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Michael Fontana [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Bella Vista, AR
Arkansas US
Email: 
paz9461@yahoo.com
Bio: 

Michael Fontana is currently at work on a novel. Fontana has taught writing courses at Miami University and at Northwest Arkansas Community College. Fontana's most important work has been in developing writing opportunities for homeless people and people living with mental illnesses.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
William S. Burroughs, Yasmina Reza, Robert Desnos, many many others...
Born in: 
Columbus, OH
Ohio
Raised in: 
Columbus, OH
Ohio
Website: 
https://michaelfontana.org [2]
Prizes won: 

Individual Artist Fellowship, Ohio Arts Council, 1995; Older Writers Grant, Speculative Literature Foundation, 2015; Sally A. Williams Artist Fund Grant, Arkansas Arts Council, 2015.

What I'm reading now: 
Autumn in Peking by Boris Vian
Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer by Kenneth Patchen
4 Novels by Marguerite Duras
The Novels by Friedrich Durrenmatt
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Homelessness
Mental Health
Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/michael_fontana

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/michael_fontana [2] https://michaelfontana.org