Scapes - Baldwin, Michael

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Résumé :
Scapes won the 2001 Edward Eakin Memorial Poetry Award winner, presented by the Poetry Society of Texas. Scapes is a compilation of poems from award-winning Texas poet Michael Baldwin. His work has been published in a number of poetry journals such as Commonweal, Louisiana Literature, Touchstone, and New Texas. An issue of Illya's Honey containing his poems was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He won the Violet Newton Poetry Prize in 2000 and his poetry has been featured on the national radio show, The Romantic Hours. Baldwin is a longtime member of the Poetry Society of Texas and is a member of Texas' oldest poetry organization, The Fort Worth Poetry Society. He has been a juried poet of the Houston Poetry Festival and has presented poetry workshops at the Langdon Literary Arts Festival.

Biographie:
Michael Baldwin is a native of Fort Worth, Texas, and may be descended from the Lakota mystic warrior Crazy Horse. He'll be glad to tell you that tale over a couple of beers. Baldwin holds a BA in political science and master's degrees in library science and public administration.Now retired from a career as a library administrator and professor of American government, Baldwin's poetry has been published extensively in literary journals and anthologies. His poetry was featured on the national radio program The Romantic Hours and has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He was awarded the Violet Newton Prize, 2000, for the poem Lovedrunk Lunar Eclipse; won the Eakin Manuscript award, 2011 for his poetry book, Scapes; and won the Morris Memorial Chapbook Award, 2012, for Counting Backward From Infinity. His book of Texas poetry, Lone Star Heart (Lamar University Press, 2016) vied for the Texas Institute of Letters Poetry Book Award. His book The Quantum Uncertainty of Love (Shanti Arts Press, 2019) was a National Book Award nominee. Baldwin has also published: a mystery thriller, Murder Music; four collections of science fiction short stories: Passing Strange, Surpassing Strange, More Than Passing Strange, and Beyond Passing Strange; a children's science/adventure book, Space Cat; a book of humorous Texas ranch stories, Chronicles of Frank; and a book of flash plays, A Few Bricks Shy of a Chevrolet. Baldwin resides in Benbrook, Texas, with his wife, Helen. They are active with several community charities, coach a local high school tennis team, and help nurture their two wonderful grandsons. www.jmbaldwin.combit.ly/AmazonBaldwin