Margo LaGattuta, 2005 winner of The Mark Twain Award for her contribution to Midwestern Literature, has her MFA from Vermont College and four published collections of poetry: Embracing the Fall, The Dream Givers, Noedgelines, and Diversion Road. Her poetry and essays have been published in many national literary magazines and anthologies. She has completed writer-in-the-schools residencies and teacher in-service sessions, both locally and nationally, for more than 20 years and edited eight anthologies for small presses. In 2002/2003 she received a Michigan Creative Artist’s Grant from ArtServe Michigan to complete her newest poetry collection: Bears Are Taught To Use Cameras. She is a two-time winner of the Midwest Poetry Award, many National Federation of State Poetry Societies Awards, and was nominated by Naomi Shihab Nye for a Pushcart Prize for her work in small press publishing. Margo writes for Suburban Lifestyles in Rochester, MI, where she creates a weekly creative nonfiction column, articles and theater reviews. She teaches writing at University of Michigan-Flint, Baker College and Oakland Community College and conducts creative writing workshops both locally and nationally.

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