Congratulations to Madeline DeFrees...
...who I had the pleasure of meeting unexpectedly on Sunday at Elliott Bay Bookstore, while standing in line to have a book signed by another author.
DeFrees is the first recipient of the Denise Levertov Award from Image.
If you want to know why...
And, since I mentioned it, I met her after a reading by Martha Geis, celebrating the release of her wonderful new book of interviews with the night-walkers of Portland, Oregon: Up All Night