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Michelle Whittaker [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
East Setauket, NY
New York US
Email: 
whittaker.mw@gmail.com
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.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
NY
New York
Raised in: 
NY
New York
Website: 
https://www.michellewhittakerpoet.com [2]
Prizes won: 
  •  Jody Donohue Poetry Prize. 
  • 2017 NYFA Fellowship in Poetry. 
  • Finalist for 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Poetry.
Education: 
Stony Brook University
What I'm reading now: 
Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love by Keith S. Wilson
Writers Retreats: 
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair
Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Southampton Writers Conference
Identifies as: 
Caribbean American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/michelle_whittaker

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/michelle_whittaker [2] https://www.michellewhittakerpoet.com