Sesshu Foster has taught composition and literature in East L.A. for 20 years. He's also taught writing at the University of Iowa, the California Institute for the Arts and the University of California, Santa Cruz. His work has been published in The Oxford Anthology of Modern American Poetry , Language for a New Century: Poetry from the Middle East , Asia and Beyond , and State of the Union: 50 Political Poems . One of his last readings at St. Mark's Poetry Project NYC is Mp3 archived at www.salon.com and local readings are archived at www.sicklyseason.com . He is currently collaborating with artist Arturo Romo and other writers on the website, www.ELAguide.org . His most recent books are… the novel Atomik Aztex and World Ball Notebook .Visit his blog, East Los Angeles Dirigible Air Transport Lines .