B. R. Lewis was born in Portland, OR, but raised across the river in the paper-mill town of Camas, WA. He graduated from Western Washington University and earned his MFA at Eastern Washington University’s Inland Northwest Center for Writers in Spokane. Between degrees, he completed two terms of service with AmeriCorps in Sitka, AK and Vancouver, WA. He served as an editor for both Willow Springs and Sundog Lit. He currently lives in southern Oregon, where he teaches at Umpqua Community College. Visit B. R. Lewis at www.br-lewis.com.