Mark Thalman's is the author of Stronger
Than the Current to be published by The
Poetry Box in 2021, The Peasant Dance
published by Cherry Grove Collections
(2020), and Catching the Limit published
by Fairweather Books (2009), which is part
of their Northwest Poetry Series. Thalman's
poetry has been widely published for four
and a half decades. His poems have appeared
in CutBank, The MacGuffin, Pedestal Magazine,
and Valparaiso Review, among others. He is
the editor of poetry.us.com. Thalman received
his MFA in Creative Writing from the University
of Oregon, then taught English and Creative
Writing in the public schools for 35 years and is
now retired. He lives in Forest Grove, Oregon.
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