Michael has been a writing since primary school and was first published in second grade in a district-wide publication in the mid-1970s for young writers, Write On!. In the 1980s, he became a member of a flagship magnet program which included a performance component in high school, designed for aspiring writers and to encourage voluntary school integration within an inner city school.
During the mid-90s, Michael was the lead organizer and promoter for a spoken word and open mic salon housed in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood named Sweet Immolation.
While poetry is Michael’s primary form of writing, he has also written short fiction, a few unpublished novels, technical papers and essays, and has been the primary lyricist for bands of many different genres he has played with: folk, rock, electronic pop, 80s alternative, and old-school goth.
In recent years, Michael has become more reclusive, focusing primarily on quietly exploring ecstatic and shamanic approaches towards verse inspired by Northern European, Irish and British sources, as well as the traditions of indigenous and nomadic people worldwide. His own spirituality practices are unaffiliated with any group, conventional or neopagan, and he prefers to identify as an animist.
Michael currently resides in the suburbs of the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area. He still hasn’t decided what he wants to be when he grows up.
Michael is the author of galdr: thought and memory, published by Raw Earth Ink.
The following is an interview with Michael, recorded in June 2024:
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