Author
Michael White
Michael White was educated at the University of Missouri-Columbia and at the University of Utah, where he received a PhD in English and creative writing. His most recent books are Palma Cathedral, which won the Colorado Prize, and Re-entry, which won the Vassar Miller Prize. His work has been published in magazines and anthologies such as the Paris Review, the New Republic, the Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review and The Best American Poetry. He has received numerous awards for his work, including an NEA Fellowship and the Tom McAfee Poetry Prize. [2010]
CONTRIBUTIONS
Nonfiction
Sep 01 2010
Bard of the Bottle
Tom was a terrible influence, of course. That friendship was scorched earth. He died at fifty-four, though he looked a couple of decades older. I just turned fifty-four yesterday. But that friendship made me everything I am. Without it, I wouldn’t even be a poet, I think…
Poetry
Mar 01 1998
The River
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Poetry
Mar 01 1986
Thinking of Missouri
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