Stephen Roxborough (aka "roxword") was born in New York to a Canadian father and American mother. He's a past board member for the Washington Poets Association, cofounder of Burning Word poetry festival, and head poet for Madrona Center on Guemes Island. An internationally acclaimed, award-winning performance poet, Rox has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize (2003, 2006), appeared at the Skagit River Poetry Festival (2004), Brave New Words (Whidbey Island, 2009), and coeditedradiant danse uv being, a poetic portrait of bill bissett (2006). He is the author of six books and one CD. His newest collection, this wonderful perpetual beautiful, was published in the spring of 2011.
