Emily K. Michael

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

FL
Florida US
Email: 
emily.k.michael@unf.edu
Website: 
emilykmichael.com
Twitter/X: 
@ModwynEarendel

Author's Bio

I am a poet, musician, and writing instructor from Jacksonville, FL. I work as an associate poetry editor for Wordgathering: A Journal of Disablity Poetry and Literature. My first book Neoteny: Poems is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in November, 2019. Click here to pre-order your copy: http://www.finishinglinepress.com/produc...

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthologies:
Barriers and Belonging: Autoethnographies of Disability (Temple University Press, 2017)
,
Mosaics: A Collection of Independent Women (Vol. 2) (Daydreams Dandelions Press, 2016)
Journals:
AWP Chronicle
,
Breath & Shadow
,
Brevity
,
Disability Studies Quarterly
,
Wordgathering

Poetry

Journals:
Artemis
,
Bridge Eight Literary Magazine
,
Compose: A Journal of Simply Good Writing
,
Nine Mile Art & Literary Magazine
,
Rogue Agent
,
Saw Palm
,
South Carolina Review
,
Wordgathering
Prizes won: 

Chapbook manuscript Natural Compliance won Honorable Mention in The Hopper's 2016 Prize for Young Poets

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Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Jane Austen, Laurie Colwin, Seamus Heaney, Stephen Kuusisto, Terry Pratchett, Rainer Maria Rilke, Oliver Sacks, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jillian Weise, Virginia Woolf

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Jacksonville
Raised in: 
Jacksonville, FL
Florida
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Last update: Aug 21, 2019