Michael DatcherMichael Datcher is the author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times Bestseller Raising Fences. Datcher's latest play Silence was commissioned by and opened at the Getty Museum. He has appeared on both news programs' Nightline and Dateline as an nalyst and is a frequent commentator on BBC Radio. He is co-host of the weekly public affairs news magazine Beautiful Struggle on 90.7 FM KPFK. Datcher's writing has appeared in the Washington Post, LA Times, Baltimore Sun, The Source, Ladies Home Journal, Vibe among many other publications. His poetry is widely anthologized. He has curated and/or presented his work at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hammer Museum and other art institutions. He is editor of the new national journal of literary nonfiction THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FACT. Datcher teaches poetry, literary nonfiction and journalism at Loyola. Read More Read Less