Michael McGrinderMichael McGrinder is a poet, novelist, playwright and director. Many of his poems were published in the UK where he lived for several years. The poetry in his recent collection, POET'S MODEL, spans half a century. Poems have appeared in ambit, And, Ceations, frogpond, Hyn, Pivot, and the sixties, as well as in previous books: miniature takes and Tombstones. He was a vital part of early Off-Off-Broadway's golden years. He worked as playwright and director at such venues as La Mama, The Old Reliable, The Playwrights Workshop Club, Impact, Miranda and Lincoln Center Library Theatre. Awards include Writers Forum Poetry Competition and The Scene Award for Playwrighting. (He insists on that spelling.) He publishes The Old Reliable Press.