Kim Stafford is the director of the Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis & Clark College in Oregon, and author of a dozen books of poetry and prose, in addition to his projects at Lulu.com. His books include The Muses Among Us: Eloquent Listening and Other Pleasures of the Writer's Craft (U. of Georgia Press), and 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared. He lives in Portland, Oregon, and teaches all over.