Michael Allyn Wells

Poet

Kansas City, MO
Missouri US

Author's Bio

Michael Wells is a native Missouri poet spending most of his life in the Kansas City Area. Along with 24 other emerging writers, Michael was chosen from some 300 + applicants for the Writer to Writer Mentorship Program Spring 2017 session through the Association of Writers and Writing Programs.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
The Best of Boston Literary Magazine (Big Table Publishing Company, 2016)
Journals: , ,
Gravel Literary Journal
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Liquid Imagination
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Park University Scribe
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Rockhurst Review
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Rose & Thorn Journal
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Whale Sound

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Kelli Russell Agodon, Jennifer Moore, Mary Biddinger, Marie Howe, Heather Derr-Smith, and Shaindel Beers
What I'm reading now: 
What You Have Heard is True by Carolyn Forche, The Veronica Maneuver by Jennifer Moore, Angel Bones by Ilyse Kusnetz, PR for Poets by Jeannine Hall Gailey

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Scotch-Irish American, Welsh American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Marceline, MO
Missouri
Raised in: 
Kansas City, MO
Missouri
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Last update: Jan 21, 2022