Gary MetrasGary Metras was the inaugural Poet Laureate of the City of Easthampton, Massachusetts, appointed April 2018. He is the author of 9 previous poetry books along with 13 chapbooks. His essays, reviews, and chiefly poems have appeared in hundreds of jourals such as America, American Angler, The Bellingham Review, The Boston Review of Books, California Quarterly, Cholla Needles, The Common, Connecticut Poetry Review, English Journal, North Dakota Quarterly, Poetry, Poetry East, Poetry Salzburg Review, Yankee and Tears in the Fence (UK). Metras is a past recipient of the Massachusetts Fellowship in Poetry. He was the founder, editor and letterpress printer for 40 years of Adastra Press, which specialized in hand-crafted, limited editions of poetry. He is an avid fly fisher of the local streams and rivers for recreation and inspiration. Read More Read Less