Gary Lawless is the editor and publisher of Blackberry Books and has published sixteen collections of his poetry in the United States and five in Italy. He has been artist in residence for Isle Royal National Park, the Island Institute in Sitka, Alaska, the Beech Hill Preserve, and the Cathance River Reserve. A native of Maine, he and his wife, Beth Leonard, caretake Chimney Farm in Nobleboro, the home of writers Henry Beston, Elizabeth Coatsworth and Kate Barnes.
