Judith Skillman's tenth book, "Heat Lightning, New and Selected Poems 1986-2006," was published by Silverfish Review Press. "The Carnival of All or Nothing" is forthcoming from Cervena Barva Press in March, 2009. Skillman is the recipient of WPA's William Stafford Award, the Eric Mathieu King Award from Academy of American Poets, King County Arts Commission Publication Prize and Public Arts grant, and Washington State Arts Commission Writer's Fellowship. She holds a Masters in English Literature from the University of Maryland, and has completed graduate work in Comparative Literature and Translation Studies at the University of Washington. Skillman's poems have appeared in Poetry, FIELD, The Southern Review, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), The Iowa Review, The Midwest Quarterly, and numerous other journals and anthologies. She has been a frequent Writer in Residence at Centrum. See www.judithskillman.com for more information.