Two of Michelle’s poems will appear in the Summer 2007 issue of The Marlboro Review.

Praise for
The Desire Line:
“Her imaginative capacity, her acutely- observed psychological states, her encoded passion, her clear vision of exactly how her aesthetic commitments must play themselves out in each poem, her sense of integrity that makes each poem cohere, are a few of the qualities I see in The Desire Line.”

The Gettysburg Review, Fall, 2006: From A Moveable Canvas: Romantic Irony and the Poet’s Milieu:

“For the romantic post-Kantian in tie and trench, there are limits to what can be gained from old school ironic posturing.”

From Haunted Testimonies: (Upcoming – Fall, 2007)

“The poet is not and should not be the chronicler of events of his or her time. Instead, the poet’s strength is as the seer of alternatives: he or she can find possibility in the most tragic events like no journalist on earth.”

Publications:

GETTYSBURG REVIEW, Essay, Fall 2007
Haunted Testimonies: Poets in Service to Distance

GETTYSBURG REVIEW, Essay, Fall, 2006
A Moveable Canvas: Romantic Irony and the Poet’s Milieu

POET LORE, Review, Fall 2004
Tripping Toward Transcendence

FULL MOON RISING, The Best of Moon Pie Press, Volume II, 2006

THE DESIRE LINE, Chapbook, Moon Pie Press, 2006

FOOD FOR THOUGHT, Poem, Winter 2004

CAFÉ REVIEW, Poems 1992, 1995, 2004; review, 2004

KALLIOPE, Poem, Fall 1996

CHESTER H. JONES ANTHOLOGY, Poem, 1993

Creative Thesis, Hardly Anyone Drowns Here, book length manuscript, 2003

Critical Thesis, Tone and the Transparent Narrator, 2002

Michelle’s poem “Looking for Bo Derek” is featured on Best of Moon Pie Press live audio CD. Available soon from Moon Pie Press.

Book Reviews:

“Leather Bound,” book review column, Face Magazine
Experience Hendrix Magazine, book reviewer
Audiophile, book reviewer

Music Reviews & Features:

The Portland Phoenix
Northeast Performer
Home Recording
Egg Magazine
Port City Life

Recognition:

AWP OMNI poetry faculty nomination, 2004
Nominated by faculty for Bread Loaf scholarship, 2004
New Millennium, Writing, Honorable Mention, 2001
Vermont Studio Center, tuition grant, 1995
Chester H. Jones Poetry Award 2nd Prize, 1995

Praise for The Desire Line:

The elation I feel when a new poet begins speaking in this ancient and ever-new conversation — and this new poet is truly ingenious, and furthermore, has learned to bring weight to bear upon each and every word, line, stanza, indeed, the gestalt of an entire poem — such an experience is a homecoming for me. I feel again the excitement I first felt when the first poem of my existence spoke to me. Michelle Lewis is that important. Her imaginative capacity, her acutely-observed psychological states, her encoded passion, her clear vision of exactly how her aesthetic commitments must play themselves out in each poem, her sense of integrity that makes each poem cohere, are a few of the qualities I see in the poems in The Desire Line. I am simply dazzled by this work, and, truth be told, envious.

–Gray Jacobik, author of Brave Disguises, professor emeritus of literature at Eastern Connecticut State University.

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