 David Wagoner assumed the role of editor, a position he would hold for 36 years.In 2002, after several years of dire financial circumstances, "Poetry Northwest" — at the time one of the longest-running poetry-only publications in the country — temporarily ceased publication.In 2005, the University of Washington appointed poet David Biespiel as the magazine's new editor, with the agreement that the editorial offices of the magazine would relocate to the Attic Institute in Portland, Oregon.