Charles Goodrich is the author of five books of poetry, most recently Knot House: New & Selected Poems (Empty Bowl Press, 2026). He’s also published a book of narrative essays, The Practice of Home, and a novel, Weave Me a Crooked Basket. His poems and prose writings have appeared in Orion, The Sun, Terrain.org, and many other publications. To support his writing habit, Charles worked for 25 years as a professional gardener, then served as the director of the Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word at Oregon State University. He writes and gardens at Knot House, the home he built with his wife, Kapa Korobeinikov, in Corvallis, Oregon. FMI: charlesgoodrich.com.
