Michael Dickman

Michael Dickman is a poet born (1975)

Life
Born in Portland, Oregon, he attended and graduated from La Salle Catholic College Prepratory. After which, he attended five colleges (Portland State, University of San Francisco, Portland Community College, Marylhurst University and University of Oregon) and has been the recipient of a fellowship from The James A. Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. In 2009, he held the Alfred Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University.

Dickman's first book, The End of the West, was published in 2009 by Copper Canyon Press. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The American Poetry Review, Field, Tin House, and Narrative Magazine.

Michael and his twin brother poet Matthew Dickman were the subject of an April 6, 2009 New Yorker profile.

Recognition
His poem "Returning to Church" was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize by Narrative Magazine.

His second book, Flies, won the 2010 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets.

Poetry

 * End of the West (Copper Canyon Press, 2009)
 * Flies (Copper Canyon Press, 2011)