Martha Silano’s books include The Little Office of the Immaculate Conception (Saturnalia, 2011), Reckless Lovely (Saturnalia, 2014), and, with Kelli Russell Agodon, The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice. She is also the author of Blue Positive (Steel Toe Books, 2006) and What the Truth Tastes Like (Nightshade Press, 1999). Her work appeared in The Best American Poetry 2009. She teaches at Bellevue College near Seattle, Washington, where she lives with her husband, the author Langdon Cook, and their two children. (updated 4/2015)