Bruce Covey & Amy King

Bruce Covey’s fifth book of poetry, Reveal, will be published by Bitter Cherry Books at the beginning of 2012; his next-most-recent titles are Glass Is Really a Liquid (No Tell Books, 2010) and Elapsing Speedway Organism (No Tell, 2006).  He lives in Atlanta, GA, where he edits Coconut Poetry, teaches at Emory University, and curates the What’s New in Poetry Reading Series.  His work has appeared in Best of the Net 2006, Online Writing: The Best of the First Ten Years, The Holiday Album (selected by Elaine Equi), and Wingbeats: Exercises and Practice in Poetry, along with many other anthologies and journals.

Amy King’s recent books are I Want to Make You Safe (Litmus Press 2011) and Slaves to Do These Things (Blazevox 2009). King teaches English and Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College, is currently preparing a book of interviews with the poet, Ron Padgett, and co-edits Esque Magazine with Ana Bozicevic. She also conducts interviews for “VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.”