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Michael T. Young [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Jersey City, NJ
New Jersey US
Email: 
miketyoung@gmail.com
Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
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,
Born in: 
Reading, PA
Pennsylvania
Raised in: 
Reading, PA
Pennsylvania
Website: 
https://michaeltyoung.com [2]
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.

What I'm reading now: 
The Cartographer's Ink by Okla Elliott
Counter-Statement by Kenneth Burke
The House of Song by David Wagoner
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/michael_t_young

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/michael_t_young [2] https://michaeltyoung.com