Michelle Whittaker

Poet

East Setauket, NY
New York US
Email: 
whittaker.mw@gmail.com
Website: 
www.michellewhittakerpoet.com

Author's Bio

Michelle Whittaker is the author of Surge ( great weather for MEDIA ) and awarded Finalist for 2018 Next Generation Indie Award. She has been published in the New York Times Magazine, New Yorker, The Southampton Review, Narrative, and other publications. She received a Pushcart Special Mention,  a Jody Donohue Poetry Prize, Cave Canem Fellowship, and was a recipient of the 2017 New York Foundation of Arts Fellowship in Poetry.

Education: 
Stony Brook Southampton MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair
Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Southampton Writers Conference

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Surge (Great weather for MEDIA, 2017)
Journals:
berfrois
,
Drunken Boat
,
Long Island Quarterly
,
Maintenant
,
Narrative Magazine
,
New York Times Magazine
,
TSR: The Southampton Review
,
The New Yorker
,
Vinyl
Prizes won: 
  •  Jody Donohue Poetry Prize. 
  • 2017 NYFA Fellowship in Poetry. 
  • Finalist for 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Poetry.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love by Keith S. Wilson

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Caribbean American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
NY
New York
Raised in: 
NY
New York
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Last update: Jun 03, 2019