Mark Thalman's book Catching the Limit is published by Bedbug Press-Fairweather Books (2009) and is part of their Northwest Poetry Series. Mark's poetry has been widely published over the last three decades. His poems have appeared in Carolina Quarterly, CutBank, Many Mountains Moving, Pedestal Magazine, Verse Daily and, of course, Your Daily Poem, among others. Mark received his Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Oregon, and he teaches English in the public schools. He is also the editor of poetry.us.com.