Michael T. Young

Poet

Jersey City, NJ
New Jersey US

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Rabbit Ears: TV Poems (Poets Wear Prada, 2014)
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In the Black/In the Red (Helicon Nine Editions, 2012)
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Chance of a Ghost (Helicon Nine Editions, 2005)
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Phoenix Rising: The Next Generation of American Formal Poets (T&W, 2004)
Books:
The Infinite Doctrine of Water (Terrapin Books, 2018)
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The Beautiful Moment of Being Lost (Poets Wear Prada, 2014)
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Living in the Counterpoint (Finishing Line Press, 2012)
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Transcriptions of Daylight (Rattapallax Press, 2000)
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Because the Wind Has Questions (Somers Rocks Press, 1997)
Journals:
Askew Poetry
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Banyan Review
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Barn Owl Review
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Barrow Street
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Chaffin Journal
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Edison Literary Review
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Fogged Clarity
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Heliotrope
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Hidden Oak
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Iodine Poetry Journal
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Lips
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Newtown Literary
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Oak Bend Review
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Off the Coast
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Plain Spoke
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Poem
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Rockford Review
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Spillway Magazine
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Talking River Review
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The Inflectionist Review
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The Potomac Review
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The Same
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Upstreet
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Prizes won: 

Collection The Infinite Doctrine of Water was longlisted for the Julie Suk Award. Received the 2014 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Award for Living in the Counterpoint. Received a 2007 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Received a 2008 William Stafford Award from Rosebud Magazine and a 2005 Chaffin Poetry Award.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Richard Hugo, William Stafford, George Herbert, John Keats, Shelley, Gerald Stern, Elizabeth Bishop, Natasha Trethewey, Terrance Hayes, Albert Camus, James Baldwin, Adrienne Rich, Czeslaw Milosz, William Gaddis, W.S. Merwin, Richard Wilbur, Primo Levi, Hermenn Broch, Derek Walcott, Shakespeare, Milton, Horace,
What I'm reading now: 
The Cartographer's Ink by Okla Elliott, Counter-Statement by Kenneth Burke, The House of Song by David Wagoner

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Reading, PA
Pennsylvania
Raised in: 
Reading, PA
Pennsylvania
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Last update: Nov 24, 2021