Mark Melnicove is the author of the broadside sheaf Foreign Policy, the postcard collection Advanced Memories, the children’s book Africa Is Not a Country (with Margy Burns Knight), and The Uncensored Guide to Maine (with Kendall Merriam). He has published, performed with, and made films about Bern Porter. A 45-year retrospective of his work in publishing and writing, “Word Art Collaborations,” was exhibited in 2015 at Bowdoin College. In 2017, Two Palms Press published Sometimes times, a call and response between his poems and Terry Winters’s prints. He teaches creative writing and permaculture at Falmouth High School in Falmouth, Maine. (updated 4/2017)