October 7, 2002 -- William Vlach

William Vlach's poetry has been published in ACM, Psychopoetica (UK), Chance, Poetry USA, American Way, RUAH, Buckle &,Northern Journeys, and Potpourri. He also is completing a book of poems entitled "Premise Becomes Shadow." He has also completed an untitled novel concerning the Spanish invasion of Guatemala, which is "on the prowl for a publishing house."
Vlach's one-act play, "The Wisteria Jar," was presented in a reading in San Francisco.
Vlatch is a clinical psychologist in private practice for over 20 years in San Francisco, working with "cops and crooks, kids and couples." He also is the former President of the San Francisco Psychological Association and Former Chair of the Psych Professional Group, San Francisco Police Department.
"The surrealists make me crazy," he comments. "And Lorca is God."