Michael Teig
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Michael Teig is an American poet and a founding editor of the American literary journal, jubilat
.
Born and raised in western Pennsylvania in the City of Franklin, Teig holds a bachelor's degree in English from Oberlin College
and a master of fine arts degree in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Teig attended the Kiski School in Saltzburg Pennsylvania. Founded in 1888, this all boys boarding school introduced him to arts.
His first book, Big Back Yard (BOA Editions, 2003), was selected by Stephen Dobyns
to receive the inaugural A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. Teig's poems have appeared in periodicals including FIELD
, The Black Warrior Review
, Crazyhorse, The Ohio Review, and The Gettysburg Review. He is a founding editor of jubilat
, a twice-yearly international poetry journal.
Teig currently (as of late 2006) lives in Easthampton, Massachusetts
, where he works as a freelance writer and editor.
Jubilat
jubilat is a widely-distributed American poetry journal published by the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
.
Born and raised in western Pennsylvania in the City of Franklin, Teig holds a bachelor's degree in English from Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
and a master of fine arts degree in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Teig attended the Kiski School in Saltzburg Pennsylvania. Founded in 1888, this all boys boarding school introduced him to arts.
His first book, Big Back Yard (BOA Editions, 2003), was selected by Stephen Dobyns
Stephen Dobyns
Stephen J. Dobyns is an American poet and novelist born in Orange, New Jersey, and residing in Westerly, RI.-Life:Was born on February 19, 1941 in Orange, New Jersey to Lester L., a minister, and Barbara Johnston...
to receive the inaugural A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. Teig's poems have appeared in periodicals including FIELD
Field
-Places:* Field, British Columbia, Canada* Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States* Field, Ontario, Canada* Field Island, Nunavut, Canada* Mount Field - Expanses of open ground :* Field...
, The Black Warrior Review
Black Warrior Review
The Black Warrior Review is an American literary magazine founded in 1974 and based at the University of Alabama. Work appearing in BWR has been anthologized in the Pushcart Prize collection, The Best American Short Stories , Best American Poetry, New Stories from the South. The Spring 1978 issue...
, Crazyhorse, The Ohio Review, and The Gettysburg Review. He is a founding editor of jubilat
Jubilat
jubilat is a widely-distributed American poetry journal published by the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
, a twice-yearly international poetry journal.
Teig currently (as of late 2006) lives in Easthampton, Massachusetts
Easthampton, Massachusetts
Easthampton is the second largest city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is on the southeastern edge of an area called the Pioneer Valley near the five colleges in the college towns of Northampton and Amherst, MA...
, where he works as a freelance writer and editor.
External links
- http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/1061 Tieg's biography page at the Academy of American Poets Web site