Atlas Apothecary by Tom Plante

Tom Plante was born in New York City. He is a journalist and editor who studied Geography at the University of California in Berkeley. He worked for several newspapers, including The Berkeley Barb, The Irish Echo, and The Courier News. Tom published Berkeley Works magazine (1981-85) and has published Exit 13 Magazine, an annual poetry journal, since 1988. His most recent collection of poems is My Back Yardstick (CCMarimbo, Berkeley). Tom lives with his wife and daughter in Fanwood.