill Yake, Maged Zaher, Jason Zions.
About the Author: Michael Dylan Welch is a board member of the Redmond Association of Spokenword, and has published his poetry in hundreds of journals and anthologies in more than 15 languages. His own publications include poetry, essays, reviews, and such books as tranlsations from the Japanese. Michael is vice president of the Haiku Society of America, founder of the Tanka Society of America, and cofounder of the Haiku North America conference and the American Haiku Archives. He also founded National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo), held each February. His websites are www.graceguts.com and www.nahaiwrimo.com. He lives in Sammamish, Washington.