Lex Runciman is the author of five books of poems, including One Hour That Morning (Salmon Poetry, 2014) and The Admirations, winner of the Oregon Book Award (Lynx House Press, 1989). His work has been anthologized recently in 40 Years of CutBank (from CutBank magazine) and in Alive at the Center: Contemporary Poems from the Pacific Northwest (Ooligan Press, 2013) and he has new work forthcoming in Nimrod, Stand, and Miramar. He teaches at Linfield College.