Erika MichaelErika Michael was born in Vienna, Austria, grew up in New York City, and received her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Washington. A Pacific Northwest resident since 1966, Michael has participated in poetry workshops with Carolyn Forché, Tomas Lux, Linda Gregerson, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Tim Siebles, Major Jackson, and Jeffrey Levine. Her work has appeared in Cascade Magazine, Poetica Magazine, Drash, Bracken, The Winter Anthology, Belletrist Magazine, The Dewdrop, Aletheia Literary Quarterly (third prize finalist), and elsewhere. In 2019, Michael won first prize in the Ekphrastic Poetry Contest at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival. Her first collection of poems, Letting Gravity Speak, appeared in 2023. Read More Read Less