Michael Gottlieb is the author of nineteen books including most recently, I Had Every Intention, Dear All, and Memoir And Essay, the authoritative recounting of the early days of the Language school. He was one of the editors of Roof, the foundational 1970s and 80s poetry magazine. A number of his works have been adopted for the stage, including his definitive 9/11 poem, The Dust, hailed by Ron Silliman as one of the “Five greatest Language poems.” The Dust was staged by Fiona Templeton and company at the Poetry Project at St. Marks on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. His latest book, WHAT WE DO: ESSAYS FOR POETS has just been published by Chax Press.

Charles Alexander is the publisher of Chax. Chax Press was founded in 1984 in Tucson, Arizona. It mission s to create community through the publication of books of poetry and related literature that are works of excellence and vision, and through the presentation of poets and other artists in public programs as well as in dialogue with each other in symposia. Chax has published nearly 200 books in a variety of formats, including hand printed letterpress books and chapbooks, hybrid digital and letterpress chapbooks, book arts editions, and trade paperback editions. In August 2014 Chax moved to Victoria,Texas, and is presently located in the University of Houston Victoria Center for the Arts.