Michael JenningsMichael Jennings was born in the French Quarter of New Orleans and grew up in east Texas and the deserts of southwestern Iran. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as an undergraduate and Syracuse University as a Graduate Fellow. He is the recipient of many awards including Central New York's Best Poetry Book of the Year and The Missouri Review's Miller Audio Prize awarded by Vijay Seshadri. He is the author of 13 previous collections of poetry, most recently Summoning the Outlaws (2018), and Where She Dances, The Moon's Children, and The Dark Mothers (2020). Read More Read Less