Poetry in Michigan/Michigan in Poetry

WILLIAM OLSEN is the author of five collections of poetry, including Sand Theory. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He teaches at Western Michigan University and lives in Kalamazoo.

This anthology gathers an intriguing range of poets, their visions and voices. The poems as a whole, in one way or another, explore the variances in Michigan landscape; shoreline; lives lived in the city, town, and countryside; our uncommon diversity of cultures, points of view, concerns, celebrations, losses, and histories. This book also features artwork that focuses on Michigan. The poems and art are mingled in a way that will not reduce the art to illustration, nor the poetry to commentary. Each piece, poem and artwork, stands alone in its presentation. Includes poetry from: Tom Andrews James Armstrong Cullen Bailey Burns Jackie Bartley Elinor Benedict Terry Blackhawk Gladys Cardiff Susanna Childress Patricia Clark David Cope Jim Daniels Mike Delp Toi Derricotte Chris Dombrowski Jack Driscoll Stuart Dybek Nancy Eimers Robert Fanning Mary Jo Firth Gillett Lisa Fishman Linda Nemec Foster Matthew Gavin Frank Joy Gaines-Friedler Dan Gerber Linda Gregerson Mariela Griffor Robert Haight francine j. harris Jim Harrison Bob Hicok Conrad Hilberry Dennis Hinrichsen Amorak Huey Austin Hummell Lizzie Hutton David L. James D. R. James Rhoda Janzen Jonathan Johnson Laura Kasischke Josie Kearns Elizabeth Kerlikowske Judith Kerman L.S. Klatt David Dodd Lee Phil Levine M.L. Liebler Thomas Lynch Naomi Long Madgett Corey Marks Peter Markus Gail Martin Kathleen McGookey Judith Minty Ander Monson Julie Moulds Amy Newday William Olsen Anne-Marie Oomen Miriam Pederson Susan Blackwell Ramsey Greg Rappleye Josh Rathkamp Christine Rhein Jack Ridl John Rybicki Mary Ann Samyn Teresa Scollon Herb Scott Heather Sellers Diane Seuss Patty Seyburn Faith Shearin Marc Sheehan Don Stap Phillip Sterling Alison Swan Keith Taylor Matthew Thorburn Russell Thorburn Richard Tillinghast Rodney Torreson Robert VanderMolen Diane