James Bertolino's poetry has been appearing internationally in books, magazines and anthologies for over 40 years. His first book was published in 1968, and his most recent of 25 titles appeared in 2009. Bertolino's poetry has been recognized nationally by the Book-of-the-Month Club Poetry Fellowship, the Discovery Award, a Hart Crane publication award, and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. His work has been published by Copper Canyon Press, Carnegie Mellon University Press, New Rivers Press, Ithaca House, QRL Award Series at Princeton and Cherry Grove Collections. He holds an MFA from Cornell University and taught creative writing at Cornell, Washington State, U. of Cincinnati and Western Washington U. His latest poetry volume is POCKET ANIMALS: 60 POEMS, published in 2002 by Egress Studio Press. Currently retired from teaching, he lives on five rural acres with Anita K. Boyle near Bellingham, WA.