Interview with Colleen Michaels
Check out this great interview with our incredibly talented Director of the Writing Studio, Colleen Michaels, and Susan Rich from The Alchemist’s Kitchen’s Blog!
Where did the idea for the Improbable Places Poetry Tour come from?
The idea came from a selfish desire – I love my city, Beverly, Massachusetts, with its friendly community and great main street; I love the school where I work, Montserrat College of Art; and I love poetry. I wanted my three loves to spend more time together. I was walking from class one day, I passed the friendly bike shop, and asked if they might host a poetry reading. Sixty people showed up, some serious cyclists, to hear poems about bicycles. Do you remember that scene from The Fisher King where everyone is going about their business and suddenly begins ballroom dancing in the train station? For me, the readings feel like my whole neighborhood is dancing with me.
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Colleen Michaels’ poems and essays have appeared in print and in online literary journals, including The Paterson Literary Review, Blue Collar Review, The Mom Egg, Bread and Circus Magazine, Literary Mama, and the anthology, Here Come the Brides!: Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage. She was a 2010 finalist for the Split This Rock Poetry Competition and was the recipient of an honorable mention in the 2011 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize. She lives with her family in Beverly.
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