Lowell Jaeger teaches creative writing at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell, Montana. As founding editor of Many Voices Press, he compiled Poems Across the Big Sky, an anthology of Montana poets, and New Poets of the American West, an anthology of poets from 11 Western states. His third collection of poems, Suddenly Out of a Long Sleep (Arctos Press) was published in 2009 and was a finalist for the Paterson Award. His fourth collection, WE (Main Street Rag Press), was published in 2010. He is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Montana Arts Council and winner of the Grolier Poetry Peace Prize. Most recently Jaeger was awarded the Montana Governor’s Humanities Award for his work in promoting thoughtful civic discourse.

In answer to our question of why he writes, Lowell responded:

“What keeps me moving forward as a poet? I’m in love with the world and the variety of its landscapes and inhabitants. My poems are snapshots of what I want to remember and preserve for others. ‘Look at this!’ my granddaughter says to me as we walk in the forest, ‘Look at this!’ My poems are built on the pleasure of small surprises.”

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