Not Now but Soon

Ayers, Lana Hechtman: - Lana Hechtman Ayers, originally from New York, settled in the Pacific Northwest after a decade in New England. Managing editor of three poetry presses, Concrete Wolf Poetry Series, MoonPath Press, and World Enough Writers, she has ushered a hundred and forty poetry collections into print. Lana facilitates generative writing workshops, runs a poetry book club, helps other poets assemble manuscripts, and teaches at online and at writers' conferences.A Best of the Net, Pushcart Prize, and National Book Award nominee, she won honors in the Discovery / Nation Award and in the Rita Dove Poetry Prize. She was awarded writing residencies from Hedgebrook, Devil's Tower National Park, and The Whiteley Foundation.Lana is the author of several collections of poems and chapbooks, including: The Autobrigraphy of Rain (Fernwood Press, 2024), Overtures (Kelsay Books, 2023), When All Else Fails (The Poetry Box, 2023), Red Riding Hood's Real Life (Night Rain Press, 2017). She published Time Flash: Another Me, a romantic time travel adventure.In addition to thriving in the book-loving culture, Lana enjoys the Oregon Coast's bountiful rain. Her favorite color is the swirl of Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night. Visit her online at LanaAyers.com.