Unfolding the Field

Michael Spring is the author of three previous books. His first book, Blue Crow, was translated into Portuguese by the University of the Azores. A selection from his second book, Mudsong, won The 2004 Robert Graves Award. In 2007 Oregon State University Library and Poetry Northwest named Mudsong one of 150 outstanding poetry books in Oregon's 150-year history. His third book, Root of Lightning, was awarded an honorable mention for the 2012 Eric Hoffer Book Award. A recent chapbook, Blue Wolf, won the 2013 Turtle Island Poetry Award. Michael recently won a 2016 Luso-American Fellowship from DISQUIET International, and is featured reading a poem in collaboration with composer-musician Martin Birke on the CD Your Sleekest Engine by Genre Peak (Gonzo Multimedia, 2016). He lives in southern Oregon.