Zach Houston
 Zach Houston is an Oakland based visual artist and unpublished poet. He is best known for his poemstore an ongoing business/literature performance. Some others have had similar projects. The poemstore has received coverage from Charles Osgood CBS News Katie Couric The NY Times The LA Times reviewed by Kenneth Baker critic for the San Francisco Chronicle NPR and many others. In 2011 the poemstore was the focus of two major exhibitions.