Michele Harris was awarded the 2011 David A. Kennedy prize in poetry, and her poem Instinct was selected as a finalist for the 2018 New Millennium Award. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Tishman Review, Anderbo, Cicada, New Millennium Writings, The Prose-Poem Project, Dirtflask, Sheepshead Review, The Northridge Review, Uncanny Valley, Anatomy & Etymology, Snapdragon, The Columbia College Literary Review, Eclectica, Fourteen, The FEM, Escarp, Stirring, Turbulence, Falling Star Magazine, and elsewhere. She holds a BA in English Literature from Allegheny College and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she teaches Literature for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Currently, she works at MIT and lives in Cambridge, MA.
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Poems and Prose
Morgue A – Fourth Ward Schoolhouse – After the Johnstown Flood
Moon Jellyfish and Avondale Mining List
Website & Book cover images by Bastian HARRIS
News and Events
WBUR’s The Best Poetry 2019 Gave Us features Blackdamp as a notable book.
Joyce Peseroff reviews Blackdamp.
Interview with Michele Harris – Pittsburgh Reading
Past Events – 2019
Thursday, February 7 at 5:30 pm
Poetry Reading
Wild Tongues‘ Rise & Revolt: Language of Rebellion
10 Putnam Street, Roxbury 02119
Tuesday, March 19 at 2:30 pm
Panelist
MFA Program Alumni Panel
UMass Boston
100 William T. Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125
Wednesday, March 20 at 12:00 pm
Poetry Reading
Artists Beyond the Desk Series
MIT Chapel, Building W15
48 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
Saturday, June 15 at 5:00 pm
Poetry Reading and Book Launch
The Lily Pad
1353 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139
Tuesday, July 16 at 7:00 pm
Poetry Reading
Perfectly Queer Reading Series
Dog Eared Books
489 Castro St, San Francisco, CA 94114
Friday, August 16 at 6:00 pm
Poetry Reading
Rickert & Beagle Books
3233 W Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15216
Thursday, October 24 at 5:00 pm
Poetry Reading and Musical Performance
Wild Tongues: Voices Liberated
Connexion
149 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02145
Contact
michelelharris [at] gmail.com