Michael Rhynes

Michael Rhynes is a writer and playwright whose work aaduna published in 2011 and later issues. He was also nominated for the 2012 Pushcart Prize in non-fiction. He was a founding member of the Phoenix Players at Auburn, a prison theater group. Rhynes was incarcerated for many years, first at Auburn Correctional Facility and later at Attica, for a murder he always denied. According to aaduna's publisher, his conviction was overturned on December 19, 2023, and he was found not guilty.