{"product_id":"the-michigan-poet-jonathan-jay-taylor-9781522934066","title":"The Michigan Poet: Collected Poems 2010-2015","description":"The Michigan Poet publishes poems by Michigan poets on posters in their local communities as well as on our website: http: \/\/themichiganpoet.com. This collection contains poetry from our first five years, including work by: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTherese Becker \u003cbr\u003eElinor Benedict \u003cbr\u003eRussell Brakefield \u003cbr\u003eDon Cellini \u003cbr\u003ePatricia Clark \u003cbr\u003eMichael Delp \u003cbr\u003eChris Dungey \u003cbr\u003eRobert Fanning \u003cbr\u003eKelly Fordon \u003cbr\u003eLinda Nemec Foster \u003cbr\u003eJoy Gaines Friedler \u003cbr\u003eDeborah Gang \u003cbr\u003eJudith Goren \u003cbr\u003eLeigh C Grant \u003cbr\u003eRobert Haight \u003cbr\u003eChris Haven \u003cbr\u003eDiane Henningfeld \u003cbr\u003eGordon Henry \u003cbr\u003eDavid Hornibrook \u003cbr\u003eAmorak Huey \u003cbr\u003eDavid James \u003cbr\u003eW. Todd Kaneko \u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Kerlikowske \u003cbr\u003eL. S. Klatt \u003cbr\u003eMatthew Kolb \u003cbr\u003eCaroline Maun \u003cbr\u003eKathleen McGookey \u003cbr\u003eKen Meisel \u003cbr\u003eKen Mikolowski \u003cbr\u003eJudith Minty \u003cbr\u003eCindy Hunter Morgan \u003cbr\u003eEdward Morin \u003cbr\u003eTracey Morris \u003cbr\u003eLynn Pattison \u003cbr\u003eMiriam Pederson \u003cbr\u003eRosalie Petrouske \u003cbr\u003eSusan Blackwell Ramsey \u003cbr\u003eJaneen Rastall \u003cbr\u003eJack Ridl \u003cbr\u003eLinda Leedy Schnieder \u003cbr\u003eCarol Smallwood \u003cbr\u003eHolly Wren Spaulding \u003cbr\u003ePhillip Sterling \u003cbr\u003eAlison Swan \u003cbr\u003eJonathan Jay Taylor \u003cbr\u003eKeith Taylor \u003cbr\u003eJamie Thomas \u003cbr\u003eEric Torgersen \u003cbr\u003eCatherine Turnbull \u003cbr\u003eRobert VanderMolen \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Michigan Poet offers Michigan communities a chance to discover the great literary culture of a state largely known for industry. The Michigan Poet believes art enriches our lives, and fosters positive, creative, and unique identities that are essential to the success of any community. The Michigan Poet affirms Michigan as a state of important art and unique culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere's what current Michigan poets say about this collection: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"At a time when poems come at us on the internet-fast and furious and often carrying the same weight-we might wonder if there are any regional connections left. But in this collection there's a lot of snow, of deer, of water and sand. Then there are cars and roads and concrete. The combinations in our poems-of the wild and the post-industrial-mirror the troubled but fruitful contradictions of our state. These poems are the ways we understand ourselves.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eKeith Taylor, author of 15 collections of poetry, coordinator of the undergraduate program in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan, Bear River Writers' Conference Director, and poetry editor for Michigan Quarterly Review.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A poem is a bridge of language, a gate to the nation of another heart. If by the making and reading of poetry, we allow for the crossing and communion of such foreign, such familiar light-so we deepen, brighten, nourish, define and open: self, home, community, state and world. If you need such crossings, if you seek such pleasant peninsulas, look in these pages, in these poems.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRobert Fanning, award-winning poet, professor at Central Michigan University, and facilitator of the Wellspring Literary Series.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"There is a deep sense of place and personal history that resonates throughout this anthology. And even though the collection is titled The Michigan Poet, these poems have no borders: from a quiet memory of honey and lemons in Croatia to Detroit's concrete blossoming into vegetables in a parking lot. Michigan has nurtured some remarkable poets and that community is represented here-diverse voices that reflect the essence of lakes, woods, dunes, rivers, trees, and the human heart. A distinct song that embraces the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLinda Nemec Foster, author of nine poetry collections, first Poet Laureate of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and founder of the Contemporary Writers Series at Aquinas College.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Jay Taylor,Foster Neill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1522934065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781522934066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.24d","brand":"Jonathan Jay Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217450545407,"sku":"9781522934066","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e767658-b8fc-4f15-a327-16e869877919.jpg?v=1771997295","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-michigan-poet-jonathan-jay-taylor-9781522934066","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}