Mark Halperin teaches at Central Washington University. His newest book, Time As Distance, (New issues Press, Western Michigan University) was published in Spring 2001. He enjoys speaking and translating from Russian, and playing traditional music on banjo and guitar. His wife, their dog and cat and he live near the trouty Yakima River, which he fishes avidly.

About Quarterly West:
Poets in this issue: Mark Halperin, A. V. Christie, David Ingle, Thom Ward, Jeffrey Encke, Mitch Raney, Bob Hicok, Timothy Liu, Jim Barnes, Jim Daniels, Michael David Madonick, Brian Townsley, Melissa Kwasny, Eugenio De Andrade, George Looney, Kris Cohen, Vidas Gvozdzius, Susan Goslee, Steven Sherrill, Eric Burger, Hugh Steinberg, Cathryn Essinger, Jennifer Farmer, Catherine Reynolds