Martha Silano is the author of four books of poetry, including Reckless Lovely and The Little Office of the Immaculate Conception, both from Saturnalia Books. She also co-edited, with Kelli Russell Agodon, The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts for your Writing Practice. Her work has appeared in Poetry, Paris Review, and New England Review, among others. Saturnalia Books will release her fifth collection, Gravity Assist, in early 2019. Martha teaches at Bellevue College.

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