MARK BROMBERG is a poet, publisher, and editor living in Athens GA. "One Day the Birds Will Explain Everything" was published by Parson's Porch & Companies in July 2024. His 2022 poetry collection "Straw Hat Stanzas" was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year (poetry) by the Georgia Writers Association, 2023. His work has been read on American Public Radio's A Prairie Home Companion and appeared in publications in the U.S. and the U.K. He edited "Interbeing: Poems about Ecological Spirituality" by Eugene C. Bianchi, which was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year (poetry), 2022. He is currently the manager of Athens Word of Mouth monthly open mic event, and his book imprint, Bellemeade Books, published the group anthology in 2015.