The Founders

“When Erik Muller, David Laing, and I got together to start Fireweed, I don’t think we imagined it would be a nine year experience. We did hand-written letters of acceptance, and in some cases made suggestions for edits we’d like to see. Nine years later, we had published nearly 500 poets’ works. We had a great time at our meetings held here in Corvallis.  We loved working together and enjoyed asking other poets (Barbara Drake, Clemens Starck, Steve Jones) to be guest editors. I hope you will enjoy having Fireweed issues available on-line because of the hard work of Sydney Elliott. Thank you, Sydney.”

—Ann Staley, founding editor

Founders Ann Staley, David Laing, and Erik Muller.
Founders Ann Staley, David Laing, and Erik Muller.

Fireweed: Poetry of Oregon was founded by poets Erik Muller (Eugene, OR), David Laing (Salem, OR), and Ann Staley (Corvallis, OR).