Michael Gessner

Michael Gessner is a poet who has published widely, with his Academy of American Poets biography stating sixteen books, while Thimble's author page says eleven. His Selected Poems (FutureCycle Press, 2016) is the title that links him to FutureCycle. He earned degrees from Wayne State University and the University of Colorado Boulder, and was a finalist for the James Hearst Poetry Prize. He has taught and directed creative writing at Central Arizona College and was once editor of Zócalo Magazine. Gessner lives in Tucson and writes poetry, prose, and reviews. His work has appeared in the Kenyon Review, Innisfree Poetry Journal, and New Oxford Review.