Category: Fall 2015 Issue – Sumac Tribute Issue

A Variation on Machado
by Jim Harrison I worry much about the suffering of Machado. I was only one when he carried his mother across the border from Spain to France in

Jack Richard Smith

Russell Chatham
is a contemporary American landscape artist who spent most of his career living in Livingston, Montana. His work has been exhibited in over 400

Diane Wald
her latest book is Wonderbender, from 1913 Press. Previous books include The Yellow Hotel and, Lucid Suitcase.

Diane Wakoski
her work has been published in more than twenty collections and many slim volumes of poetry. Her selected poems, Emerald Ice, won the William

Robert VanderMolen
lives and works in Grand Rapids, Michigan, his last collection of poetry was Water, Michigan State University Press, 2009.

Christian Teresi
lives in Northern Virginia and is the Director of Conferences for AWP. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in several literary journals

Jerome Rothenberg
has published over seventy books and pamphlets of poetry. He is probably best known for his work in ethnopoetics, a term he coined, involving

George Quasha
is a poet, writer, musician and artist. His honors and awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim

Paul Pines
has published eleven books of poetry, a novel, and a memoir. He lives in Glens Falls, New York, where he practices as a psychotherapist and