M. Bartley Siegel lives in the Keweenaw Peninsula, and is the 2021-22 U.P. Poet Laureate. He received his MFA from Pennsylvania State University, University Park, and a BA in Journalism from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. He is the author of This Is What They Say from Typecast Publishing, and is founding editor-in-chief of the poetry letterpress, Simple Machines. He is also founding editor emeritus of PANK Magazine. His poetry appears in journals such as About Place, Michigan Quarterly Review, Split Rock and elsewhere. He is Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Writing Center Director in the Department of Humanities at Michigan Technological University.
Poems:
Superflower Bloodmoon
A Joyful Noise
Wolf Hymn
Lane Cove Sirens
The Trouble with Étienne Brûlé’s Hat