Charles Goodrich is the author of two volumes of poems, Going to Seed: Dispatches from the Garden (Silverfish Review Press, 2010) and Insects of South Corvallis (Cloudbank Books, 2003), and a collection of essays about nature, parenting, and building his
own house, The Practice of Home (Lyons Press, 2004). He has also co-edited In the Blast Zone: Catastrophe and Renewal on Mount St. Helen (OSU Press, 2008). His essays and poetry have appeared in many magazines including Orion, Willow Springs, Zyzzyva, The Sun, and Best Essays Northwest. A number of his poems have been read by Garrison Keillor on The Writer's Almanac.

After working for twenty-five years as a professional gardener, he presently serves as Program Director for the Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word at Oregon State University. For more information, visit www.charlesgoodrich.com