Born in Ohio, raised in Indiana, David Wagoner moved to Seattle and
became one of the most distinctive voices of the Pacific Northwest.
In addition to his many poetry collections, most recently A Map of
the Night (2008), he has written ten novels, including The Escape
Artist (1965), which Francis Ford Coppola adapted into a movie. A
former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Wagoner edited
Poetry Northwest from 1966 until its last issue in 2002. He is an
emeritus professor at the University of Washington and lives in
Bothell, Washington.
David Lehman is the series editor of The Best American Poetry. He
is the editor of The Oxford Book of American Poetry and the author
of seven books of poetry, including When a Woman Loves a Man. He
teaches in the graduate writing program of the New School and lives
in New York City.
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