Michelle's guest is Robert McDowell whose poems, stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in hundreds of magazines and anthologies here and abroad, including Best American Poetry, Poetry, The New Criterion, Sewanee Review, and The Hudson Review. He also offers one-on-one mentoring and coaching for businesses and groups interested in improving their spiritual awareness, listening, communication, writing, and presentation skills. He is the author. Co-author, editor, or translator of 10 books, most recently POETRY AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: READING, WRITING, AND USING POETRY IN YOUR DAILY RITUALS, ASPIRATIONS, AND INTENTIONS (Free Press/Simon & Schuster, July, 2008).Robert's website is at: www.poetryasspiritualpractice.com/promotion